Brandon Saad: Healthy Scratch

[Bonzo111]

Man I love Quennville. I wish our coaching staff had the balls to scratch Ryan

they need to get his value up to move him, probably impossible now.

 

[drugold]

This was reall Baad

Sounds like if you lived in Brandon (Matinoba) you would be "Saad" for the Cold Winter coming on and need to Scratch at your wood to burn.

 

[GREMLIN]

Panarin and Kane was so fun to watch, not a true Hawks fan but this sucks.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

drafted him late thinking he might be a cheeky bounceback candidate. Dropped his ass today for Kapanen, he sucks.

 

[Rolo]

Brandon Baad

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

The panarin trade is actually worse than the hall trade and the subban trade

 

[G0AT]

Hopefully its a wake up call for him. He has been pylon-esque this season.

 

[Silky mitts]

Blackhawks can’t trade him because they always lose Saad trades

 

[Super Hans]

Again, what is wrong with a healthy scratch?

Nothing, as long as a rash doesn't develop.

 

[jetsforever]

That's not a very strong lineup either

 

[Icebreakers]

The panarin trade is actually worse than the hall trade and the subban trade

The Hall and Subban trades are worse considering how dumb they were at the time. You KNEW they were bad trades and you still did it. This one is just bad luck considering how Saad has fallen.


Its like if you trade a dollar for a lambo and you drive it and crash and die the next day. Was it that bad of a trade? I mean...

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Saad was super lazy when he was with CBJ, I was thrilled to get rid of him. Getting Bread, even if just for two years, was a big plus.

I do find it interesting that his laziness has carried over to CHI, though.

This is reaaallly stretching it. He wasn't lazy. Did he compete at his hardest all the time? Nah. But he isn't/wasn't good enough and the roster around him wasn't good enough for him to lazily score 50+ points two years in a row.

 

[saska sault]

Saad for Abdelkader and Neilsen? Heck.. you can have Jimmy Howard too! ..... seriously tho.. anyone on the Wings you want who is signed long term besides Larkin.

 

[The Greatest 101]

Some people on Pens board are pretty obsessed with this guy.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Some people on Pens board are pretty obsessed with this guy.

They can have him!

 

[Deen]

Blackhawks couldn't afford psnstin. Kinda like the Leafs can't afford Nylander or Kapanen eventually. Saad was cost controlled.

 

[ZzZz]

The Hall and Subban trades are worse considering how dumb they were at the time. You KNEW they were bad trades and you still did it. This one is just bad luck considering how Saad has fallen.


Its like if you trade a dollar for a lambo and you drive it and crash and die the next day. Was it that bad of a trade? I mean...

I like the Lambo referenc. Though this case was more like trading any other super car (Panarin) for a Lambo (Saad).

 

[Tryblot]

What a horrible trade for the Hawks that was. Probably set their re-tool back quite a bit. Even with Kane and Toews playing like Kane and Toews, they won't keep winning like they have. Most of their roster is complete garbage and they'll probably end up missing the playoffs again. Had they had Panarin, it would have helped them immensely. Potentially in a playoff position, but nope. They made a horrible, horrible trade.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

The Hall and Subban trades are worse considering how dumb they were at the time. You KNEW they were bad trades and you still did it. This one is just bad luck considering how Saad has fallen.


Its like if you trade a dollar for a lambo and you drive it and crash and die the next day. Was it that bad of a trade? I mean...

What? When Panarin got traded he was a 74+ pt player and Saad was a 53 pt player.
That was a terrible trade from the start.

 

[sr edler]

He lazily scored 53 points (career high) for each of the two seasons he played with CBJ?

Bad team scorer syndrome.

 

[Ulysses31]

saad day for hockey

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Hawks sabotaged whatever cup window they had left with the Panarin trade

 

[LABound]

Lucic- Bear- Benson-2nd-+

 

[Kevs Security]

Blackhawks couldn't afford psnstin. Kinda like the Leafs can't afford Nylander or Kapanen eventually. Saad was cost controlled.

You are better without two seasons of Panarin because you have Saad eating popcorn? Stop with this already. Yeah, Chicago would probably have lost Panarin for nothing. And now with this genius move Chicago lost Panarin for nothing. Two seasons earlier.

 

[FeatherHead]

For those saying it was a terrible trade, what were you expecting back? The Hawks couldn’t afford him. Period. If they’d have gotten anyone better than Saad was playing at the time, that player would have cost more money. If they could have afforded such a player, they would have just kept Panarin. This isn’t fantasy hockey where the salary cap doesn’t apply.