Late Tuesday evening, CBS Chicago radio host Dan Bernstein sent the following tweet to his approximately 50,000 followers:
Per sources, #Blackhawks' locker room complicated by some untidy personal lives right now. Q's job: keep things from distracting/dividing.
— Dan Bernstein (@dan_bernstein) February 25, 2015
Then, this morning, former NFL player/current Fox color analyst David Diehl -- a Chicago native and, evidently, a pretty big Blackhawks fan -- tweeted this to his approximately 70,000 followers:
First Kane out 12 weeks and now a divided team after fist fight in the #Blackhawks locker room. There are locker room codes you do not cross
— David Diehl (@davediehl66) February 26, 2015
Intriguing, no?
Now, granted, there are always rumors floating around teams, especially high-profile ones like the Blackhawks.
But these are two media guys with good-sized followings on Twitter throwing these things out there.
The fact the ‘Hawks haven’t been very good the last little while only adds to the stir the two tweets have caused.
Update:
From Sportsnet’s Darren Millard:
Re @NHLBlackhawks report of a fight in the dressing room. I'm told the group held its 1st team meeting in yrs but no scraps. Chemistry good
— Daren Millard (@darenmillard) February 26, 2015
Update 2:
From Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times:
Multiple sources have told me there was no recent fist-fight among the #Blackhawks.
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) February 26, 2015