Top 5 Players To Build An NHL Franchise Around

If you had to pick one player under the age of 23 to start your NHL franchise with, who would it be? TSN just wrapped up this pretty cool "competition" on their website a couple days ago labeled "Franchise Faceoff" and I figured I would share my Top 5 Rankings:

Blackhawks Sign Patrick Sharp To A 5-Year Extension

The core is finally locked up!

Chicago Blackhawks have signed 29-year old All-Star center Patrick Sharp to a 5-year extension worth a total of $29.5 million ($5.9 million cap hit).

In the historic year of 2010, Sharp was a huge part of the Blackhawks Stanley Cup run. He knocked in a team-leading 11 goals and added 11 assists to go along with a +10 rating (2nd on the team).