Colin Blackwell

BIOGRAPHY

Colin Blackwell was born March 28, 1993 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He is a centre in the National Hockey League.

Blackwell was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the seventh round, 194th overall, in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. As a free agent, Blackwell left the Sharks organization to participate in the Buffalo Sabres rookie camp. On July 3, 2018, Blackwell signed his first NHL contract as a free agent, agreeing to a two-year, two-way deal with the Nashville Predators. After attending the Predators training camp, Blackwell was re-assigned to start the 2018–19 season with AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. Despite missing 27 games through injury, Blackwell recorded 7 goals in 14 games to earn his first recall to the Predators on January 19, 2019. He made his NHL debut the same day, playing on the fourth line, in a 4–2 defeat to the Florida Panthers at Bridgestone Arena. On October 9, 2020, Blackwell was signed as a free agent a two-year contract worth $725,000 annually with the New York Rangers, with the second year of his contract on a one-way basis. 

On July 21, 2021, Blackwell was selected from the Rangers at the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft by the Seattle Kraken. Blackwell scored eight goals and 17 points in 38 games for Seattle. On March 20, 2022, Blackwell was traded from Seattle at the NHL trade deadline to the Toronto Maple Leafs with Mark Giordano in exchange for a second-round pick in 2022 and 2023 and a third-round pick in 2024. Blackwell scored two goals and three points in 19 games for Toronto to finish the regular season, then added one goal and two points in seven playoff games during the Leafs' first-round loss to the Lightning. On July 13, Blackwell signed a two-year, $2.4 million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent.