Speculation: Eklund (DEBUNKED): Everything Is On Fire (Scott out, Yeo out, El Presidente Chuckles, Briere GM)

[DancingPanther]

Hey, on the subject of alumni retirement homes:

Flyers add Sami Kapanen, Kyle Shero to Hockey Operations Staff | Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today they have named Sami Kapanen as European Player Development & Pro Scout and Kyle Shero as Amateur Scout, according to President of Hockey Operations & General Manager, Chuck Fletcher.

www.nhl.com

Now, I will not hear a word against Sami, he's badass, but who did we hire? A Flyer, and the grandson of a Flyer. I couldn't be less surprised if I was consulted on the decision.

What? If you were consulted I'd be more shocked than when the Eagles won the super bowl. You never played for the Flyers. You have a less than zero chance of holding a job

 

[BritainStix]

What? If you were consulted I'd be more shocked than when the Eagles won the super bowl. You never played for the Flyers. You have a less than zero chance of holding a job

At least Sami has some credentials. He's been the majority owner of KalPa for years.

 

[DancingPanther]

At least Sami has some credentials. He's been the majority owner of KalPa for years.

How bout the college kid?

 

[deadhead]

How bout the college kid?

Played four years of college hockey, I suspect he's a glorified intern until he proves he's competent.
I don't think Hockey teams have scouting intern positions, it's a learn on the job situation.
He'll write up reports on players, more senior people will cross check, and if he's full of shit he'll soon be gone.

 

[Starat327]

How bout the college kid?

Directly from his linkedin:

About​

I am currently a senior at Connecticut College majoring in Economics and minoring in Finance. I am a member of the Men’s Ice Hockey Team at Connecticut College and a current captain.


Im sure the Econ major is perfectly poised to be an amateur scout, Hatman.

 

[DancingPanther]

Directly from his linkedin:

About​

I am currently a senior at Connecticut College majoring in Economics and minoring in Finance. I am a member of the Men’s Ice Hockey Team at Connecticut College and a current captain.


Im sure the Econ major is perfectly poised to be an amateur scout, Hatman.

He undoubtedly does NOT wear tweed hats

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Directly from his linkedin:

About​

I am currently a senior at Connecticut College majoring in Economics and minoring in Finance. I am a member of the Men’s Ice Hockey Team at Connecticut College and a current captain.


Im sure the Econ major is perfectly poised to be an amateur scout, Hatman.

I bet his resume that he sent to the Flyers was just the following:

• Grandson Of Fred Shero
• My Dad Worked With Chuck

Nothing more, nothing less.

They couldn't hire him quick enough. What a nice graduation present.

 

[deadhead]

Directly from his linkedin:

About​

I am currently a senior at Connecticut College majoring in Economics and minoring in Finance. I am a member of the Men’s Ice Hockey Team at Connecticut College and a current captain.


Im sure the Econ major is perfectly poised to be an amateur scout, Hatman.

Means if he's ever GM material, he'll understand the salary cap better than Holmgren.

 

[Starat327]

I bet his resume that he sent to the Flyers was just the following:



Nothing more, nothing less.

They couldn't hire him quick enough. What a nice graduation present.

hes the captain and has 3 points in 20 ish games. He undoubtedly is good at hockey and thus can gauge who else is good at hockey, too.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

hes the captain and has 3 points in 20 ish games. He undoubtedly is good at hockey and thus can gauge who else is good at hockey, too.

Fletcher, Holmgren, and Clarke:

Edit: I wouldn't mind if Clarke was in the middle if you catch my drift.

P.S. Shout out to the Official Team Automobile of the Las Vegas Desert Ducks

 

[ponder719]

I bet his resume that he sent to the Flyers was just the following:



Nothing more, nothing less.

They couldn't hire him quick enough. What a nice graduation present.

His resume was probably a phone call he wasn't needed on.

 

[deadhead]

hes the captain and has 3 points in 20 ish games. He undoubtedly is good at hockey and thus can gauge who else is good at hockey, too.

History shows that in all sports, star players rarely make good scouts or HCs.
They often struggle to understand how mere mortals play the game.

 

[Beef Invictus]

History shows that in all sports, star players rarely make good scouts or HCs.
They often struggle to understand how mere mortals play the game.

