Ryan Hartman will play his first game against the Blackhawks on Saturday since he was traded to the Predators nine months ago.
Hartman has been looking forward to the game since the schedule was released this summer.
Ryan Hartman on playing #Blackhawks for first time since trade: “This game has been circled for a while on my calendar."
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) December 1, 2018
The Blackhawks traded Hartman, who they drafted with the No. 30th overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft, to the Predators in exchange for forward Victor Ejdsell and first- and fourth-round picks in 2018 that turned out to be defenseman Nicolas Beaudin and center Philipp Kurashev.