RockLobster
King in the North
If Sakic will still occasionally give Dater the light of day. Then I can't imagine Ryan having any trouble lol.
I see the logic in that, but there is a difference between knowing someone since you arrived in the city of Denver in 1995 and a former team employee you've only known for ~3/4ish years. Like him or not, Dater is close with Sakic (as close as a beat writer can be with a team's GM). Now I do think Joe's picked up the patented GM move of keeping reporters, even AD, at arm's length until you want them to get something out.
I don't think that there's anything Boulding has done/didn't do that will prevent him from effectively doing his job at The Athletic.