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I don't get why the Hawks don't name the Wolves as their AHL affiliate. Chicago fans watch Wolves games to see prospects for the Canucks and now Blues, gotta go to Rockford to see Blackhawk prospects. I guess that's fine if you live in Rockford but I'll bet there are way more Blackhawk fans in Chicago than in Rockford, call it a hunch.
Yep, I'm a huge fan of Bollig's ZERO points in 43 games.
Hawks will suit up Bollig once in a while. Don't look for any other goons to make the team.
I just want to say thanks for posting these articles. Keeps me from bouncing around as often.
When Chicago affiliated with Rockford in 2007, they signed a 10 year deal. It will be interesting to see what happens after a few years with the Blues affiliation and when the Rockford agreement expires in 4 years I think.
Those affiliations are very interesting. The Wolves would probably love to have the Hawks, but I'm not positive the Hawks want the Wolves. I'm confident they've looked into buying the Wolves. Hopefully we hear something about it in a few years.
As a fan, I think it would be excellent to see the Hawks affiliate in Chicago.
Yeah, as a fan it makes most sense to have the NHL & AHL team in the same city. Not sayin' Rockford is a bad location, it's sort of close, but Chicago would be ideal IMO.
I think it would probably make sense TODAY, but when teams are struggling with attendance I'm sure they don't want to be competing against their cheaper AHL affiliate for ticket sales.
Valid point, but won't the Wolves be there with cheaper tickets regardless of who they're affiliated with? Might as have them affiliated with the hometown team instead of the Vancouver Canucks or St. Louis Blues IMO.
I don't think we'll see an affiliation agreement in Chicago with the Hawks and Wolves unless Rocky buys a big piece of the Wolves. In Chicago, hockey operations might have less influence than they have with Rockford and that could be troublesome.
That would be nice though especially in down years. It's been nice to see AHL games on tv without having to find a good stream, it would be great if it was the Hawks affiliate.
I'm very interested to see how things play out with the Blues.