Luke Richardson looking to implement much needed change to Blackhawks organization
Perhaps one of the more underrated events of the offseason was the Blackhawks decision to bring in a new Head Coach.
To the loss of the Canadiens, Luke Richardson the squads former assitant coach accepted a role with the Blackhawks, and he is ready to put his finger prints all over the team's penalty kill.
Hawks Insider Charlie Roumeliotis wrote this, in response to the question about Richardsons plan for the Hawks penalty killing this season:
"That's going to be up ice and definitely on entries and any trigger point in zone, off shots, loose pucks, we're going to have three guys going," Richardson said. "Any time there's a pressure or a bobbled puck, we're looking to go. Looking at the whites of their eyes and they're all sitting there set up, we've got to be in our structure and wait for that opportunity to go.
"But I think entries are huge, up ice disruption, a lot of teams fall back into a 1-3 and take their chances at the blue line. I don't like those odds against the best players in the world. I'd rather disrupt things up ice; they're not used to it and they don't like it, and I think it bodes well with our team, especially adding a little more speed this year."
The Hawks are seemingly in good hands, if, Richardson's plans go swimmingly.
What do you think fans, could the Hawks pk be a strength this year rather than a weakness?
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