Just recently Chicago Blackhawks have decided to give three young stars contract extensions. Jonathan Toews(Captain), Patrick Kane leading goal scorer last year, and all-star defenseman Duncan Keith. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are said to be getting just a little over $6 million and Duncan not to far under that range. With that Blackhawks will have more than $22 million tied up in five defensemen for next season. They will have about $31 million tied up in 10 forwards and $5.6 million tied up in goalie Cristobal Huet .

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On September 15 the new NHL 10 video game was released for Xbox 360. The graphics are improved like most new games that come out. Players now can settle bouncing pucks with their sticks and skates, glove loose pucks out of the air, and swing their sticks like baseball bats to shoot floating pucks into the net or out of the zone. Injured players now even sport nasty scars, black eyes, and protective cages. The deking in the game stayed the same while they added the shot fake , where the player lifts his leg like he’s going to shoot dropping the goalie to their knees. Goalies weren’t left out on these advances in the game, now making kick saves, sprawling cover attempts, and flailing behind-the-back arm swings to stop to the puck.

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The crowds in NHL 10 have also improved. Now there are girls in the stands! The actions of the fans have become more realistic to what’s happening in the game.

In the game they added a new feature called Battle for the Cup, where you can pick 2 teams to go head-to-head in a playoff series with your choice of length and win the Stanley Cup at the end. Another feature was added to Be A Pro where you can now go through a NHL entry draft. You play in a NHL prospect game as yourself and depending on your points and grade they give you, you are then drafted into the NHL by a team corresponding to your position in the draft. Then once on that team you have 4 games to prove that you belong in the NHL on that team.

Also as most NHL games have added is the equipment, the game refreshed the pro shop with all the latest stick, gloves, helmets, and skates. Last but not least they added equipment that in Be A Pro mode that can boost your attributes such as speed, shooting,checking and other great boosts.

To find out more about the game, you’ll just have to go to Wal-Mart and get the game for yourself  at a low price of $60.00!