The Chicago Blackhawks have fired Denis Savard, their coach of three years, after a short 4 games (1-2-1). He will be replaced by Joe Quenneville, former coach of the Colorado Avalanche, etc.

Are you kidding me? I don't see a good reason behind this. Sure, Savard wasn't exactly coach of the year, but way to add stability to a young team, guys.

The Chicago Blackhawks finally put G Nikolai Khabibulin on waivers today, like I've been saying they should do since they signed Christobal Huet. They have some depth in goaltending, and I guess this means that Corey Crawford will be able to step up. It was a good move by the Hawks, though its sad to see him go.

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Chicago Blackhawks forward Robert Lang was shipped to the Montreal Canadiens today in exchange for a 2nd round draft pick in 2010. While I'm a little steamed that the Hawks got rid of Lang instead of Nikolai Khabibulin, I'm glad they've gotten out of their cap trouble (With the acquisitions of Cristobal Huet and Brian Campbell, the Hawks were way ( Read more... )

I don't think I can last two more months without a hockey game. Why couldn't they have another super series? ANYTHING.

We'll start with good things about this off-season:

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