Chicago Blackhawks hockey is now 20 days away. With 21 to go yesterday, we talked about the one and only Stan Mikita. Today, we’ll look at no. 20, Brandon Saad.
For four years, Brandon Saad was more or less the epitome of what you want to see out of a draft pick. He was taken with the 13th pick in the 2nd round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft (43rd overall). He’d play just two games with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2011-12 season.
Then, in 2012-13, we started to see the player Brandon had the potential to be.