The Blackhawks have agreed to terms with defenseman Jake McCabe on a four-year deal, the team announced Wednesday. His cap hit is $4 million.T

McCabe, 27, recorded three points (one goal, two assists) in 13 games this season for the Buffalo Sabres before missing the rest of the campaign with a knee injury. He also averaged 19:11 of ice time and had a rating of plus-2.

McCabe tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus in a game against the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 20 and was put on a six-to-eight-month timeline. It's unclear whether he'll be ready for the start of training camp in September.

McCabe is a shutdown defenseman who has a little bit of offensive upside to his game. He has the potential to be a top-four defenseman on the Blackhawks.

McCabe was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round (No. 44 overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Definitely building a legit 7th seed...

Who can we trade Shaw's contract to?

This a whole lot of roster change for one off-season. Starting to look like just re-arranging the deck furniture. They'll be better, but I doubt better by a huge margin.

The Hawks might even make the playoffs next season. But the overall trajectory of this team as Kane ages and Toews becomes an average player is a steep decline. And now they don't even have the draft picks and prospects in the pipeline to hope for young ELC players to be difference makers. The Hawks better hope to hell that Dach becomes a legit #1C, that Seth Jones finds his top-pairing game, and that Reichel becomes a top 6 winger. This is not the way to build a winning, consistent team.

regardless of the position taken or craft of the tweet, every time i finish reading something posted by Mark Lazerus, I cant help but utter an audible "Shut the fuck up, Mark."