Chicago ain't seen nothing yet.

Well, aside from three championships in six seasons.

Former Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd, re-acquired by the Blackhawks on Thursday in his sixth season with the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets franchise, believes he'll take some in Chicago by surprise in his return.

"I think my game has really evolved since (2010)," he said. "I'm excited to come and show what my game's all about now."

Ladd detailed the past few weeks, and the realization he would be moved after Dustin Byfuglien signed a lucrative long-term extension to stay with the Jets. And though re-upping with Winnipeg might have been what he envisioned, reuniting with the Blackhawks was the next best thing.

"Knowing that I was probably going to end up being traded, I think Chicago was on the top of my list for places I wanted to be."

Ladd was one of the pioneering cap casualties in Chicago's run of success. He and Byfuglien were dealt weeks after Chicago ended its 49-year Stanley Cup drought in 2010.

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