As I said above, he has like more than a decade of negotiating contracts, scouting players and prospects, talking with GMs, managing people, etc. Seems to complement Gorton hockey ops background well. (Darche has only two years as an AGM and was hired there with no experience)
Speculation: Bilingual Coaches and GM Candidate List Part 4
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As I said above, he has like more than a decade of negotiating contracts, scouting players and prospects, talking with GMs, managing people, etc. Seems to complement Gorton hockey ops background well. (Darche has only two years as an AGM and was hired there with no experience)
Yes, exactly and the college hockey part is important imo. I strongly feel that Gorton will handle most of the hockey stuff and discuss with the entire team, while Hughes will handle the business aspects given his acumen. Seems like a good combo and hope they bring Brière for AGM/Laval GM and Player Development.
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I saw that Vincent Lecavalier's brother might be involved in some capacity. He works at the same firm as Hughes and they are very close. All speculation, of course.
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Reminds me of an story about when I drove around Italy a several years ago. Every day, I was hunting down new locations. Had no GPS at the time, so itineraries were scribbles on a napkin and sometimes, I just went off track as the roads are sinewy and poorly designated.
The whole time I was there, I asked the guy who lent me the car, if he could spare a day for a trip but he was never available. But he did tell me this: "It doesn't matter if you don't get to the place that you have in mind. Odds are that the mistaken place you end up in, is even nicer than the one you intended to be at." And he wasn't wrong.
And so it is for this management contingent. It doesn't matter if the guy we like doesn't get it, the other candidates offer something of interest that may make them just as appealing if not more.
My circuitous anecdote for the day.
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Although , we dont know who the 3 are. I think the “surprise” element comes from who will get a job in other positions, AGM, development, analytics, lots of jobs are open and some still need to be created.
Im going to call it and say it’s Hughes as GM with Denis and Castonguay as AGM.
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Please elaborate. I always find him to be smart and measured in his comments, what am I missing?
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I just feel Denis and others may put an increase focus on Francophone players etc to the detriment of the club being that they are inexperienced and will have a harder time navigating those pressures whereas I feel Hughes will be able to deal with those distractions easier. It's just a hunch.
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I'm not sure what kind of thinking he'd bring that might be considered undesirable. I don't know what his views are on an organizational level. He just comes across as a bright guy and as AGM, he'd be in a supporting capacity, he'd not be the ultimate decision-maker evidently.
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I missed that. Do we have a link? Or is it something he might have said during a broadcast?
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Darche not having been trashed in this thread isn't an opinion. It's a counterfact.
And that's coming from someone who thinks Darche is the worse candidate (and THAT is an opinion).
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Are you going to go ahead and make up outright lies about him once again?
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Maybe you are taking it all to serious....just maybe.
I have not read the entire thread......we have some pretty strange reads on here at times.
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Why are you lying again? You were shown to be lying the last time you made that dumb argument.
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And maybe, just maybe, you're not taking reading seriously, because you certainly aren't if you're saying Darche has NOT been trashed in this thread.
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Elliot Friedman on his podcast today said he believes its this week the announcement and that they are waiting to hear if Hughes wants it or not to make a final decision.
Things he said:
Hughes brother was a first round pick of the Nordiques. He is known as a bulldog, gets what he wants. When asked why would Hughes want this job when he makes tens of millions .. Elliot said - Its the General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens, period, he is one of the top agents in the sport and has a strong reputation as a bulldog, you think this scares him. BTW Elliot said you can report he said Letang to Montreal is a done deal if Hughes is in Montreal.
Quartexx is owned by Saputo. Very interesting.
Things he said:
Hughes brother was a first round pick of the Nordiques. He is known as a bulldog, gets what he wants. When asked why would Hughes want this job when he makes tens of millions .. Elliot said - Its the General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens, period, he is one of the top agents in the sport and has a strong reputation as a bulldog, you think this scares him. BTW Elliot said you can report he said Letang to Montreal is a done deal if Hughes is in Montreal.
Quartexx is owned by Saputo. Very interesting.
Well, he did join HFBoards 20 years after you did. I guess he's not into taking risks.
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