Cue The Music: Blackhawks Hire Former Whaler Great, Ulf Samuelsson, As Assistant Coach

I missed this story on Wednesday because I was down with the flu, but apparently this is all but official. Ulf Samuelsson, one of the games greatest villains, will be replacing Mike Kitchen as the Blackhawks assistant coaching. Completing the Whalers trifecta

CUE THE MUSIC

Ulf had a long NHL career and has coached Modo in Sweden, the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL, and has been an assistant with the Rangers and Coyotes. I won’t pretend to know what Ulf will bring to the table as an assistant so lets go to Don Cherry for analysis on Ulf

I hated Ulf as a player. When I was a little kid and Samuelsson was playing for Pittsburgh and the Rangers I saw him as the embodiment of evil. With that said, I like the idea of having a sonofabitch on the bench. I don’t know him or Mike Kitchen at all, but I’m gonna go ahead and say that he brings a little more sand and energy to the locker room. Here’s a nice little video of Ulf talking about both his game and his vision of today’s game