Confirmed with Link: Bergevin, Timmins & Paul Wilson Fired & Jeff Gorton Hired As EVP of Hockey Ops

[hockeyfan2k18]

Fired the guy 5 years too late.

 

[Justin11]

So Habs front office staff will no longer hold the Mr Olympia title anymore?

 

[xposbrad]

Cupboards are well stocked - hopefully next GM doesn't throw away all the young guys.

Actually quite the opposite, we probably have a bottom 5 farm when Caufield is up. Time to restock the cupboards actually.

 

[NobleSix]

The Marc Bergevin era is officially over. My god what a joyous day.

Its finally over.

 

[habsterr]

Wow finally!!! Thank God

 

[Gravity]

Gorton could be retained temporarily to hire a GM, likely a newbie given language requirements, and babysit him for while.

This is not good news.

 

[jaffy27]

Weird....we only at page 4 lol

 

[domiwroze]

I DID IT!

I BROKE AN HABS NEWS


Thank god, not banned for 2 weeks.

 

[Frankenheimer]

Good.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Wow it actually happened

Same thing I said about Pierre Gauthier and Bob Gainey lol

 

[abo9]

FINALLY

I think the best and most surprising news is that Timmins is out as well.

Firing anyone would have been a mistake if Timmins had continued to reign inept at the draft table

 

[CH25]

Been waiting over 5 years for this. There was never really a long term plan with this management. Just shuffling bits and pieces every year.
This year's finals run remains their defining achievement and I can appreciate that at least.

 

[expy]

This is a better day than the eastern final win for me.

 

[26Mats]

This means when a new GM is hired, Gorton is gone and Molson serves as President. We're back to the same thing........

But yes chances are it will be temporary.

Maybe if Molson likes working with Gorton, he'll keep him on as president of hockey operations above the GM.

But does Gorton have the green light to make moves in the interim?

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Gorton could be retained temporarily to hire a GM, likely a newbie given language requirements, and babysit him for while.

There's no way Gorton isn't long-term hire. Why would he accept anything less?

 

[JianYang]

Retained = Contract worker

Gorton is here for this year

The press release also says that he will take on the day to day during this process, to make it sound even more interim.

Now, it sounds like a cliff Fletcher in Toronto type of deal.

It's too bad, I thought we might have made some progress on the winning before language debate.

 

[Crusher117]

Happy to see some changes. It was time. Excited to see who we hire next!

 

[Licou]

What a relief....

 

[Garbageyuk]

We made it boys. This glorious day is finally upon us.

 

[LeHab]

Fired the guy 5 years too late.

Better late than never.

 

[dinodebino]

Not really sure if he is good or bad at his job, but Paul Wilson being fired with the others seems quite weird...

Maybe Molson didn't like that Bergevin was able to take the mic as much as he did this year...

Close Bergevin friend.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Weird....we only at page 4 lol

We may need to send search and rescue for some posters, I have a theory that they became so hard so fast, they knocked themselves out.

 

[MD thaivuN]

RIP Bicep Club, you'll be missed - said absolutely nobody

 

[Frankenheimer]

Weird....we only at page 4 lol

It's cause of all the leaks, we knew it was coming. If this was out of the blue, the board would crash.

 

[Juve]

LCN right now, are saying the gm has to be francophone. Are f***ing kidding me? You've had 3 consecutive francophons and they all were one worse than the other. What happened to being progressive and inclusive? 1902 on mentality.