There appears to be a reunion in the Windy City.
Patrick Sharp is on the verge of signing a deal with the Chicago Blackhawks, according to Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times.
The contract, which can't be official until 12 p.m. ET, is expected to come with a cap hit of $1 million, Lazerus added.
TSN's Bob McKenzie also reported that Sharp was returning to Chicago, even though it's only a verbal commitment at this point.
Sharp spent 10 years with the Blackhawks, putting up 511 points in 679 games and winning three Stanley Cups. He spent the past two seasons as a member of the Dallas Stars, scoring just eight goals in an injury-riddled 2016-17 campaign.
The hope would certainly be that reuniting Sharp, 35, with some of his old linemates will help jump-start the veteran to a bounce-back season.
He'll be added to a long list of players who left Chicago after being on one of its Cup-winning teams over the past decade, only to eventually return. The most recent example is Brandon Saad, who was traded from Columbus in exchange for Artemi Panarin about a week ago.
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