![]() ![]() “We also study what’s made those (non-NHL) teams so successful. “We’re both huge sports fans, so we’ll be watching ‘Inside the NBA’ and I’ll get a text message (from Davidson): ‘Did you see what Charles (Barkley) said last night?’” Maciver said. That outside-the-box mindset bleeds into everyday conversations between Davidson and Maciver. The hiring of former Cubs executive Jeff Greenberg shows Davidson’s willingness to deviate from hockey norms. Can two holdovers from the old administration create a new culture? One of the biggest issues over the years is keeping the puck out of our net, so defensively we need to get a lot better.” 3. “Obviously we’d like to be able to play faster than we’ve been able to play, a little bit more tenacious maybe. “We’re going to have to have an approach where we build this through the type of players we draft. “Having (Duncan) Keith in place and then being able to draft (Jonathan) Toews and (Patrick) Kane in back-to-back years, I don’t know if something like that will ever happen (again),” Maciver said. We got three Stanley Cups out of it,” but Maciver said it would be folly to try to replicate those circumstances. ![]() There was definitely a priority toward skill in the past. “The competitive nature of players’ speed and size weren’t emphasized as much. ![]() “There are certain things that are huge red flags for us that maybe in the past might not have been deemed red flags,” he said. Blackhawks continue sweeping changes by firing assistant coaches Marc Crawford and Rob Cookson ] Maciver kept his department “status quo” until the end of the season, and he’s not looking to clean house but rather change the scouts’ priorities. What does Maciver want to change about the Hawks?ĭavidson fired vice president of amateur scouting Mark Kelley and assistant GM of pro evaluation Ryan Stewart during the season, and now the amateur and pro scouting directors and the director of player personnel report to Maciver. “They’re (former) players, and Norm has been an assistant coach, he’s been in development, he’s been in scouting, he’s been in management, so he’s got this great depth of experience that I don’t have myself. “He has a different background than myself, much like (player development coach) Brian Campbell,” Davidson said. Davidson was the biggest reason, he said, “but also that opportunity to have more of an expanded role than I had in Seattle.”ĭavidson assured Maciver he would have a major voice in making over the team. He returned to Chicago just short of a full season with the Kraken. 9, 2016, during his previous stint with the team. Blackhawks associate general manager Norm Maciver at the United Center on Feb. ![]()
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