Speculation: Bowman to be named GM of 2022 Team US Olympic team
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RememberTheRoar
“I’m not as worried about the 5-on-5 scoring.”
Here's a TSN article on it. USA Hockey expected to name Chicago Blackhawks' Stan Bowman GM of Olympic team - TSN.ca
BK
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Bowman is well respected around the league so it is not a shocker.
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Brightwing
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Kane gets the C, right? I mean he captained at World's the last couple of years and was on the 2010 silver medal team. I'm trying to think who else would be in the running.
BobbyJet
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Only here in Chicago is Stan Bowman not respected. And that's only by meatball fans.
BK
"Goalie Apologist"
Scotty is considered the greatest coach of all-time. Stan is no where close to that and no one has ever claimed that but he is respected in the NHL. It is hilarious that people actually think he is not respected in the NHL.
BK
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The Hawks have drafted well the past few years and have made some smart signings. Perfect? Obviously not but the Hawks are obviously improving in the short and long term.
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RayP
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I mean he fell ass backwards into a 3rd OA pick. We will see about the rest.
The overpayments by him have really hurt this team over the years.
The guy contributed to assembling three Stanley Cup winning teams. To not respect him is f***ing asinine. But not at all shocking.
BK
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Which ones are those?
He picked Dach over the others. Boqvist looks really good so far along with the quite a few others.
Like I said before it has not been perfect but anyone with a brain knows this team is improving and the future is not dim at all.
RayP
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Seabrook being the biggest issue.
I’m sorry I’m not going to praise a guy for nailing the 3rd OA pick.
Just because the team is improving now doesn’t mean he’s done a good job.
Only in Chicago would a GM who helped bring three championships to the city, be less respected than Coach Ditka. Who was by all accounts, a f***ing terrible head coach.
BK
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Oh I thought you were talking about something new on the contract side.
The last sentence is just funny and wrong. The improvements are a direct result of his work.
How does this make sense? So when the team sucks, it's the GM's fault. When the team improves, he's not doing a good job?
Kaners Bald Spot
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There are still people *cough BWC* that think that Tallon was responsible for the 3 cups because he was GM when 19/88 were drafted, while forgetting that Bowman was Asst. GM then. I'm sure he was part of the decision making process, even if he didn't make the decision.
In reality, Mike Smith, Tallon and Stan Bowman all had a part in the cups.
First cup, yes. The second two are all Bowman. The team had to be completely torn down after 2010 because of the cap, and built back up. Bowman did a fantastic job surrounding the core players with the talent necessary to win two more. These arguments are so dumb.
RayP
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Because this team had reached a point that their on ice performance so was bad because we had so little depth that it could only get better.
I’m not completely anti-Bowman, I recognize he was a vital role to multiple Cups.... but lately he hasn’t been doing a great job IMO.
Kaners Bald Spot
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This is the reality of the salary cap. Build team, pay your core guys, suffer cap casualties, core guys age/retire, you suck, rebuild...
BobbyJet
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As did many others from scouting to the trainer but Bowman was mostly along for the ride after the core of the team was mostly established.
Tallon doesn't get much credit here but I guarantee if players who lived it were asked Tallon's name would often be mentioned.
