The Blackhawks Coaching Search Moves On
I promise this is the last you will hear from me about David Carle (I hope).
Well… that was quick, wasn’t it?
After writing about how I think David Carle is the guy for the Blackhawks, Elliotte Friedman announced over the weekend that Carle is no longer in consideration for the head coaching spot in Chicago. So, who’s left?
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Now that Mike Sullivan is no longer the coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, that makes things a little more interesting. I wrote about who I think the Blackhawks should pick in the link below. Three names.
On Tap Sports Net’s Tony Marchase wrote a nice piece on why Chicago makes the best sense for Connor Bedard. This comes during a time of speculation from people who continue to doubt whether Connor wants in or out of Chicago. Not just ridiculous from the point of view of a Hawks fan, but ridiculous because Connor will be an RFA next season and has no negotiating power even if it ever came to that.
Arvid Soderblom joins Frank Nazar and Alex Vlasic at the IIHF Men’s World Championship. You can catch up on the upcoming international tournament in the link below.
The last of Carle talk… hopefully
I don’t want to continue whining about how the Blackhawks couldn’t land David Carle. And trust me, you can read a more educated take on that in the first link that I provided. But it’s something to keep dog-eared for the summer.
There’s going to be a lot of speculation about this. Up front, we just don’t have the inside information on how this went down. David Carle wants to stay in a more secure location in a program that he is very intimate with. The risk of a high-stress environment with low job security for a family man is understandably unappealing.
Of course, the narrative changes if Carle signs with an NHL team.
I’m not going to read into how Carle has a framed Blackhawks sweater in his office. But I am going to read into how appealing a place Chicago is for head coaches.
Kyle Davidson fired his head coach in the middle of a meaningless season with a made-up goal. Analytically, the team didn’t do much better when Anders Sorensen took over. Sorensen also didn’t change much about the tactics either.
Luke Richardson’s contract was up at the end of this season with an optional additional year.
The firing didn’t do anything to get the team going. The young players did, who were added to the team towards the end of the season.
On the surface, Chicago seemed like the perfect match for Carle. I’m not sure he even had an interview, but if he pulled out because he wasn’t getting the security he needed, that’s concerning.
Money isn’t an issue. This is a Chicago-based team owned by a Wirtz.
But it really makes you wonder, doesn’t it?