Confirmed with Link: Brian Daccord hired as Special Asst. to the GM, Director of Goalie Ops

[TheLegend]

Webpage guy who handles the team page is getting a workout already....

..... speaking of which.....

@RABBIT has got some work to do....
(I even sticky’d it for you)

 

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Goldberg has a pretty good resume. I'm guessing he didn't want his responsibility diluted (effectively a demotion) or Armstrong has someone in mind he can trust more, or both.

 

[Puck possession wins]

Morgan confirmed..

The lord is good.

2 major London Knights down, the rest of the scouting staff to go.

 

[rt]

Was wild to me that Goldberg and Hofford weren’t either both retained or both terminated. This feels more symmetrical.

 

[rt]

Also confirmed by Craig that Goldberg is out as part of the culture change. Didn’t BA specifically mention and praise Goldberg in his press conference as a good hockey person they had in place?

Ummm...I don’t think so? I’m pretty sure it was just Sullivan and Walker who got praised by name.

 

[DOTS13]

Ummm...I don’t think so? I’m pretty sure it was just Sullivan and Walker who got praised by name.

Goldberg did too I believe in yotes presser or NHL Network.

 

[moosemeister]

You can say good things about someone and still fire them. I’ve done it. Just because you like a few things about him doesn’t mean you like everything about him

 

[Jormungandr]

Goldberg has a pretty good resume. I'm guessing he didn't want his responsibility diluted (effectively a demotion) or Armstrong has someone in mind he can trust more, or both.

Or he just got straight up canned.

 

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Or he just got straight up canned.

Likely that would have happened before the presser as it did with Hofford.

Realistically, Goldberg went from being a top 3 important voice in the organization to just a guy whose importance/titles were shrinking by the day. He'd always be associated with the bad prior regime. There isn't really a path forward for him in AZ anymore. If Army can't trust you, there's really no point in keeping him around either.

Brad Rossen is a Stathletes guy, wouldn't be surprised to see him gone as well.

 

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His roles will include overseeing scouting, development and performance of goaltenders in the Coyotes organization, running the developmental and rookie camps and using his Master's degree in sports management to help structure the different departments of hockey operations.

"This is exactly what I've been doing for 25 years," Daccord said. "Building the experience and the knowhow to get to this point. When Bill went over the job description and I looked at it on a piece of paper, I couldn't believe what I was looking at. I said 'This is exactly what I do. This is who I am and what I do.'"

“There’s definitely going to be additional announcements (from Armstrong) in terms of who’d he’d like be a part of his team,” Coyotes president and CEO Xavier Gutierrez said Friday.

Arizona Coyotes add Brian Daccord to hockey operations staff