The Chicago Blackhawks have re-acquired Brandon Saad in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets involving Artemi Panarin, the teams announced Friday.
The Hawks will receive Saad, goalie Anton Forsberg, and a 2018 fifth-round pick from the Blue Jackets for Panarin, forward Tyler Motte, and a 2017 sixth-round pick, as first reported by TSN’s Pierre LeBrun.
The move comes just after the Blackhawks announced that Niklas Hjalmarsson has been traded to the Arizona Coyotes. Clearly, GM Stan Bowman wasn’t messing around when talking about bigger changes coming.