Kammala jumla mai zuwa: The Blackhawks sun yi ƙoƙarin yin shawarwari game da kwangilar don iyakance mai kyauta mai kyauta Brandon Saad wanda ya kasance mai kyauta mai kyauta, amma ba su yi nasara ba. Da wuya ya dace da duk wani takaddun tayin da ya dace saboda ƙuntatawa, Chicago ta yi musayar Saad zuwa Columbus Blue Jackets. Chicago ta tura Saad da kuma Michael Paliotta da Alex Broadhurst zuwa Columbus a musayar Artem Anisimov, da Jeremy Morin da Corey Tropp, da kuma Marko Dano da kuma 'yan wasan su.
Zaɓin zagaye na huɗu na 2016. Anisimov daga baya ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru biyar, dala miliyan 22.75 tare da Blackhawks. Wannan matakin bai yi kyau ba tare da magoya bayan Chicago, kamar yadda aka kalli Saad a matsayin wani babban matashi a cikin tawagar da ta lashe Stanley Cup, duk da cewa Anisimov zai ci maki 42 don Blackhawks a 2015<unk>16.