Blackhawks open training camp with full NHL lineup already built out
Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill delivered a rousing speech to his team Wednesday night, some 12 hours before the first on-ice session of training camp.The Hawks' media relations team wanted to record it for future promotional videos. Blashill declined that request. He wanted those words to stay private forever."You come out of a meeting like that last night, and you're ready to go," Patrick Kane said Thursday. "You want to run through a wall."Any other year, a speech like that might've been best…
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