Blackhawks officially extend head coach Jeremy Colliton

This just in, the Chicago Blackhawks have re-signed head coach Jeremy Colliton to a two year contract extension.

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The 35 year old coach's new contract will make him the Blackhawks' bench boss through 2022-23. He was named 38th coach in franchise history in November 2018 after taking over for long-time Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville. The youngest coach in team history owns a record of 62-58-17 in 137 regular-season games with the club.

"Jeremy has shown an innate ability to develop young talent throughout his two seasons as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks," said Stan Bowman, President of Hockey Operations and General Manager in a prepared statement. "This, coupled with his vast knowledge of the game, exceptional communication skills and determination to win, makes us extremely confident Jeremy has what it takes to lead our team back to an elite level as we continue to build a roster that can compete year in and year out."

 "I'm thankful to the Wirtz Family and Stan Bowman for their continued support during my time with the organization," said Colliton in the same statement. "As we continue to build on the foundation we have here with this team, we will remain committed to working with our players to put them in the best positions to succeed. I look forward to the challenge of developing a team our fans will be proud of and leading the Chicago Blackhawks back to a championship level."

For what it's worth, Colliton is the first of the NHL's six coaches with an expiring deal to re-up before the deal ends. The others are John Tortorella, Travis Green, Rod Brind'Amour, Rick Tocchet and Jeff Blashill.

Frankly though... why? Not to be a jerk, but why extend Colliton? What has he shown so far that would make you think he deserves another two years as coach of this team? Maybe I'm out to lunch, but to me Colliton simply hasn't made much of a mark on this team. Maybe that has more to do with his roster than with his actual skills as a coach, but I'm not so sure. In any case, for better or worse it looks like this will be Colliton's team for at least two more seasons. Thoughts, Blackhawks fans?