Welcome Back Chris Chelios

by Wick22 on Aug 6, 2010 11:24 PM CDT

Chris Chelios is coming back to the Wings, but have no fear, its not as a player. Ken Holland apparently promised Cheli a job while he was playing for the team. It seems Holland is making good on his promise by bring Chelios into a front office position.

“He’ll do a little scouting, player development, act as an ambassador,’’ general manager Ken Holland said. “He’s going to come in and learn the business. Maybe (coach) Mike Babcock can use him at times.’’

Considering Cheli's experience not only with hockey, but with the Red Wings organization as a whole, I think this is a great move. It brings a future HOF to our front office to contribute in anyway possible. Another solid move Holland.

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2010/08/chris_chelios_joins_red_wings.html

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How do you feel about bringing back Chris Chelios to a front office position?

Good move.

53 votes

Bad move.

1 votes

Ehhh.

7 votes

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Ick

I wanted him to go to the Hawks Org, I do think it is a smart move for the wings though.

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by burpchelischili on Aug 7, 2010 2:34 PM CDT reply actions

Hopefully he'll be used as a conditioning coach

There’s a reason he played into his mid-40s.

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by handsomerob1 on Aug 7, 2010 6:26 PM CDT reply actions

Great move. I said we needed to do this the day we let him go. He’s experienced more hockey playing than anyone alive bar Howe. His experience, along with Ozzy, can only be good for our youngsters (Howard, Abdelkader, Ericsson, and Kindl mainly. Helm will be getting his from Draper, I think)

by Apocalyptic0n3 on Aug 7, 2010 8:56 PM CDT reply actions