| McDonough forces Dale Tallon into semi-retirement after 5 years as GM |
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| Written by Chris Block | |||
| Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:28 | |||
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-- We'll have more on this later. And a detailed report from the press conference. A press conference I'm anticipating to be every bit the charade the Denis Savard axing gathering was 10 months ago. -- Stan Bowman becomes the 9th general manager in Blackhawks history, 42nd if you count Bob Pulford's stints individually. Blackhawks promote Stan Bowman to GM Blackhawks press release The Hockey News's Ryan Dixon spoke with Tallon hours before his dismissal/reassignment. TSN is saying the RFA qualifying offer controversy was "not believed to be a major factor" in the change. Tallon's sudden firing undeserved Scott Burnside, ESPN.com Less could be more for Blackhawks Al Cimaglia, ESPNChicago.com SI writer Allan Muir has thoughts in his mailbag today. Why Fix Something That's Not Broken? Rick Morrisey, Chicago Tribune Len Ziehm has a blog now at Sun-Times.com Did Tallon get a raw deal? Dave Bolland tells Jesse Rogers he didn't see Tallon firing/reassignment coming. ESPNChicago.com "Honestly, I have no clue [why this happened]," Bolland said from Toronto. "This is one I did not see coming." Mark Kiley makes a great point about Tallon's true personality Blackhawks Confidential McDonough and Bowmans have summer a wedding Mike Kiley, ChicagoNow.com
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