Why the Blackhawks’ Gamble on Jeff Blashill Could Change Everything
Blashill wasn’t the Blackhawks’ first choice — they took a run at David Carle and inquired about Mike Sullivan, as nearly every team with a coaching opening did — but Chicago doesn’t feel like it’s settling in any way. Blashill checked every box Davidson sought in his head coach.
The Blackhawks like Blashill’s development background. He coached in the USHL, NCAA and AHL before settling into the NHL. He was once the hot name in college coaching, as Carle is today. Blashill left Western Michigan University in 2011 at 38 years old to give the NHL a shot. He spent one season as an assistant to Mike Babcock with the Red Wings, then spent three years as the head coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins, Detroit’s AHL affiliate.
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