LeafFever
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LOL. He's GM of the Marlies and they are in the finals.
55 year-old Mark Hunter has had 0 GM offers. by age 31, there were 2 teams that wanted to hire Dubas as GM. He is the best young hockey mind in the NHL.
Colorado was going to give the keys to the organization to him last year. Why is no one ever asking to talk to Mark Hunter?
Unless you include Matthews...then it looks a whole lot better.
Not sure. So far he's been a director of player development in the soo, player evaluation consultant for the Leafs and amateur scout for Florida.Head of amateur scouting?
I thought Florida stole him from us?He doesn't have a great reputation around the OHL.
Tippett over Vilardi bugs me (although not a crippling offense). I was hoping we would hire someone way more qualified. Hunter didn't want him on his staff as a scout and Lou fired him. That isn't a ringing endorsement in my eyes.
Maybe that's why Florida is willing to let him go too. Think they've purged everyone who believes in that analytical magic.If Clark likes to use stats a lot in his analysis I can see why he’s rub a lot of traditional scouting guys the wrong way.
All that matters now is if he can get better results than Hunter.
Didn't they hire Clark like a month after they fired Luce and some scouts? July 2016 I think is when we lost him to Florida?Maybe that's why Florida is willing to let him go too. Think they've purged everyone who believes in that analytical magic.
I don't trust anybody until I see there results and Dubas doesn't have any as Leafs GM
I also like merit based hiring, it tends to end up better
is there somewhere we can see picks that were made when clark was head of scouting? either Florida or the Soo?
Rumor that Ken Holland wants the Seattle job and may offer Hunter AGM of the Wings as part of the succession.
Rumor that Ken Holland wants the Seattle job and may offer Hunter AGM of the Wings as part of the succession.
I assume he is the Ontario area scout for the Panthers. They drafted Tippett, Mascherin, Ang and Stillman out of the OHL last 2 seasons. Nothing outlandish in there, although Mascherin appears to be walking which is a tough break for the Panthers.
Not exactly sure of the work he did there but the Soo were a top notch drafting team while he was there from what I gather. Their 2014 priority draft in particular was really good.
We can have any scout we want.
I hope they pry away another teams top scout.
Obviously you would need permission. It is true though I think Toronto is the #1 chosen destination for scouts.Scouts have contracts also, so you can't have anyone you want if they are under contract to another team, as that would be tamping and punishable by the NHL
Well I will say this.... The greatest thing Hunter did and I will forever love him for it, is his battle with babcock over picking Marner. I am sooooooooo ****ing happy we drafted Marner in that draft.
agreed and as of right now Hunter has no results as head of scouting either. Dermott I guess is as close as he has come so far, I know its early but there are a lot of picks we/he made that don't look so good. We haven't offered contracts to at least 4 of his draft picks already. Id imagine a super scout would at least get most of his picks ELC's, its improbable for more than 2 or 3 from one draft to make the NHL.
The player that went immediately after Dermott was Aho for Carolina. Apparently their only untouchable on their roster.
3 picks later Brandon Carlo went to Boston. Wasn't like Dermott pick was a slam dunk or home run that is for sure.
100% .Well I will say this.... The greatest thing Hunter did and I will forever love him for it, is his battle with babcock over picking Marner. I am sooooooooo ****ing happy we drafted Marner in that draft.
is there somewhere we can see picks that were made when clark was head of scouting? either Florida or the Soo?