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Derek King comfortable in new role as Blackhawks assistant coach: ‘I have no ego about it’

Most NHL interim head coaches leave for new organizations if they don’t get the head job permanently. But King isn’t like most coaches.

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Troy Murray, Patrick Sharp will split Blackhawks’ TV analyst role

John Wiedeman will return to the WGN radio booth and work with either Murray or Caley Chelios.

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Colin Blackwell’s contract with Blackhawks is the latest height in journey from hockey’s brink

At Harvard, lingering concussion symptoms made Blackwell believe his hockey career was over. Now, he’s joining the Hawks as an established, versatile NHL forward.

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Blackhawks sign defenseman Jack Johnson to 1-year contract

Adding the 35-year-old journeyman makes it even clearer the Hawks don’t plan to promote many prospects to the NHL this season.

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Pat Foley will fulfill dream by calling Cubs game at Wrigley Field

Foley will call the nightcap of the Cubs’ doubleheader against the Cardinals. He’ll work the first three innings on 670 The Score, move to the Marquee Sports Network booth for the middle three and finish the game on radio.

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Meghan Hunter’s rapid ascension within Blackhawks continues with assistant GM promotion

Hunter, now sporting a new title, handles a dizzying array of duties — from managing the salary cap to assisting new players’ families — to keep the Hawks’ front office functional.

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Blackhawks re-sign Caleb Jones, Philipp Kurashev to 1-year contracts

With the two formerly restricted free agents locked up, the Hawks have completed their offseason to-do list, barring any surprise trades.

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Blackhawks will play preseason game in Milwaukee

The Hawks will face the Minnesota Wild at Fiserv Forum on Oct. 2.

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Blackhawks hire Derek Plante as assistant coach, completing Luke Richardson’s staff

Plante returns from Minnesota-Duluth after previously playing and serving as a development coach for the Hawks.

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Blackhawks’ Max Domi eager for big role, reunion with coach Luke Richardson

Richardson was in Montreal for the best seasons (2018-19, 2019-20) of Domi’s career. Domi expects the new Hawks coach will bring the best out of him again this coming season.

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Petr Mrazek brings to Blackhawks a history of excelling when doubted

Expectations are very low for Mrazek as the tanking Hawks’ new starting goalie, but his 2018 success story with the Hurricanes might be repeatable.

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Dylan Strome, never fully appreciated with Blackhawks, excited for ‘new opportunity’ with Capitals

Despite receiving a one-year contract worth $3.5 million from Washington, the great Strome mystery — ‘Why do NHL teams not value him as much as they should?’ — nonetheless remains.

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Blackhawks form partnership with Sac and Fox Nation that includes language preservation and scholarships — but name concerns still linger

CHICAGO — Robert Williamson didn’t know what to make of the Chicago Blackhawks at first.

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Blackhawks reveal new programs reaching out to Native Americans

Team CEO Danny Wirtz issued an update on the organization’s plans.

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Is Chicago’s love for its team broadcasters over the top? Possibly. You got a problem with that?

Eddie Olczyk’s departure from the Blackhawks has stunned fans.

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Eddie Olczyk joining Kraken's TV broadcast team

A league source has confirmed that longtime NHL player-turned-broadcaster Eddie Olczyk will be joining the ROOT Sports booth for Kraken games this coming season alongside play-by-play man John Forslund, whom he's paired with on national telecasts throughout the years.

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Eddie Olczyk unlikely to return as the Chicago Blackhawks TV analyst — and the team was ‘blindsided’ by the news

CHICAGO — In a potentially seismic event in the Chicago sports market, the Blackhawks and TV analyst Eddie Olczyk appear to be parting ways.

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Blackhawks TV analyst Eddie Olczyk joining Seattle Kraken’s broadcast team

Olczyk couldn’t reach an agreement with management on a new contract. His deal expired after the season. According to a source, the Hawks would not give him the same contract length that the Kraken did.

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July is supposed to be a sports snoozer, but not this year in Chicago — it’s wild and weird

Our teams — the Cubs, the White Sox, the Blackhawks, the Bears — are up to all sorts of strange business and busyness.

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Polling Place: If you ruled the White Sox and Cubs, would you make a managerial change?

Even though the Cubs are on pace for 100 losses, David Ross came out smelling like a rose. Tony La Russa, not so much.

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Anatomy of a teardown: Why the Blackhawks are doing what they’re doing

The Hawks’ recent rate of turnover on the ice, behind the bench, in the front office and beyond has been stunning. But for the most part, this was a mess that needed this kind of deep cleaning.

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Blackhawks prospect Frank Nazar turning heads with elite skating, awareness

Nazar dominated the scrimmage that concluded Hawks development camp Friday. The 13th overall pick already rivals Lukas Reichel as the best forward prospect in the Hawks’ system.

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Blackhawks notebook: Dominik Kubalik excited for ‘fresh start’ with Red Wings

Plus, new assistant coach Kevin Dean says the Hawks will use a zone defensive scheme next season.

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Kyle Davidson has ‘healthy’ conversation with Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews as Blackhawks’ offseason winds down

The Hawks GM said he doesn’t have a “fully formed opinion...one way or another” on whether Kane or Toews might eventually request trades.

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If Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews stay, what will Blackhawks’ lines look like?

It appears increasingly unlikely the two veteran cornerstones will be traded this summer. If they aren’t, the Hawks’ forward depth chart — weak as it is — is pretty much now set.

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