CHICAGO — Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman doesn’t consider forward Patrick Sharp to be a good player.

Bowman ranks Sharp, who led the Blackhawks with 34 goals last season, as a “prominent player.” So Bowman made it a priority to sign Sharp to a five-year contract extension, a move the team completed and announced Wednesday.

The team didn’t release terms of the deal.

The 29-year-old Sharp tied for eighth in the league in goals last season and was third on the club with a career-high 71 points. He added three goals and two assists in the playoffs as the Blackhawks lost to Vancouver in the first round following a run to the Stanley Cup title the previous year.

Sharp’s numbers would have been better had he not suffered a left knee injury in a game in Phoenix on March 20. He missed seven games, then returned with three games left in the regular season to help the Blackhawks squeak into the playoffs on the final day of the season.

Sharp said on Wednesday he has fully recovered from the injury. The contract extension is a perfect cure from persistent speculation about his future with the Blackhawks.