Seemingly every trade-deadline, seemingly every season, the Blackhawks were buyers. And, seemingly every-trade deadline, seemingly every season, they bought high. In 2013, General Manager Stan Bowman brought in Michal Handzus who played a gigantic role in the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup win that season.
In 2016, he dealt a young winger in Marko Dano and a first-round pick in that years NHL draft to secure Andrew Ladd. Later that week, he traded for Montreal Canadian’s wingers Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann. In return, they were forced to give up center Phillip Danault and a second-round pick in the 2018 entry draft.