We’re continuing our summer Blackhawks Trade Tree series today with a long… long trade tree. Last week we connected the dots from the trade sequence that landed both Sedins in Vancouver and ended with a pick in the 2028 NHL Draft (29 years later). We called that the Connor Murphy Trade Tree.
Today, we’re gonna take a trip back to a deadline deal in 2008 to begin a tree that has more branches than many mid-size banks. It’s a trade tree begins almost three years before Brandon Saad was drafted and ends with a draft pick that won’t take place until 19 years after this trade tree began. Strap in, because this one’s gonna get crazy.
The Blackhawks Brandon Saad Trade Tree
Sept. 12, 2008 — the Blackhawks traded forward Robert Lang to the Montreal Canadiens for Toronto’s second-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft.Lang played one season in Chicago and was moved to Toronto.
July 27, 2009 — the Calgary Flames traded Wayne Primeau and a second-round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Colin Stuart, Anton Stralman and a seventh round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft (No. 186 – Matthew DeBlouw).Yeah, this deal didn’t mean anything to Blackhawks fans at the time, but it was a relatively big deal to get Stralman to Toronto. Put this in your back pocket for a moment…
Sept. 5, 2009 — the Blackhawks traded a second-round pick in the 2010 NHL Draft (No. 32 – Jared Knight) to the Toronto Maple Leafs for picks in the second (No. 43 – Brandon Saad) and third rounds (No. 70 – Michael Paliotta) of the 2011 NHL Draft.So here’s where things start going off the rails. The Blackhawks traded Toronto a second-round pick that was originally their back to the Leafs for two second-round picks the following year. Why did the Leafs want this pick back? Because they were terrible at the time, and were trying to dramatically change the trajectory of their franchise.
The Leafs traded this second-round pick in 2010 with their first-round picks in 2010 and 2011 to the Boston Bruins for Phil Kessel. The two players Boston selected with the first-round picks in the trade: Tyler Seguin (No. 2 overall in 2010) and Dougie Hamilton (No. 9 overall in 2011). This was one of the biggest trades in the NHL at the time.
The second-round pick that originally belonged to Calgary in 2011 that was traded to Toronto and then subsequently traded to Chicago in the afterthought deal that was a precursor for the Phil Kessel trade became Brandon Saad.
Between the 2011-12 season and 2015, Saad was a big part of two Stanley Cup championship teams.
But the good times weren’t going to last because of the Blackhawks’ salary cap issues, and Saad’s pricetag and age made him an attractive player for other organizations.
June 30, 2015 — the Blackhawks traded Saad and Paliotta with Alex Broadhurst to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Artem Anisimov, Blackhawks legend Jeremy Morin, Marko Dano, Corey Tropp and a fourth-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft (Anatoly Golyshev).We’ll start at the bottom. Golyshev never appeared in the NHL. That pick was a waste, but we’ll get back to him in a minute…
Fans loved some of the hype around Dano, but he was another in a long line of Stan Bowman’s attempts at turning a former high draft pick into a winner in Chicago that simply didn’t work. The Blackhawks knew Morin; he was drafted by Chicago years earlier. The real win in the trade for Chicago was Anisimov, who was a serviceable center.
The fact that Saad and Paliotta — the two picks that were acquired in the deal from Toronto that helped them make the Kessel trade — were traded together puts a nice bow on that trade. For now…
But the good times weren’t going to last because of the Blackhawks’ salary cap issues, and Saad’s pricetag and age made him an attractive player for other organizations.
June 23, 2017 — the Blackhawks traded Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and a sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft to Columbus for Saad, Anton Forsberg and a fifth-round pick in the 2018 draft (No. 142 – Mike Callahan).Well that sucks. Saad came back for three underwhelming years while Panarin was exciting in Columbus and then got the bag from the New York Rangers. The Blackhawks traded Panarin because they couldn’t afford a third $10+ million contract on their books and already had Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews in that territory. Panarin had incredible chemistry with Kaner and is still a special player.
Motte wound up a teammate of Panarin’s with the Rangers this spring after a deadline deal and has become a really nice player.
October 10, 2020 — the Blackhawks traded Saad with Dennis Gilbert to the Colorado Avalanche for Anton Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov.Lindholm played 16 games for Rockford before going back to Russia. Zadorov was a big body on the blue line that work out — another hallmark of the final half-decade of Bowman’s tenure.
Aidan ThompsonTrade Tree Branches
There are three minor branches to this trade tree that result in one player still in the Blackhawks organization.
