On Wednesday, the Chicago Blackhawks traded forwards Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell to the Carolina Hurricanes for a second round draft pick in 2016 and a third round draft pick in 2017.

The Blackhawks made it their mission this offseason to get rid of Bickell’s massive $4 million cap hit, and they accomplished that mission early, but at the expense of losing one of their best up and coming players. Teuvo was thought to be a future cornerstone of the franchise, but now joins Brandon Saad as a young Blackhawk player getting traded out of town because of Bickell’s contract.

This trade may hurt a lot of Blackhawks fans, but finally Bickell’s contract will no longer affect the Hawks. Now the Hawks are likely to resign restricted free agent Andrew Shaw. Let’s just hope his contract situation doesn’t end the way Bickell’s did.