It was obvious that the Chicago Blackhawks were going to be forced to make some unpleasant salary cap-related decisions this summer. What was not at all apparent was that star winger Brandon Saad was going to be a casualty of those moves.
On June 30, Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman shocked the hockey world by pulling off a blockbuster trade that sent Saad to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Here are the details, courtesy of NHL.com:
- Chicago received forwards Artem Anisimov, Marko Dano, Jeremy Morin and Corey Tropp as well as a fourth-round pick in the 2016 Draft.