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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
'Hawks are retiring #7 in honor of Chris Chelios at this afternoon's game. Chelios is one of my most despised former Blackhawks, mainly due to a selfish penalty he took, behind the play in the 1992 SCF. In Game 3, down 1-0 with Belfour pulled, and the 'Hawks pressing, Chelios took an unnecessary retaliation fighting penalty/game misconduct at 19:29, killing the 'Hawks' chances at tying the game. The Pens went on for the sweep, losing each game by 1. Chelios often took undisciplined penalties during his 'Hawks' tenure, as well as getting caught behind the play, due to his hyper-aggressiveness, less observant fans often blamed his D-Partner, Keith Carney, for getting beaten, when it was Chelios that let him down. Carney was booed out of town, and went on to have a decent career elsewhere. The final straw, for me, was when Chelios negotiated a trade to Detroit, while still under contract to the 'Hawks.
Retiring #7 should have been held off for Seabrook.
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It is somewhat surprising that the Hawks would be doing this now, 25 years later after he stopped playing there, so there certainly is some romanticizing about the good times and forgetting about the issues you mention and have much more knowledge of leading to his departure, and the fact he was just an overall arrogant ass, certianly in his later years. It was him and Tkachuk trashing the rooms in Nagano in 1998 that sort of showed his true colors.
Sort of like Lowe in the time between retiring and number retirement, though Lowe wagered a annual campaign for a decade to get the media to vote him in to the HoF and then was the requesite for retiring his Oilers number. Then a year later he leaves the Oilers very quickly and quietly.
Also let's go Ducks.