Blackhawks owner Danny Wirtz announces contract extension for GM Kyle Davidson

Blackhawks owner Danny Wirtz announced a multi-year contract extension Wednesday for general manager Kyle Davidson, who's wrapping up his fourth season in the position.

GM contracts are generally extended consistently until they're fired — it's rare to see one leave an NHL team simply because his contract expired — but it's still notable.

Wirtz also gave Davidson a firm vote of confidence on the Chicago Sports Network pregame show.

"Kyle has done everything we've expected of him," Wirtz said. "When he got the job, his first task was to rebuild our prospect pool. ... He very systematically, very confidently built that to where I believe, right now, we have the best prospect pool in the NHL. Many of those prospects are now actually NHL players, contributing and highly impactful on our team."

"But at the same time, we didn't hire Kyle to be the prospect GM. He's building a championship-caliber team. It goes to the point we've extended Kyle's contract. We are committing to Kyle to continue the plan he's put in place. We feel confident in that. We believe has the right insight, right team around him and the belief he can continue to build a championship team."

This story will be updated.

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