This story was originally included in our weekly Friday Insider column.
Joel Quenneville is still firmly in charge of the Blackhawks’ bench, but he will have a few new assistants at his side come next season.
Mike Kitchen was fired earlier this offseason after six seasons as an assistant coach. On Thursday, the Blackhawks announced they had hired two assistants – Don Granato and Ulf Samuelsson – to take his place.
We already went over their coaching backgrounds, so let's take a deeper look at who these guys actually are and go over some of their strengths as coaches.