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The Blackhawks have officially fired Mike Haviland, who spent four seasons along side Joel Quenneville, helping the team win their fourth Stanley Cup Championship in 2010.
Another piece of the puzzle is gone, unfortunately they may have cut the wrong fat yet again. If there is any weight of responsibility placed on Mike Haviland, the same weight should be applied to Mike Kitchen.
Once again, the Blackhawks have proven that they cannot maintain a solid relationship with a great hockey mind and coach that the players respected and adored.
Mike Haviland will easily get another job elsewhere, although there are no active rumors yet.
Joel Quenneville will meet the press on a conference call to discuss the dismissal of Haviland. Additional details are unknown, however, with Barry Smith taking the ice at the end of the regular season some might speculate that he is next in line for the job. The question is, if he is, how will Joel Quenneville react after shooing him off the ice and confronting management about it?
UPDATE: Quenneville was very direct in his teleconference today regarding the situation. He made it very clear that this was his decision and moving forward he will pick the next assistant coach of the Blackhawks. Barry Smith is not among his candidates.
It seems as if this decision was based purely on job safety, basically killing every rumor that Quenneville was on his way out to Montreal. Look forward to another year of the 'stache line generator.
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Another piece of the puzzle is gone, unfortunately they may have cut the wrong fat yet again. If there is any weight of responsibility placed on Mike Haviland, the same weight should be applied to Mike Kitchen.
Once again, the Blackhawks have proven that they cannot maintain a solid relationship with a great hockey mind and coach that the players respected and adored.
Mike Haviland will easily get another job elsewhere, although there are no active rumors yet.
Joel Quenneville will meet the press on a conference call to discuss the dismissal of Haviland. Additional details are unknown, however, with Barry Smith taking the ice at the end of the regular season some might speculate that he is next in line for the job. The question is, if he is, how will Joel Quenneville react after shooing him off the ice and confronting management about it?
UPDATE: Quenneville was very direct in his teleconference today regarding the situation. He made it very clear that this was his decision and moving forward he will pick the next assistant coach of the Blackhawks. Barry Smith is not among his candidates.
It seems as if this decision was based purely on job safety, basically killing every rumor that Quenneville was on his way out to Montreal. Look forward to another year of the 'stache line generator.
Click here to view the article
