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Former Chicago Blackhawks superstar joins ESPN as analyst

By Vincent Parise

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 15: Chris Chelios #7 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs during NHL game action on October 15, 1996 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 15: Chris Chelios #7 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs during NHL game action on October 15, 1996 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images) /
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Chris Chelios is one of the greatest defensemen in the history of the sport. He is also one of the best in the history of the Chicago Blackhawks as they were lucky enough to have him for nine seasons. He went to the Hall of Fame as he scored 185 goals with 763 assists for 948 points. He was also a brilliant defensive defenseman as well. Now, he is going to take his talents to the broadcast booth at this point in his life.

ESPN announced their list of personalities for play-by-play, reporters, and analysts and Chelios is going to serve as an analyst. We have seen him do things like Chicago White Sox pre and postgame lately and it makes sense why now. He is going to be very good at this job.

Chris Chelios is going to make Chicago Blackhawks fans proud on ESPN.

ESPN is getting ready to have their first season back with rights to games. There are so many great people that are going to be contributing to this and seeing Chelios there is going to bring a smile to the face of many Blackhawks fans. He also spent a great deal of time with the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings as well so those fans should enjoy it as well.

Chelios is a Chicago native that got to play with the Hawks for a long time. He also won the Stanley Cup three times and the Norris Trophy three times as well. Wherever he went in his NHL career, success followed. There is no doubt that this is a great move for ESPN because he is going to bring a wealth of hockey education to the viewing audience.

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The NHL becoming partners with ESPN is phenomenal for the sport. For the last ten years or so, hockey fans have been annoyed with them because of their lack of coverage but why would they cover the only sport that they don’t have any rights to?

Now that they have each other’s best interest in mind, you can expect some top-quality coverage. It would be really nice to see the Chicago Blackhawks finally start to make good organizational decisions again so that they can be a good team. They will surely be a consistent feature on the network but they are a long way away from playing in the most meaningful games. If they ever do get to that point, however, it would feel really nice watching them play with Chelios analyzing the game.

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