{"id":17787,"date":"2025-03-17T23:24:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17787"},"modified":"2025-03-17T23:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:24:58","slug":"breaking-chicago-blackhawks-owner-danny-wirtz-is-ranked-as-one-of-the-nhls-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17787","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Chicago Blackhawks owner Danny Wirtz is ranked as one of the NHL’s worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chicago Blackhawks ownership was the toast of the town last decade. Fast forward to the present and Hawks’ ownership is despised.<\/p>\n

The Hawks were revived after Rocky Wirtz took over guiding the franchise after his father Bill Wirtz passed away. Under Bill, the franchise decayed into complete irrelevancy.<\/p>\n

Once the old man’s time on Earth ended, Rocky put home games on television and then the team saw legends lead the franchise to three Stanley Cup wins.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, and Corey Crawford reached icon status.<\/p>\n

Then it all came crashing down in such stunning fashion.<\/p>\n

Hossa was forced to retire. Seabrook’s body betrayed him, and he too had to retire. Toews ended up catching long-COVID and another physical ailment and his career was pretty much down. Corey Crawford went through his issues. Keith wanted to end his career closer to home.<\/p>\n

Kaner was about the only player of that superstar core to age gracefully and even he wanted nothing to do with a rebuild and was eventually traded away.<\/p>\n

Then the Brad Aldrich scandal hit where the team’s brass covered up the video coach’s alleged sexual abuse of former first-round pick Kyle Beach during the 2010 Stanley Cup run. A scandal that will forever taint that championship.<\/p>\n

Rocky denied any knowledge of the cover-up led by former team president John McDonough, general manager Stan Bowman, and head coach Joel Quenneville.<\/p>\n

Rocky’s tirade to a townhall question in February of 2022 from reporters about the eventual fallout from the Jenner report tainted Wirtz’ images forever. It ruined all the goodwill he built up and he died with a complicated legacy.<\/p>\n

His son Danny has taken over control of the team since Rocky’s passing and things have not been going well for him either.<\/h2>\n

The team has done nothing but lose and fans are growing restless.<\/p>\n

It has been so bad that he was rated as one of the five worst owner in the Athletic’s NHL ownership rankings.<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re not always talked about as much as star players, coaches and GMs. In many cases, they\u2019re not in the limelight, writes @mirtle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But owners set the tones for their franchises.<\/p>\n

And these are the best ones in the NHL, according to our subscribers: https:\/\/t.co\/7tLl7nKRMq<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/TEDMzE44Vr<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) March 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n