The Blue Jackets have signed free-agent left winger Anthony Duclair to a one-year, one-way contract worth the NHL’s minimum salary of $650,000.



It’s a low-risk signing with the potential for high reward. Duclair, who turns 23 in August, scored 20 goals in 2015-16 with Arizona when he was only 20 years old.



“(Duclair) has top-end speed and skill,” Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen told The Athletic. “He was looking for an opportunity, and we have that for him.



“He has tremendous potential, and he’s still young. We are excited.”



Duclair (5-11, 191 pounds) played 23 games with Chicago (2-6-8) and was set to be a restricted free agent this summer.



But the Blackhawks made the surprising decision to not extend Duclair a qualifying offer ($1.2 million) late last month, making him an unrestricted free agent.



Duclair’s agent, Philippe Lecavalier, said the Blue Jackets were among several...