This will not change my opinion...
I don't want my GM without any Hockey Background. This isn't baseball and finding athlets won't help that much... considering this sport is played on ice.
Hear what they have to say and offer, take some advice or something out of their opinions but in the end, you hire a guy that knows Hockey and can see talent/build a team.
Krause had a basketball background and was part time scout for the Lakers while working in the MLB... that's not even close to the same.
Finding athletes is the same in any sport.
Again, somebody with an eye for talent isn’t going to suddenly lose that skill with a sheet of ice in front of them.
It’s like saying somebody who’s good at Pac-Man shouldn’t be allowed to play donkey Kong or wouldn’t be good playing it. Look at Billy Mitchell.
As for Krause, yes, it’s the same. I’m not a fan of the guy but he had an eye for talent in two sports and there’s more then just him who scouted multiple sports. Jim Hendry also scouted a couple sports and him sure there’s a lot of scouts who started in one sport and moved to another.
Chias a hockey guy. I don’t want him anywhere near this team. He’s a better option then somebody with even a shred of success in another sport? That’s lol worthy