Blackhawks ahead prospect Ryan Greene’s faculty season resulted in heartbreak Saturday, however he’ll have to maneuver on shortly.
Greene signed his entry-level contract with a $950,000 salary-cap hit with the Hawks on Sunday, lower than 24 hours after the Boston College group he captained misplaced to Western Michigan within the NCAA nationwide championship.
The 21-year-old Newfoundland native, a second-round decide in 2022, is predicted to play within the Hawks’ last two video games of the common season Monday in opposition to the Canadiens and Tuesday in opposition to the Senators. His contract is technically a three-year deal, however this week will burn the primary yr of it.
The Hawks tried to signal Greene final spring, after his sophomore season ended, however he selected to return to varsity. He told the Sun-Times earlier this season he was glad he did so.
“It’s been very pleasing for me to have the ability to step right into a management position and have a special perspective all through the entire yr,” Greene stated in February. “My sport has continued to develop, which is what I wished to realize coming again to highschool right here — to mature slightly extra and proceed to spherical out my sport.”
He completed with 38 factors in 40 video games, two factors greater than final season. However he tasks to be extra of a defensive middle within the NHL, though Hawks common supervisor Kyle Davidson has been cautious to not put him into too tight a field.
“With gamers [such as Greene], it’s straightforward to say [he’ll be a] third-line middle, proper?” Davidson stated in February. “However whenever you’ve bought a participant with tempo, reliability and hockey sense, who is aware of if they will play up with expert wingers and fill a pleasant position up the lineup, and be that dependable participant that may distribute, that may be a security valve defensively [and] additionally deliver some offensive manufacturing.”
Fellow Hawks middle prospect Sacha Boisvert, a first-round decide final summer season and freshman standout at North Dakota this season, is presently within the switch portal and is predicted to switch to BU, Each day Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported Saturday. He may primarily change Greene within the Terriers’ depth chart.