Zadorov Branch
July 28, 2021 — the Blackhawks traded Zadorov to the Calgary Flames for a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (No. 90 – Aidan Thompson).Zadorov is still playing at a high level. The Blackhawks never saw Thompson make it to the NHL level.
March 6, 2026 — the Blackhawks traded Thompson to the New York Rangers for defenseman Derrick Pouliot.Pouliot will be in Rockford for the 2026-27 season.
Anisimov Branch
July 16, 2019 — the Blackhawks traded Anisimov to Ottawa for Zack Smith.Smith was limited by injuries and retired.
Dano Branch
Feb. 25, 2016 — the Blackhawks traded Dano with a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft (No. 22 – German Rubtsov) to the Winnipeg Jets for Andrew Ladd, Jay Harrison and Matt Fraser.A classic run-it-back trade by Stan Bowman. Harrison and Fraser never played for the Blackhawks. Ladd scored eight goals in 19 regular season games and once in seven playoff games for the Hawks in 2016.
Tropp Branch
February 29, 2016 — the Blackhawks traded Tropp to the Anaheim Ducks for Tim Jackman and a seventh-round pick in the 2017 draft (No. 215 – Josh Ess).Ess played five seasons at Wisconsin and signed overseas. Jackman never appeared in a game for Chicago or Rockford.
Morin Branch
Jan. 3, 2016 — the Blackhawks traded Morin to the Toronto Maple Leafs for forward Richard Panik. Jan. 10, 2018 — the Blackhawks traded Panik with Laurent Dauphin to Arizona Coyotes for Adam Clendening and Anthony DuclairThe Morin Branch ties this trade tree back to the Connor Murphy Trade Tree.
And now… the big branch…
Blackhawks center Jason DickinsonGolyshev Branch
No, Golyshev didn’t play in an NHL game. But the Blackhawks still turned that into players who are still influencing their NHL roster (pipeline) today.
June 25, 2016 — as part of a pick swap before the 2016 NHL Draft, the Blackhawks traded a fourth-round pick (No. 95 – Golyshev) to the New York Islanders for a fourth-pick in the 2016 draft (No. 110 – Lucas Carlsson) and a sixth-round pick in the 2017 draft (No. 170 – Jonathan Davidsson).The sixth-round pick acquired in this trade was involved in the trade that sent Panarin to Columbus to bring Saad back. So… closed circle.
April 8, 2021 — the Blackhawks traded Carlsson and Lucas Wallmark to the Florida Panthers for rights to Henrik Borgström, Riley Stillman, Brett Connolly and a seventh-round pick in the 2021 draft (No. 216 – Jalen Luypen).Luypen is still playing well in the Memorial Cup for the Edmonton Oil Kings and might have a bright future with the organization despite being a seventh-round pick. Stillman has been a nice defenseman thus far and Borgström is another Bowman reclamation project that is TBD. Connolly is a waste of cap space.
Oct. 7, 2022 — the Blackhawks traded Stillman to the Vancouver Canucks for Jason Dickinson and a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft (No. 61).Dickinson was a great get for Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson. He received Selke Trophy votes and played an important role on a team that was transitioning from the Kane-Toews era into a rebuild.
May 24, 2024 — as part of a pick swap before the 2024 NHL Draft, the Blackhawks traded a first-round pick (No. 20) and second-round picks (Nos. 54 and 61) in the 2024 NHL Draft to the New York Islanders for a first-round pick (No. 18 – Sacha Boisvert) and second-round pick (No. 50 – subsequently traded to CAR).The pick the Blackhawks received from Vancouver in the Dickinson trade was part of a big package that saw the Hawks move up two spots in the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft to select a player, Boisvert, who will enter his first full pro season this year.
June 28, 2024 — as part of a pick swap during the 2024 NHL Draft, the Blackhawks traded second-round picks (Nos. 34 and 50) to the Carolina Hurricanes for a first-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft (No. 27 – Marek Vanacker)One of the other picks acquired in the swap with the Islanders was subsequently flipped in another package that saw the Hawks move up seven spots in the 2024 NHL Draft to get Vanacker, who will also turn pro full time for the 2026-27 season.
March 4, 2026 — the Blackhawks traded Dickinson and Colton Dach to the Edmonton Oilers for Andrew Mangiapane and a top-12 protected first-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.There’s still a first-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft waiting to determine the next layer of this Blackhawks trade tree that started in 2008 — eight months before No. 1 overall prospect Landon DuPont was born.
The summary: confusing.
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