Last weekend – the cup spent a day with NHL star Dustin Byfuglien — who played on the Chicago Blackhawks squad when they won the championship this year. Dude was rollin’ around Roseau, Minnesota when he decided to make a gas run — and brought Stanley along for the ride.
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Adam Burish is no longer a Blackhawk; meaning you’ll never hear anything even remotely interesting from a Blackhawks player in the near future. Now that the Blackhawks have been officially Cubified (well, except for that whole actually winning something part) the team’s obsession with message control just went from ultra-strict to Stalinesque. That’s what happens when John McDonough and his lackey parasite Jay Blunk get their hands on something.
So Burish had to leave as part of the Hawks’ summer yard sale; a ten player selloff of 1992 San Diego Padres proportions. But you can still catch Burish in the Midwest.
Former Badger captain and NCAA champion Adam Burish will share his time with the world’s most famous trophy.
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The Chicago Blackhawks salary cap mess claimed another big name player Monday. This time it’s the starting goalie on their Cup winning team. The Hawks front office decided to pass on awarding Niemi his arbitration award; and will let him walk.
Instead they signed former Dallas Star Marty Turco.
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Today, the Chicago Blackhawks have acquired center Jeff Taffe (TAYF) from the Florida Panthers in exchange for center Marty Reasoner. The move leaves $500,000 in cleared cap space. Which will presumably be deposited into the “Please stay Antti Niemi” fund.
Taffe, 29, recorded two points (G, A) and four penalty minutes in 21 regular-season games with Florida during the 2009-10 campaign. The Hastings, Minnesota, native also tallied 56 points (28G, 28A) in 61 regular-season contests, and added seven points (G, 6A) in seven postseason tilts last season with the American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans.
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Art Berglund, Derian Hatcher, Kevin Hatcher, Dr. V. George Nagobads and Former Chicago Blackhawks legend Jeremy Roenick comrpise the United States Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010, as announced today by USA Hockey. The five-member class will be enshrined into the Hall on October 21 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.
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The Chicago White Sox will host the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks during “Blackhawks Night” at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday, August 27 (vs. the New York Yankees). The special night will feature the presence of the Stanley Cup, and the first 20,000 fans in attendance will receive a special miniature replica of the Cup trophy (limited number available).
Blackhawks Night at the ballpark also will include a special pregame party and on-field parade for Blackhawks season-ticket holders, in-game vignettes based around the Stanley Cup Champions, its history and players, a ceremonial first pitch from a member of the Hawks and special postgame fireworks show.
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The Chicago Blackhawks announced today the addition of Mike Kitchen as an assistant coach on Joel Quenneville’s staff. In addition, the Blackhawks have re-signed Mike Haviland as an assistant coach.
“Adding Mike Kitchen and bringing back Mike Haviland bolster what is already a tremendous coaching staff under Joel’s guidance,” Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman said. “Mike Kitchen and Joel have a great track record of working together and Mike Haviland has had a major impact on our organization’s success based on his work over the last five years.”
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Duncan Keith, star defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks, will serve as Grand Marshal of the 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway on July 10, 2010.
Keith, the 6-foot-1 fan favorite, made headlines during the historic run for the title through sheer stamina, strength and skill – especially after he returned to the ice less than seven minutes after losing seven teeth in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals in the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. He brought home plenty of hefty hardware in 2010, including the Norris Trophy for best all-around performance in the NHL and a Gold Medal from his home country’s Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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As much fun as June was for Blackhawks fans, July was pretty painful. We all knew the Blackhawks summer Yard Sale was coming for the past 18 months or so, but we had no idea it would hurt this much. Likewise, we knew their window for winning the Stanley Cup was short and rapidly closing, but we didn’t have a clue that the window was this narrow.
Which brings us to the link of the day It’s by Andrew Tomlinson of “On Frozen Blog,” and it’s entitled “Chicago: a Case Study in Poor Management.” My intention is to highlight his most salient points and convey that I agree wholeheartedly. Also, there are a few points I disagree on; so I’ll debate those.
All in all, Tomlinson is telling us something about this hockey off-season that has gone wildly under-reported in the mainstream hockey media (if you consider hockey reporting mainstream that is), so I must give him kudos on that.
By Paul M. Banks
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I sincerely hope, as the Bob Probert death stories start to pile in, no one gives his death the ESPN Chris Henry treatment. I really don’t need to hear that Probie was “turning his life around” during his final days. PLEASE, just don’t do that. As of right now, we know very little about the details of his death- they are sketchy at best. So we don’t need journalists making unclear assumptions to fit a possibly fictional narrative.
We may not know much about his death, but we do know a whole lot about his life. He often broke the rules both on the ice, and away from it. Probert spent seven of his 16 National Hockey League seasons as a member of the Blackhawks, registering 125 points (49G,76A) and 1210 penalty minutes in 461 regular-season tilts from 1995 to 2002. He posted five points (2G,3A) and 64 penalty minutes in 18 postseason contests with Chicago.
By Paul M. Banks
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The last few days have been brutal for Chicago Blackhawks fans, as “so where’s the Cup going to be tonight?” quickly deteriorated into “which one of our beloved players is leaving town today?” as the premier hockey related question on their minds.
But hey, at least the “big four” in the Chicago core, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook are still here. And at least their enforcer and most captivating personality Adam Burish is….oh, wait never mind.
