Blackhawks deal Panarin and Hjalmarsson, get Saad back
CHICAGO — General manager Stan Bowman promised changes were coming after the Chicago Blackhawks were swept in the first round of the playoffs.
Boy, he wasn’t kidding.
Chicago re-acquired Brandon Saad and parted with Niklas Hjalmarsson and Artemi Panarin in a pair of surprising trades Friday, giving the Blackhawks a younger look and more cost certainty for their roster.
“This is a day of highs and lows,” Bowman said. “There’s some tougher conversations, but there’s also, we’re moving ahead, we’re excited about what we have coming in.”