Speculation: Gorton’s first moves!

[SwiftyHab]

I’m watching the game off the ice more than on right now. Thinking we keep this thread as a GM tracker..

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[bcv]

His first hire will probably be the GM, so for now just expect small roster moves

 

[Adam Michaels]

Claim Kale Clague off waivers.

 

[Runner77]

Other: learn parlez-vous.

I’ll go with a waiver wire claim.

Major appointments like naming a Director of Player Development or new heads of scouting — I suspect those only happen after a GM is hired. Should those not be a GM’s prerogative?

 

[SwiftyHab]

Other: learn parlez-vous.

I’ll go with a waiver wire claim.

Major appointments like naming a Director of Player Development or new heads of scouting — I suspect those only happen after a GM is hired. Should those not be a GM’s prerogative?

Its clear that the division of tasks isn’t fully fleshed out yet (to the public anyway) but he mentioned his focus will be on a few things including analytics and player development which jives with his experience

 

[Garnet76]

Going to have a discussion with Harris and get him on board.

 

[The Great Weal]

Claim Kyle Clague off waivers.

Taking a page out of the Bergevin book

 

[SwiftyHab]

Whose

Going to have a discussion with Harris and get him on board.

Harris?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Claim Kyle Clague off waivers.

What's the word on Petry cause this might be it

 

[Runner77]

Whose

Harris?

Prospect Info: - Jordan Harris

 

[SwiftyHab]

Prospect Info: - Jordan Harris

Oh ya. Another outstanding issue

 

[MXD]

I would normally have said "Send Paquette down" but that's not happeneing with the Anderson injury and Gallagher out for some other 10 days at least.

 

[GrandmaCookie]

Going to have a discussion with Harris and get him on board.

This is exactly what came to mind after the Gorton hiring. He is going to get a feel for each prospect and when it comes to Harris' case, he'll find out about his interest in playing for the team and make a quick decision about his future, rather than waiting until the last minute like Marc Bergevin would have done.

 

[salbutera]

Gorton already made his first move as far as I’m concerned, Petry’s obviously been playing hurt, didn’t make the trip to Nash.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Gorton already made his first move as far as I’m concerned, Petry’s obviously been playing hurt, didn’t make the trip to Nash.

Agree with that.

 

[salbutera]

Next Gorton moves, I expect the kids will start seeing lots more TOI which aligns with Gorton & Dom Dom having had a conversation on what’s on dock for the remainder of the season - Suzuki, Poehling, Evans, Romanov w Caufield & Norlinder heading to Laval

 

[nhlfan9191]

He needs to get Caufield to the AHL and keep him there. Calling him back up when they did was a horrible decision and Ducharme’s usage of him is equally bad.

 

[ahmedou]

Firing Molson

 

[GrandmaCookie]

Gorton already made his first move as far as I’m concerned, Petry’s obviously been playing hurt, didn’t make the trip to Nash.

Or it's just a strategy used to justify Petry's poor play since the start of the season, so that he regains some market value.

 

[sandviper]

GM first…

 

[Whitesnake]

Kale Clague would be a good bet. Though I NEVER was a fan and NEVER want to draft him...right now...at the point we are at...why not.

 

[Runner77]

Oh ya. Another outstanding issue

Gorton and Harris both being from the Boston area, are going to hammer something out by calling each other « bro », discussing loyalty, Southie and all that other « wicked smaht » Boston stuff, as Seth Myers demonstrates here:

 

[Milhouse40]

I think right now the first moves should be all focus toward the 2 first thing coming their way.
Trade Deadline and Draft 2022.

Because of that.....Head-scouts, scouts should be a priority.....Timmins also left a void and he wasn't replace.

 

[Chili]

Will probably be basic things for awhile, until he familiarizes himself with the staff, players and organization. I remember reading that one of the first things Frank Selke did when he took over as gm was to have the Forum cleaned up, literally. He inherited the Rocket among others which was a nice way to start. Very interested to see how things will look at the beginning of next season.

 

[sandviper]

I think right now the first moves should be all focus toward the 2 first thing coming their way.
Trade Deadline and Draft 2022.

Because of that.....Head-scouts, scouts should be a priority.....Timmins also left a void and he wasn't replace.

IMO, trade deadline should be easy; Chiarot, Wideman and Kulak, maybe try to jettison Paquette.

Players with term are offseason moves, unless somebody comes knocking,

Hopefully, the GM is found first. From there, he/she and Gorton can work on scouting and the 2022 draft.