Winnipeg ships F Andrew Ladd back to Chicago

— -- One of the biggest players on the NHL trade market moved Thursday night when the Chicago Blackhawks reacquired pending free agent  Andrew Ladd from the Winnipeg Jets.

As part of the trade, the Jets get 21-year-old forward Marko Dano plus a first-round draft pick this June and another conditional pick.

The Blackhawks get Ladd, 30, plus Jay Harrison and Matt Fraser. The Jets also retain 36 percent of Ladd's remaining cap hit and salary, sources told ESPN.

The conditional pick the Jets received is a 2018 third-round choice if the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup this season, a source told ESPN.

Fraser and Harrison will report to the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs, the Blackhawks said in a statement. 

Dano, considered one of Chicago's top prospects, was acquired from Columbus in the Brandon Saad deal last summer. But he was sent down to Rockford on Dec. 11.

Ladd, who can become an unrestricted free agent July 1, returns to the team with which he won the 2010 Stanley Cup. Salary-cap issues prompted the Blackhawks to then trade him to the Atlanta Thrashers, which relocated to Winnipeg in 2011.

Ladd also won the Cup with the  Hurricanes in 2006, two years after he was drafted by Carolina in the first round.

The 11-year NHL veteran and British Columbia native has 202 goals and 252 assists in 750 career NHL games. 

Ladd recorded a career-high 62 points, with 24 goals and 38 assists, in 81 regular-season games with the Jets last season.

The Blackhawks were on the lookout for a left-winger to play with Jonathan Toews on Chicago's top line. Ladd had been rumored for weeks to be on Chicago's trade deadline target list.

Thursday's deal may not be the last for Chicago before Monday's trade deadline. Sources told ESPN that general manager Stan Bowman also is interested in acquiring defensive help.

Information from ESPN's Pierre LeBrun, Craig Custance and The Associated Press was used in this report.