- Blackhawks sign Oliver Moore to a five-year, $21.25 million extension
- The deal kicks in for 2027-28 and carries a $4.25 million cap hit
- Read below for how his rookie year ended early and what’s next
Oliver Moore just became a long-term piece of Chicago’s core.
Chicago signed the 21-year-old forward to a five-year contract extension Thursday worth $21.25 million, carrying a $4.25 million average annual value. The deal begins in 2027-28, once his entry-level contract runs out.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman had the numbers before the team made it official:
Friedman ribbed Moore in the same breath, calling him a future “long-time member of the NHL’s All-Interview team.” The contract itself is front-loaded: $5.25 million in year one, $4.25 million in year two, $4 million in each of the next two seasons, and $3.75 million in the finale.
Moore was playing out the last season of his three-year, $2.85 million entry-level deal and would have hit restricted free agency next summer. Signing him now takes that question off the board before it becomes one.
Our own feed flagged the extension within minutes of Friedman’s report, pointing out just how much the Blackhawks are banking on a player with only 60 NHL games to his name:
That’s the bet Chicago is making. Moore set career highs across the board last season with 19 points on five goals and 14 assists in 51 games, good for third among Blackhawks rookies in each category. He added nine points in nine games with Rockford of the AHL.
His season ended early. Moore suffered a lower-body injury on March 8 when Dallas forward Colin Blackwell fell on his leg, and Chicago went just 6-10-4 the rest of the way without him in the lineup.
He’s up to 23 points in 60 career NHL games since debuting on March 30, 2025 against Utah. His first NHL goal came that November in a 5-1 win at Detroit.
Minnesota’s Mounds View product went 19th overall in the 2023 draft. He spent two seasons at the University of Minnesota, piling up 66 points in 77 games, and won back-to-back World Junior gold medals with Team USA in 2024 and 2025.
The extension keeps Chicago’s youth movement rolling under new captain Connor Bedard, and it gives the Blackhawks one more deal wrapped up before Tuesday’s opener at Vegas.
