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Jeff Greenberg leaves Blackhawks, hired by Detroit Tigers to be GM

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Chicago Blackhawks associate general manager Jeff Greenberg takes part in a Q&A event Monday, May 16, 2022, at the United Center Concert Club. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Chicago Blackhawks associate GM Jeff Greenberg is heading back to baseball after being hired by the Detroit Tigers to be their next general manager.

The news was made official on Thursday, which coincided with the first day of Blackhawks training camp.

"I appreciate what Danny Wirtz, Kyle Davidson and the Blackhawks organization have done for me and my family," Greenberg said in a statement. "We will forever be thankful for the opportunity I was provided with the organization. I know the club is on the right path to success with the leadership they have in place and the vision they are building for the future. I look forward to this new challenge and the Blackhawks will always have a special place in my heart."

Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson also provided this statement:

"We will miss Jeff's expertise and appreciate the contributions he made to the Blackhawks," Davidson said. "We all wish him and his family the best in this incredible opportunity with the Detroit Tigers. Our Hockey Operations department is full of talented leaders and I have full confidence in that team to continue working towards our goals of sustained success.

"Off the ice, the processes and systems are in place to develop our team on the ice. I look forward to continuing that journey with our group.”

The Blackhawks hired Greenberg on April 22, 2022, so he was with the organization for roughly a year and a half. His main job was to help "establish and optimize a modern, continually evolving approach using systems, technology, data and talent."

It's a tough loss for the Blackhawks, but it sounds like Greenberg laid a good foundation in the analytics department and left the organization having accomplished the task that he set out to do.

"We’re really happy for him," Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson said. "It’s a great opportunity. I just found out when I got off the ice. I guess we have an in on tickets in Detroit now for baseball.

"Until that time, we’re definitely going to miss him. I spent some time with him last year and he’s built an incredible team here. And that’s somewhere we want to be one of the first teams that use analytics in a really positive and helpful way, to build not just on the ice but even going all the way down to prospects coming in. And I think we got it started.

"His team’s going to continue to build that going forward and I look forward to seeing it finished. Jeff was incredible at starting that. It could be something that’s probably new for the NHL that unfortunately Jeff’s not in the NHL anymore, but he’s on to bigger and better things. But he was one of the first people to start that."

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