sports.yahoo.com - 7/6/2009
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here's a good chance Dale Tallon is having a case of the Monday's right now. As TSN's Darren Dreger reported late Friday night, Tallon's qualifying offers made to Blackhawks restricted free agents Kris Versteeg , Cam Barker , Ben Eager , Colin Fraser , Aaron Johnson , and Troy Brouwer ...
fromtherink.com - 7/4/2009
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fromtherink.com —
Pretty interesting story from late last night involving
the Blackhawks and several qualifying offers : Sources tell...
TSN the NHL and the NHLPA are investigating what might have been an enormous mistake by the Chicago Blackhawks . Chicago tendered qualifying offers to several key players ...
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The Blackhawks' qualifying offer 'debacle'
canuckscorner.com - 7/4/2009
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canuckscorner.com —
Per TSN: Sources tell TSN the NHL and
the NHLPA are investigating what might have been an...
enormous mistake by the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago tendered qualifying offers to several key players this week, including Kris Versteeg, Cam Barker, Ben Eager, ...
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Tallon’s Blunder
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Bob McKenzie: Doesn't use twitter. Twitter is great for getting news, but follow the right people. Read all the tweets and bios and stuff. Lots of fake shit out there that, while funny, isn't really news. [TSN]
The NHLPA is looking at the Blackhawks mishandling of some players contracts. The Hawks are ... they aren't smart. [TSN]
More about the 'Hawks stupidity. [Puck Daddy]
These guys are goin to Arby ... and they aren't getting ...
Don't Mess With the Post Office...
Snipe Snipe, Dangle Dangle —
I wasn’t going to write about the Chicago Blackhawks’ little RFA Incident because I didn’t really care about it. Especially now that it’s a moot point because they re-signed all of their guys anyway. However, recent events have caused me to rethink my reaction to this situation, and I want to present my traumatic tale as a word of caution about why you should never tempt karma. ...
Lessons From Dale Tallon: Use FedEx
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Yes, Tallon failed to send the Hawks’ slew of unrestricted free agents their offers on time. The excuse was something about the mail being late, as if courier pigeon was his only other option. The NHLPA filed a grievance against Tallon, and to nip the thing in the bud he re-signed all of the players in question at a higher value than they might otherwise have been worth. You read this correctly: Because Dale Tallon was late on his mail, he basically gave money away. I’d hate to see his credit card statements. ...
Little Brother Comes to Town...
Snipe Snipe, Dangle Dangle —
Remember back in the playoffs last season when I compared Chicago to the Wings’ little brother? Well, over the summer little brother went through a huge growth spurt, and he’s looking a whole lot scarier now, although it would seem that he hasn’t gotten a whole lot smarter . I absolutely believe that the Hawks are going to give the Wings a run for their money in the Central this season, but I haven't bought into the whole changing of the guard thing quite yet. Chicago still has a long way to go before they're ready to do anything meaningful, as evidenced ...
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csnchicago.com 7/5/2009 — Saturday, July 4th 5:30 p.m. How bout some fireworks from the Hawks for the 4th of July? Late on Friday, TSN in Canada reported that the Blackhawks had misfiled the qualifying offers to their restricted free agents (Cam Barker, Troy Brouwer, Corey ...
Are Tallon's Chicago days numbered?
theglobeandmail.com 7/14/2009 — I s Dale Tallon on his way out as the Chicago Blackhawks general manager? Seems implausible, given that the Blackhawks just completed their finest season in a decade, largely with a team that Tallon built, but two sources indicated Monday night that a ...
Dale Tallon's dismissal a heartless move
sports.espn.go.com 7/14/2009 — Used to be a time when winning was the bottom line. Not anymore, and that's certainly not the case in Chicago, where Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon was shown the door less than two months after watching the team he helped build advance to a Western ...
Hawks Moving Forward
crashthecrease.com 7/15/2009 — Al Cimaglia – ESPN Chicago
Ever since Scotty Bowman was added to the Chicago Blackhawks front office, many believed Dale Tallon’s job was in jeopardy. No matter how much the Hawks improved on the ice, Tallon’s future as general manager appeared tenuous.
His reassignment to ...
God Bless Kris Versteeg
gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 7/7/2009 — I've been following the Chicago Blackhawks RFA contract saga over the last couple of days and today was a day of many happenings on that front. The afternoon started off rather well with TSN reporting that the NHLPA did in fact request that the players should be considered unrestricted free ...
NHL won't take action on Hawks
suntimes.com 7/6/2009 — The Blackhawks claim they made no mistakes in tendering qualifying offers to their restricted free agents, but they found themselves in an awkward situation regarding their business practices -- and it isn't over yet. On Sunday, the NHL concluded a ...
Clash in styles led to Tallon's dismissal
chicagotribune.com 7/15/2009 — Blackhawks elevate Stan Bowman to GM
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In the end, there apparently were many reasons that Dale Tallon was ousted as general manager of the Blackhawks.
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Hawks taking it from the top :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Blackhawks
suntimes.com 7/4/2009 — Ziehm: Hawks taking it from the top SIGNS OF THE TIMES | By obtaining former Wings Hossa, Kopecky, Tallon deals blow to best in West It might seem like the Blackhawks did a lot in these early days of the free-agent signing period. Getting winger ...
The only real surprise: Tallon's exit didn't come sooner
dailyherald.com 7/15/2009 — As was the case with Denis Savard, Dale Tallon should have never had the job. And as was the case with Savard, John McDonough had only so much patience with so much incompetence. The real surprise is that the team president waited as long as he did to ...
NHLPA files grievance against 'Hawks —
FOXSports.com News for NHL 7/6/2009
The Chicago Blackhawks resolved some of the administrative problems surrounding their restricted free agents by signing five of those players on Monday.
The Blackhawks announced they had agreed to two-year deals with forward Troy Brouwer and ...
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