The Chicago Blackhawks and restricted free-agent goaltender Arvid Soderblom avoided arbitration, agreeing to a two-year contract carrying an average annual value of $2.75 million, the team announced Saturday.
Soderblom's arbitration hearing was set for Monday.
The two-year pact takes Soderblom to unrestricted free agency.
The 25-year-old netminder posted an .898 save percentage in 36 appearances last season. However, Soderblom put up favorable underlying numbers, as he stopped 4.36 goals above expected, per Evolving-Hockey.