On Friday morning, Jarmo Kekalainen made another 'good hockey trade', by sending Brandon Saad back to Chicago in exchange for Artemi Panarin, in a trade that likely improves both hockey clubs. There were other moving parts to the trade, but this was the headline, and rightfully so.
Brandon Saad was a good player for the Blue Jackets, and it could fairly be said that we likely had not yet seen the best he had to offer. We had signed him to a long contract, and in my mind he had plenty of time to become the guy we needed him to become.