Flyers history shows this nepotism always ends in failure.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Starat327]

Basically the same team. The avs just got lucky

 

[Diaper Mask Bandits]

Flyers history shows this nepotism always ends in failure.

It's another example that the #1 attribute regarding scouting, coaching, GM, whatever is a past Flyer connection. That's all you need

 

[BiggE]

Happy with the Kapanen hire, the Shero kid? Well, I guess time will tell but if last name wasn’t Shero does he even get an interview?

 

[RonHextall27]

Not only does he only have 3 points, it's not even good hockey, it's glorified beer league for college kids lol.

 

[deadhead]

Happy with the Kapanen hire, the Shero kid? Well, I guess time will tell but if last name wasn’t Shero does he even get an interview?

Everyone who got their job through connections (family, college, former co-wokers) please resign b/c you know someone else should have your job due to merit.

There'd be an awful lot of unemployed people posting here in that case.

 

[BiggE]

Everyone who got their job through connections (family, college, former co-wokers) please resign b/c you know someone else should have your job due to merit.

There'd be an awful lot of unemployed people posting here in that case.

So you agree with me, got it.

BTW, I didn’t say he was a bad hire, but that time would tell.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Everyone who got their job through connections (family, college, former co-wokers) please resign b/c you know someone else should have your job due to merit.

There'd be an awful lot of unemployed people posting here in that case.

Are the Flyers hiring competent people thanks to this nepotism? Would the results bear that out to make this a defensible practice?

 

[Starat327]

Not only does he only have 3 points, it's not even good hockey, it's glorified beer league for college kids lol.

Has someone hit you with the "lol, WhErE DiD you plAy?" Yet?

 

[BiggE]

Let’s see how hiring by personal connection has worked out for the Flyers over the last decade
Berube: long time Flyer player & assistant coach
Hextall: long association with the franchise
Hak: coached Hexy’s kid
Gord Murphy: Hexy’s old teammate
Lappy: former Flyer
Lombardi: Hextall’s old boss
Fletcher: long time friend of Clarke
Barber: long association with the franchise
Yeo: previously worked for Fletcher
Briere: former Flyer

Yeah, nepotism has worked out just dandy for this team. Again, I like Kapanen and I’m willing to give Briere a shot too, but the pattern is questionable to say the least.

 

[Embiid]

Wrong thread..

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Let’s see how hiring by personal connection has worked out for the Flyers over the last decade
Berube: long time Flyer player & assistant coach
Hextall: long association with the franchise
Hak: coached Hexy’s kid
Gord Murphy: Hexy’s old teammate
Lappy: former Flyer
Lombardi: Hextall’s old boss
Fletcher: long time friend of Clarke
Barber: long association with the franchise
Yeo: previously worked for Fletcher
Briere: former Flyer

Yeah, nepotism has worked out just dandy for this team. Again, I like Kapanen and I’m willing to give Briere a shot too, but the pattern is questionable to say the least.

Some of those moves weren't terrible... to start. The problem the Flyers have had since the Lavi firing is that they don't know when to cut bait, even to the point of making things worse by moving the chess pieces around.

Berube paid his dues, Hakstol had a good reputation and long track record at the college level, Lombardi and Hextall were part of a management team that built a two time Cup winner not that long ago. Sure, having connections to the Flyers are why they ended up with the Flyers, but that, on the surface, isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The Flyers also did some egregiously stupid things, too. Lappy was a terrible assistant coach with the big club, but they kept him in the organization, probably with the intent of bringing him back to the Flyers. Fletcher was a terrible hire as a GM, compounded by his bringing along a terrible coach in Mike Yeo. Fletcher is still here and it sounds like they'd keep Yeo in some capacity of he wants to stay. These actions are unforgivable. They kept AV too long, when it was clear he wasn't the guy to continue with the group of players; allowing him to bring Therrien along was also a massive red flag.

Briere, Kapanen, Shero... all of these hires could fall anywhere on the scale of great to awful. The hires, themselves, aren't the problem, though if Briere is named GM with his lack of management experience, then that will set alarm bells off. Where these moves are measured is what the Flyers will do if any prove incompetent. THAT is where the Flyers are continuing to fail the fans.