BREAKING: Blackhawks Announce New Associate General Manager

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Sam Walker
April 28, 2022 (1:32 PM)

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The Blackhawks are hiring a new associate general manager, Jeff Greenberg. Former part of the Chicago Cubs front office.

Newly hired General manager Kyle Davidson confirmed the news on Thursday, mentioning Greenberg will "help carry the Blackhawks into the next generation."

One issue, is that Blackhawks stars Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews has spoken to the media, stating a rebuild does not have to take long and to look at the New York Rangers with how quickly they did there's.

Why is that an issue? Davidson warned that the components Greenberg wants to build will "take time" and "are not crated overnight."

Davidson spoke further on the hiring:

«To bring in that outside influence and expertise we don't have in-house, and someone that can bring the unique perspective of how a front office can be run. I'm excited to get his influence into our group. I think he can help push us into the area a lot of other sports are in right now, streamlining, modernizing and adding sophistication to the decision-making process, that hockey isn't necessarily at the level of, in my opinion."

"I began to have conversations in the GM process, and it became very clear, and even more clear in talking with [Davidson] and [Maciver] recently, that there's an opportunity to do something new here. There's an appetite to bring some of the processes we built in baseball which can help drive decision making -- and that will touch everything from scouting to player development to player acquisitions."

Greenberg spent eleven years in the baseball front office operations with the Chicago cubs, and has spoken on his recent hiring with the Blackhawks:

"I had a unique experience with the Cubs to get in at the ground level, with exposure to the things we were building," Greenberg said. "To build a championship team, the ability to produce homegrown talent is essential; that's not groundbreaking and shouldn't surprise anyone who pays attention. The harder thing is, how do you do those things? How do you make it happen? The systems building, the commitment to those things, the relentless pursuit of finding the best available information to make best decisions is where you can create separation."