EMERGENCY POD! Ryan Donato Signs 4-Year Deal with Chicago Blackhawks | CHGO Blackhawks

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4.7 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The first big move of the Blackhawks' offseason is done, as Ryan Donato has signed a 4 year, $16 million deal to remain with the Chicago Blackhawks. Join Mario Tirabassi and Jay Zawaski as they break down the news on this EMERGENCY PODCAST.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this emergency edition of the CHGO Blackhawks podcast.
0:18.7	Ryan Donato has been extended by the Chicago Blackhawks four years.
0:24.2	$16 million.
0:25.4	Number eight is going nowhere this summer.
0:28.4	So the first domino to fall in the Blackhawks offseason has fallen.
0:32.7	Ryan Donato is back.
0:33.8	Mario, your immediate reactions.
0:37.2	My immediate reaction is this is a perfect deal.
0:40.2	This is the security that Donato wanted at four years.
0:46.2	It's a number that makes sense for the Blackhawks.
0:49.8	It's a raise for Donato as well.
0:52.4	I think this is perfect.
0:53.9	This is exactly what we were
0:55.0	hoping for for Ryan Donato. We were talking as the season ended and you know, there were conversations
1:00.7	about, you know, what he could get in a free agency. And even just today on on the show where we
1:06.1	were joined by Adam Hogue, you know, you were saying like six million would be the ceiling that you
1:10.2	would go to. I had it at about five and a half that I would be comfortable with. And we get it
1:14.9	at four years, four million, like right on the dot of like what sounded the most reasonable. And,
1:21.4	you know, Donato doesn't go to free agency. Blackhawks keep them around. And it's a great number,
1:26.2	a good term for a guy that had a career year and, you know, was an example to the young guys in the room of what they organization wants guys to play like, the kind of dedication they have.
1:40.6	So this is a perfect deal.
1:42.5	Yeah, it's really great.
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