The final wrecking ball that smashed through the Hawks on Tuesday demolished the last walls standing from the once-golden castle the organization represented and inhabited.
Overmatched defenseman Seth Jones’ eight-year, $76 million contract doesn’t kick in until next season.
At this point, however, the Hawks might need to retain Colliton just to keep any semblance of continuity.
Interim GM Kyle Davidson was still in college when Bowman became the Hawks’ GM in 2009 and was just promoted to assistant GM last year.
Davidson’s rise from an intern with the Rockford IceHogs in 2010 to this interim role is, on its own, a fascinating story.
Indeed, after several seasons of gradual decline, the speed and abruptness with which the Hawks have fallen into shambles recently is difficult to grasp.
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