Before the Blackhawks started winning, they made the playoffs once in 10 years.
During that stretch they went through 9 coaches.
They also went through Murray, Pulford, Smith, Pulford at GM before Tallon took over in June 2005.
Tallon made three good trades, signed two key FAs, and didn't blow two top draft picks
Not sure Quennville was a better HC than Savard, replaced him at just the right time after the core players were added.
Drafting:
2005: #7 [Jack Skille], #108 Hjalmarsson
2006: #3 Toews
2007: #1 Kane
2008: #11 [Kyle Beach], #69 Ben Smith
2009: #28 Dylan Olsen, #59 Brandon Pirri, #149 Marcus Kruger
Bowman took over in July 2009:
2010: #24 Kevin Hayes, #60 Stephan Johns, #90 Joakim Nordstrom
2011: #18 [Mark McNeil], #24 Philip Denault, #43 Brandon Saad, #139 Andrew Shaw
2012: #18 Teuvo Teravainen
2013: #30 Ryan Hartman
2014: #20 Nick Schmaltz
First cup team 2009-10:
Inherited: Keith #54-02, Seabrook #14-03, Crawford #52-03, Byfuglien #254-03, Barker #3-04, Bolland #32-04, Brouwer #214-04, Fraser (2004 trade)
Trade: Sharp (2005, 3rd rd pick), Versteeg (2007, for Bochenski), Ladd (2008, for Ruutu)
Free Agent: Sopel (2007), Campbell (2008), Hossa (2009), Madden (2009), Kopecky (2009)