Then everything ground to a halt, and the biggest debate seemed to be when the draft should be held. However, in a press release today it was reported that Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz made a shocking move and fired president and CEO, John McDonough.
(Blackhawk Up’s take on the news can be found here.)
No one seemed to have seen this coming, but was this the right move?
Everyone has more or less agreed that there needed to be some kind of organizational change, and most people thought it was going to be General Manager Stan Bowman that was shown the door.