Blackhawks to hire Jeff Blashill as head coach

[Blackhawkswincup]

Probably not, but he was good at developing the kids into NHL players. Did it well in both GR and Detroit. And that's the phase Chicago is in right now.

I see very few kids he developed worth a damn

I see plenty that either failed completely or were underwhelming at best

Evgeny Svechnikov
Dennis Cholowski
Giavani Smith
Michael Rasmussen
Gustav Lindstrom
Filip Zadina
Joe Veleno

Majority of kids under him did jackshit in NHL

 

[CallMeShaft]

Said it a week or so ago on HF Hawks when reports were that he interviewed.

He is not a sexy pick. Like at all. We all wanted Carle, who chose to stay at Denver, and Sullivan, who chose New York.

But he had little to work with in Detroit. Difficult to judge a coach that way. I think the Hawks have more now then some of those Wings teams had. There are also a lot of coaches who struggle their first times coaching in this league and perform a bit better in their 2nd and 3rd opportunities.

I'll wait to hear what he has to say and how he wants to run the team before I criticize this pick. But right now, I'm very indifferent.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

 

[Gil Gunderson]

More recycling, woooooo.

Why do hockey fans get surprised when someone with experience gets hired?

 

[Melrose Munch]

my team

smh

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I see very few kids he developed worth a damn

I see plenty that either failed completely or were underwhelming at best

Evgeny Svechnikov
Dennis Cholowski
Giavani Smith
Michael Rasmussen
Gustav Lindstrom
Filip Zadina
Joe Veleno

Majority of kids under him did jackshit in NHL

Holland/Wright doing an absolutely dogshit job of drafting for the last decade is a Blashill problem?

 

[CallMeShaft]

On the topic of recycling coaches, this will be the first Hawks head coach with previous NHL head-coaching experience since Q.

Hawks have had Jeremy Colliton, Derek King (interim), Luke Richardson, and Anders Sorenson (interim). Unless it was David Carle coming over, Hawks were always likely going to buck this trend and go with someone with previous experience.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I see very few kids he developed worth a damn

I see plenty that either failed completely or were underwhelming at best

Evgeny Svechnikov
Dennis Cholowski
Giavani Smith
Michael Rasmussen
Gustav Lindstrom
Filip Zadina
Joe Veleno

Majority of kids under him did jackshit in NHL

True. But that was a Holland/Wright problem, not a Blashill problem.

It's hard to know how truly good or bad he was because he didn't have a lot to work with. But the Wings kept going into tailspins for long stretches and continued to be awful defensively as a team and he had no answers.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

I guess the tank continues onward and upward

 

[Some Other Flame]

Davidson seems like a pretty bad GM

 

[Northernhawk]

He’s been coaching in the NHL for the past TEN SEASONS…last three as Jon Coopers assistant in Tampa Bay, previously seven as Red Wings head coach…so he’s very familiar with NHL play, I’m okay with his hiring

Seems now a days everyone is either ‘great, he has no NHL coaching experience’ or ‘great, another retread’…

 

[DaveG]

this blackhawks team is as bad if not worse, unless they make significant additions blashill is going to get run out of town quick

unless the idea is for him to come in and be a combination of tank commander and development guy.

 

[TheNewEra]

unless the idea is for him to come in and be a combination of tank commander and development guy.

its possible but the blackhawks have missed the playoffs for 5 seasons, how much more 'development'/tanking will the team accept

 

[Kevin Musto]

 

[DaveG]

its possible but the blackhawks have missed the playoffs for 5 seasons, how much more 'development'/tanking will the team accept

considering that, on paper, they're a bottom 3 roster quite easily they're probably nowhere near ready to try and push for the playoffs.

 

[TheNewEra]

considering that, on paper, they're a bottom 3 roster quite easily they're probably nowhere near ready to try and push for the playoffs.

oh i agree their roster is awful but that ties into my original post saying he is going to get run out of town quick

kind of went in a circle here

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

its possible but the blackhawks have missed the playoffs for 5 seasons, how much more 'development'/tanking will the team accept

Well you have a combination of Bedard has no help, and Bedard still thinks he can skate through five grown men at the best level in the world like they're kids and he's still in juniors.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Why do hockey fans get surprised when someone with experience gets hired?

Also why is a guy who's had exactly one head coaching job ever in the NHL suddenly considered a recycled retread?

This stupid narrative needs to die. "HURRR DURRR RETREAD, BOYS CLUB"

 

[More 2004]

Uh..

 

[More 2004]

Jeff was better than Derek

Blashill had a lot of shitty rosters, maybe he will fare better.

and lalonde was a better assistant..

 

[Clint Eastwood]

and lalonde was a better assistant..

With Blashill taking the HC job, does he re-join the Bolts as an assistant?

 

[More 2004]

With Blashill taking the HC job, does he re-join the Bolts as an assistant?

I hope so.

 

[Hawkaholic]

I see very few kids he developed worth a damn

I see plenty that either failed completely or were underwhelming at best

Evgeny Svechnikov
Dennis Cholowski
Giavani Smith
Michael Rasmussen
Gustav Lindstrom
Filip Zadina
Joe Veleno

Majority of kids under him did jackshit in NHL

Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi both became near point per game players under him
Anthony Mantha turned into a pretty damn good goal scorer
Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider had a damn good rookie seasons and poorer sophomore seasons after he left

 

[ShelbyZ]

Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi both became near point per game players under him
Anthony Mantha turned into a pretty damn good goal scorer
Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider had a damn good rookie seasons and poorer sophomore seasons after he left

People also forget Nick Jensen who went from forgettable organizational depth behind overhyped prospects like Ouellet, Sproul and Marchenko to a pretty dependable 2nd pair D under Blashill.

 

[WSS11]

4D chess. The tank race for McKenna has officially begun.