Confirmed with Link: Blake Geoffrion hired as pro scout

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Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline 2m
#CBJ confirm hiring of Blake Geoffrion as pro scout. The 25-year-old retired earlier this week.

https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/357185840348274688

Interesting.

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[CBJSprague24]

Wow, that was out of left field. Glad he's found a new role so quickly after hanging them up!

 

[Xoggz22]

Blake is a great story. Go to Bucci's twitter feed. He's posted a feature on how he got to this point. Pretty serious injury and lucky to be alive. He certainly has hockey blood in his veins....

 

[Disturbed1]

Class act Columbus, now my second team.... you guys might see an influx of habs fans on your boards, for the better or worse

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Great gesture by JK and JD. Hopefully they all bring something good to the table.

 

[Socks]

I'm afraid I don't know a ton about him beyond that he played a bit in Nashville and suffered a nasty injury but people seem to be raving about him so I'm excited to see what he brings to the table.

 

[Oldracer]

Tap of the stick from down here in Raleigh, NC. Won't be rooting for you guys against my Canes, but, respect for sure.

 

[Socks]

Ok I just read Bucci's story. I kind of want to go find Blake and give him a hug. Such an experience for a young guy like him to go through.

 

[mk80]

Congrats for Blake, he was a good player. I'm was worried when i saw that hit he took this year. Columbus you have my respect for this hiring.

 

[gojacketsgo61]

Whoa. That was unexpected. Thought for sure he would do something with Montreal.

Good to have him here regardless. I just wanted him to end up with some team in the NHL. Sucks he had to retire but definitely a smart move due to the injuries.

 

[neek21]

great hire!! his age will be an asset when contacting players...someone younger who is closer to them in 'mindset'...and who recently played the game at a high level

 

[Jaxs]

Some more on Geoffrion: http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=678114&navid=DL|CBJ|home

Interesting how JK called him with the offer, and the link between them was Geoffrion's pre draft interview with JK when he was with the Blues as director of amateur scouting.

 

[FANonymous]

I like this hire. I've always believed our pro scouting department was lacking in creativity in the Dunk Competition.

 

[IBleedUnionBlue]

A friend of mine went to school with him at Culver. So I've always had an interest in his career. Good to see him with CBJ.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Nice continuation of his story, best of luck to him!

 

[jore]

Hmmm.... A guy with no scouting experience and very limited pro-hockey experience overall. Can't say I'm too excited about this signing, but I hope Kekäläinen & crew signed him for reasons other than the injury & 15 minutes of fame that followed.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Hmmm.... A guy with no scouting experience and very limited pro-hockey experience overall. Can't say I'm too excited about this signing, but I hope Kekäläinen & crew signed him for reasons other than the injury & 15 minutes of fame that followed.

Wow. He's not an assistant GM or something. Dude is a scout. An important information-gathering job for sure, but with no decision-making responsibilities. And I hardly think there's any sort of glory/fame to go along with this for GMJK.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Classy move by your guys' organization. Hope he has a knack for his new gig.

 

[Merya]

Hmmm.... A guy with no scouting experience and very limited pro-hockey experience overall. Can't say I'm too excited about this signing, but I hope Kekäläinen & crew signed him for reasons other than the injury & 15 minutes of fame that followed.

Not many become scouts at age 25. He's an investment that could start to pay off big time down the road. I doubt CBJ will go bankrupt because of this.

 

[Roadman]

Hmmm.... A guy with no scouting experience and very limited pro-hockey experience overall. Can't say I'm too excited about this signing, but I hope Kekäläinen & crew signed him for reasons other than the injury & 15 minutes of fame that followed.

Well he has played against a great number of them.

He is a pro scout not amateur, much less analysis (guesswork) involved, most guys already at this point are what they are going to be. I would think just be able to identify traits and tendencies.

 

[Matt]

Guy has had great coaching growing up so he knows the game.

 

[DJA]

Hmmm.... A guy with no scouting experience and very limited pro-hockey experience overall. Can't say I'm too excited about this signing, but I hope Kekäläinen & crew signed him for reasons other than the injury & 15 minutes of fame that followed.

Not really a "signing" - more like, "hey, would you mind going to the Blackhawks game tonight, watch so and so, take notes, email us the results and bill us for the time."

Absolutely no risk involved in this situation. Plus, he was just playing against NHL players and probably knows them better than anyone in our pro scouting department.

 

[KeithBWhittington]

Good move.

Former NHLer with hockey bloodlines gets his foot in the door with an organization that, while they've been somewhat relegated to the back page, has recently shown a willingness to give hockey players jobs in the front office.

CBJ get good press, and Blake's story gets a happy uptick as he's back in the league in some capacity.

 

[lotsaluv4cbj]

Gonna have to agree that it will definitely be a benefit to have someone who was "just playing" in our scouting department! Essentially he was being scouted last week and now he's scouting!!