by Neal McHale | Nov 6, 2018 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL
In over 10 seasons with the Blackhawks, Joel Quenneville created the gold standard across the National Hockey League–a blue print of success. Winning three cups in six years in the salary cap era, the bench boss was a crucial element, a much-revered coach. But...
by Matthew Dibiase | Jan 25, 2016 | Chicago Blackhawks, NHL
When the season started I was not sanguine about the Chicago Blackhawks chances of repeating as Stanley Cup champions. Like he did in 2009/10, Hawks GM Stan Bowman did a cap purge and divested himself of much of the Hawks’ reserve strength. I anticipated a repeat of...