The Chicago Blackhawks have fired assistant coach Mike Kitchen, the team announced Monday. This is the first move made by the team since getting swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Nashville Predators.
GM Stan Bowman said Saturday during his first offseason comments that changes would be coming to the organization after “complete failure” in the postseason. At the time, he said that head coach Joel Quenneville’s job was safe, indicating that moves would occur elsewhere.
The coaching staff is still getting a shakeup, but it’s one of Quenneville’s key assistants that’s been fired instead.