But we still got the cup! And like the Joker told Vicki Vale in the original Batman movie: “In order to make an omelet, you gotta break a few eggs.” And those eggshells accomplished something- freeing up cap space. But you also need to re-stock the carton; with something other than draft picks. Here is such an acquisition, although not exactly a headline grabbing one. Although this transaction should easily fill the newly found void at “enforcer.”
By Paul M. Banks
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We all knew this salary cap bomb would go off sometime. The fuse was lit with the qualifying offers mailing snafu last summer. And it’s really a good thing the Chicago Blackhawks did win the Stanley Cup last month because we knew their window would close soon, as they would have to begin a veteran fire sale in the very near future. That sale continued today as the Hawks let Adam Burish, BY FAR the most interesting guy on the team to talk to, go and sign with the Dallas Stars today. And when I say by far I mean BY MILES AND MILES.
The former Wisconsin Badger’s candor has made him easily one of the top 5 most written about athletes here at The Sports Bank, so it’ll be really sad to see him go. I’m not sure we’ll be writing about him too much anymore.
By Paul M. Banks
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Like the great American poets Jermaine Dupri and Christopher Brian Bridges once said, “Welcome to Atlanta.”
The phrase applies to yet another Chicago Blackhawks player from last year’s Stanley Cup winning team: Andrew Ladd. He becomes the fourth Blackhawk dealt away in the post Stanley Cup fire sale. Chicago has now dealt away three more players in the six days GM Stan Bowman said all the wheeling and dealing was done. Yes, they’ve kept their stars in tact, but a lot of the color and personality of the team is now gone. And much of it is reuniting in Hotlanta. Maybe we can crown the Atlanta Thrashers the 2010-11 Stanley Cup Champions (And if I get an idiot commenters, I’m warning you that was a joke)
By Paul M. Banks
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What a difference five days can make in the world of the Chicago Blackhawks‘ GM Stan Bowman. Here’s what was written by Chicago Breaking Sports on June 25th. Note the Bowman quotes:
Bowman said Friday that despite the rumors, many of which focused on winger Kris Versteeg, the Hawks don’t have to make any more deals to clear space under the salary cap to sign key restricted free agents, including goaltender Antti Niemi and defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson. The Hawks have already dealt Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel, Ben Eager and Colin Fraser.
“We’re fine,” Bowman said. “We made our move to unload some salary there and the salary cap was higher than we anticipated; we didn’t think it would be at $59.4 (million). Those combinations made it a much better scene.”
And tonight, here’s the transaction they completed:
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As you might have heard, the Chicago Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup (it was all over the news, and the blogs too). But you may or may not have heard that (now former) Hawks defenseman Brent Sopel and the Cup itself were in Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade this past weekend. And we have pictures, and a thoughtful recap courtesy of Jerry Pritikin- a Cubs die-hard who has been known by the nicknames of “Bleacher Preacher” and the “Gay Forrest Gump.” We’ll have another feature on him later this week.
In the meantime, please check out his new exhibit at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, running now until August 13.
For more info go here
Below are his impressions of the Blackhawks’ appearance at the Pride Parade:
By Paul M. Banks
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The Chicago Blackhawks drafted left-wing Ludvig Rensfeldt (35th overall), defenseman Justin Holl (54th overall), goaltender Kent Simpson (58th overall), defenseman Stephen Johns (60th overall), center Joakim Nordstrom (90th overall), center Rob Flick (120th overall), center Rob Flick (120th overall), center Mikro Hoefflin (151st overall), defenseman Nick Mattson (180th overall) and goaltender Macmillan Carruth (191st overall) to complete the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday.
On Friday, Chicago drafted right-wing Kevin Hayes from Noble & Greenough School (MA) with its first round selection (24th overall).
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The Blackhawks are once again, on the clock…..
The Chicago Blackhawks have selected Ludvig Rensfeldt from Brynas (SWE) in the second round (35th overall) of the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired the 35th and 58th overall selections in the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft from the New York Islanders in exchange for the 30th overall selection in the 2010 Draft.
With the addition of the 35th and 58th picks, the Blackhawks now have 11 total selections remaining in the 2010 NHL Draft, including five in the second round (35, 43, 54, 58 and 60). Chicago selected forward Kevin Hayes from Noble & Greenough School (MA) with their first selection (24th overall) on Friday.
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The cap space clearing continues. Yesterday it was the much beloved Dustin Byfuglien, and a couple other veterans. Today, the Chicago Blackhawks have acquired the Edmonton Oilers’ sixth round selection (151st overall) in the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft in exchange for center Colin Fraser. The Blackhawks now have 11 total selections in the Draft, including five in the first two rounds (24, 30, 43, 54 and 60).
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Looking to free up cap space before this offseason, the Chicago Blackhawks got right to work and made a major trade with the Atlanta Thrashers. The Blackhawks sent Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel, and prospect Akim Aliu to the Atlanta Thrashers for the a first round (#24 overall) and second round (#54 overall) pick in Friday’s NHL Entry Draft. Chicago also received a couple players in the deal; veteran Marty Reasoner and prospect Jeremy Morin.
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Established in 2005 by former US President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative, is responsible for improving the quality of life in over 170 countries around the world. Clinton, along with his advisor Doug Band, have reached out to heads of state, Nobel Peace Prize winners, global CEOs, major philanthropists, and foundation heads to help improve the state of modern globalization and international cooperation for humanity.
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