Talk:Brandon Saad

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Article milestones Date Process Result September 3, 2010 Articles for deletion Deleted June 28, 2011 Articles for deletion Kept October 24, 2025 Good article nominee Listed A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 2, 2025. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Brandon Saad was the first Saginaw Spirit alumnus to win the Stanley Cup? Current status: Good article

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Trade pending

https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/breaking-hawks-have-announced-another-monster-trade-panarin-leaves-chicago 76.16.93.184 (talk) 16:52, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Brandon Saad/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Prose (Criteria 1a, 1b, 4) Y

Overall, I have little issue with prose, other than a few minor grammar comments.

Lead Y

Lead summarizes his career very well, little comments there, so good!

Early life Y

Prose size is very little, but maybe there's few citations.

Playing career

Amateur

Good here Y

Professional

Chicago Blackhawks (2011–2015)

"since 1993, to win the" --> "since 1993 to win the" Minor grammar

"third-highest point total after he accumulated" --> " third-highest point total after accumulating" Conciseness

Above is fixed Y

Columbus Blue Jackets (2015–2017)

Good here Y

Return to Chicago (2017–2020)

Good here Y

Colorado Avalanche (2020–2021)

Good here Y

St. Louis Blues (2021–2025)

Good here Y

Vegas Golden Knights (2025–present)

Good here Y

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Good here Y

International

Tables are a bit wonky here, should fix

Awards and honors

Good here Y

Sources Y

Health/formatting (Criterion 2a) Y

All links seem to be up and healthy!

Reliability (Criterion 2b) Y

All good here!

Spot check (Criteria 2b, 2c, 2d) Y

Ref 1: All good here Y

Ref 7: All good here Y

Ref 19: All good here Y

Ref 29: Original link is down, but archived isn't Y

Ref 81: Original link also down but archived isn't Y

Copyvio (Criterion 2d) Y

Low percent of Copyvio, all good

Scope (Criteria 3a, 3b) Y

Scope seems well, I especially like the detail on playing career.

Stable (Criterion 5) Y

All good here, no edit wars as far as I can see

Media Y

Media seems alright, and my only comment is that there is quite a low number of images present in the article, which isn't a huge issue, just want to point it out.

Tags (Criterion 6a) Y

All tagged correctly

Captions (Criterion 6b) Y

All good here!

Crystalite13 (talk · contribs) 18:50, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article will be promoted, congrats @HickoryOughtShirt?4 and @Spilia4! Crystalite13 (talk) 15:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:25, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Saad with the Chicago Blackhawks in December 2014

• ... that ice hockey player Brandon Saad (pictured) has played over 900 NHL games and scored more than 500 points?

• Source: https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/brandon-saad-8476438

• ALT1: ... that ice hockey player Brandon Saad (pictured) was the first Saginaw Spirit alum to win the Stanley Cup? Source: https://www.mlive.com/spirit/2013/06/saginaw_spirit_proud_of_former.html
• ALT2: ... that ice hockey player Brandon Saad (pictured) was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy but lost to Jonathan Huberdeau in 2013 ? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20230407165958/https://www.nhl.com/news/gallagher-huberdeau-saad-named-calder-finalists/c-669433
• Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) and Spilia4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Crystalite13 (talk) 05:45, 26 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The article was elevated to GA status on October 24 and nominated for DYK on October 26. Image provided isclear and present on Wikimedia Commons with no apparent licensing issues that would prohibit its use here. The article is long enough and does not violate the neutrality or plagiarism guidelines for DYK. My only criticism would be that both the primary hook and ALT2 do not seem interesting to a general audience or all that notable (as someone who is not a fan of hockey, I have a limited frame of reference for whether or not the main hook is notable and ALT2 is just saying he was nominated for an award, but lost to someone else). ALT1 seems relatively interesting and somewhat notable, though I would recommend adding a link to the page for the Saginaw Spirit. Also would it be "a Stanley Cup" or "the Stanley Cup"? Putting on hold for response. JJonahJackalope (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above points are fair, I also think ALT2 would work best here, has been updated. Also changed "a Stanely Cup" to "the Stanely Cup" Crystalite13 (talk) 22:16, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Crystalite13:, fantastic, just updated the status. Regards, -JJonahJackalope (talk) 16:46, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]