McDonough forces Dale Tallon into semi-retirement after 5 years as GM Print E-mail
Written by Chris Block   
Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:28

-- 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."

Chris Kuc report

Tim Sassone blog

Mark Kiley makes a great point about Tallon's true personality  Blackhawks Confidential

McDonough and Bowmans have summer a wedding  Mike Kiley, ChicagoNow.com

Sam Fels blows his top  SecondCityHockey.com

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