Kekalainen was brought in to beef up the organizational talent with the Blue Jackets and has done so in short order. Columbus is stocked with young forwards and that depth allowed him to make the most impressive trade of the offseason in landing Saad.
Definitely did not see this one coming. The Blackhawks have sent winger Brandon Saad—the one guy you assumed this cap-clearing summer would be all about finding the room to afford—to the Blue Jackets. Here's the haul:
The Chicago Blackhawks and restricted free agent Brandon Saad still have significant ground to make up in order to come to an agreement on a new contract, according to Jay Zawaski of CBS Chicago. He says the Hawks are
In addition to Saad, who helped the Hawks capture Stanley Cups in 2013 and '15, forward Alex Broadhurst and defenseman Michael Paliotta were shipped to the Blue Jackets for forwards Artem Anisimov, Marko Dano, Jeremy Morin, Corey Tropp and a
The Pittsburgh Penguins feel terrible about Brandon Saad getting traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets. The organization has now missed on him twice, once by the Ray Shero regime and once by Rutherford and company. But, the love affair with Brandon