TSN: Allvin to be named Canucks next GM
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Gurglesons
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Now trade us JT Miller already for our 1st.
Randy Butternubs
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I feel like he's been close to taking over ever since Rutherford got there!
Also I like how
a) Rutherford's already hired most of the AGMs first
b) Most of that article is about Darche
Anyway, good for him if it goes through, even if I liked the idea of him here.
Also I like how
a) Rutherford's already hired most of the AGMs first
b) Most of that article is about Darche
Anyway, good for him if it goes through, even if I liked the idea of him here.
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Jacob
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People seemed to like Allvin but I can’t recall him doing anything good in any capacity. He was our Euro scout but we never drafted any good Euros, then our AGM in charge of the baby Pens but they’re a mess.
dogthateats
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Like Alvin and the chipmunks lmaaaoooo
CheckingLineCenter
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I definitely had the inclination to like him for no reason. I still kinda do? No idea why. He didn’t really do anything well here. Ran the draft- nothing. Ran WBS- meh. So good luck I guess.
dogthateats
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So the show is about these 3 little chipmunks that sing and their dad is a human man lmaoo
Empoleon8771
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dogthateats
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Alvin is the hot one [red shirt]
Simon is the nerd chipmunk (glasses) [blue shirt]
Theodore is obese [green blouse]
I’m not even making this up
Simon is the nerd chipmunk (glasses) [blue shirt]
Theodore is obese [green blouse]
I’m not even making this up
Tbf, Allvin was an AGM with Rutherford for a grand total of 12 weeks, so can't really say much about him and Rutherford as a team.
And I feel like his scouting record holds up. Becomes a European scout here in 2006, only European taken in the first three rounds we've busted on since then is Samuelsson - even the incredibly silly Bjorkqvist pick that Rutherford took in his muscle mary days looks like it's paying off as well as it could for an uber-reach with injury problems (although if he recced picking him in the 2nd, boo that man). Hard to know how much input he had in guys who'd already moved to North America but Kuhnhackl, Sundqvist, Kapanen, Simon is a solid body of work for the rounds they were taken in. Gustavsson seems to be on his way to joining that list. If he does, that's 4-2 on wins for Euros in the first four rounds. And I'm too lazy to check whether they were drafted from Europe or not, or whether Montreal had another European scout then, but Allvin was a Montreal Euro scout when they took Halak, Grabovski, Streit, Emelin, and both Kostitsyns (they only made 4 other Euro picks in that time).
Allvin takes over as Director of Amateur Scouting and we immediately start taking skill players, although can't be sure how much that's him and how much is Gentleman Jim changing course. Obviously we don't know how he really did with those drafts yet, but if one of Addison and Hallander hits I think 2018 hits expectations and Addison seems to be close; 2019,the Quebec two finally seem to be working out the AHL and Puustinen already represents a hit for a 7th rounder; so far the first 4 picks in 2020 are tracking well; and I think it's Pryor's baby for 2021.
Also I don't think Allvin ever ran WBS. The initial press release for his promotion to AGM mentioned nothing about it, just that Erik "Who" Heasley would continue as AGM of the WBS Penguins. And even if he did... he was interim GM in Pittsburgh 12 weeks later, and I doubt he did both. And google's not saying anything about him getting the role when Hextall got here, and neither the Pens or Baby Pens Front Office pages mention it.
Him as a GM would be an eyebrow raiser if it was anywhere other than somewhere with Rutherford as his boss because he's not got that experience and it seems pretty likely Rutherford's going to be a hands on boss. But I feel like everything that we know he probably did went well, and that he was able to climb the ladder as someone with zero profile or connections is hugely to his credit.
And I feel like his scouting record holds up. Becomes a European scout here in 2006, only European taken in the first three rounds we've busted on since then is Samuelsson - even the incredibly silly Bjorkqvist pick that Rutherford took in his muscle mary days looks like it's paying off as well as it could for an uber-reach with injury problems (although if he recced picking him in the 2nd, boo that man). Hard to know how much input he had in guys who'd already moved to North America but Kuhnhackl, Sundqvist, Kapanen, Simon is a solid body of work for the rounds they were taken in. Gustavsson seems to be on his way to joining that list. If he does, that's 4-2 on wins for Euros in the first four rounds. And I'm too lazy to check whether they were drafted from Europe or not, or whether Montreal had another European scout then, but Allvin was a Montreal Euro scout when they took Halak, Grabovski, Streit, Emelin, and both Kostitsyns (they only made 4 other Euro picks in that time).
Allvin takes over as Director of Amateur Scouting and we immediately start taking skill players, although can't be sure how much that's him and how much is Gentleman Jim changing course. Obviously we don't know how he really did with those drafts yet, but if one of Addison and Hallander hits I think 2018 hits expectations and Addison seems to be close; 2019,the Quebec two finally seem to be working out the AHL and Puustinen already represents a hit for a 7th rounder; so far the first 4 picks in 2020 are tracking well; and I think it's Pryor's baby for 2021.
Also I don't think Allvin ever ran WBS. The initial press release for his promotion to AGM mentioned nothing about it, just that Erik "Who" Heasley would continue as AGM of the WBS Penguins. And even if he did... he was interim GM in Pittsburgh 12 weeks later, and I doubt he did both. And google's not saying anything about him getting the role when Hextall got here, and neither the Pens or Baby Pens Front Office pages mention it.
Him as a GM would be an eyebrow raiser if it was anywhere other than somewhere with Rutherford as his boss because he's not got that experience and it seems pretty likely Rutherford's going to be a hands on boss. But I feel like everything that we know he probably did went well, and that he was able to climb the ladder as someone with zero profile or connections is hugely to his credit.
dogthateats
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But here is the thing…Allvin the GM probably most closely resembles Simon the chipmunk. So it kind of gets confusing.
SomeDude
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Of all ways you could have described a chipmunk you went with hot.
Hopefully he takes our Simon with him.
HandshakeLine
A real jerk thing
Well, maybe he'll take some of our perennial non-starters off our hands. Bellerive for a 3rd! Simon for a 1st!
BHD
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Hardly surprising. Friedman has been talking about him ever since Benning was fired. I wonder how things will work in Vancouver, though.
Good for him. I wish the Penguins could keep him, but if he is getting a chance to advance himself, you cannot stand in his way or blame him.
HandshakeLine
A real jerk thing
Just an old man enjoying his twilight years with no responsibilities. Nothing to fill his time but his stories, his son, and running a professional hockey team.
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