Drury picks an Assistant General Manager. Who's it going to be?

[Brief Candle]

Honest to god, I would LOVE to see Valle in some sort of high-end front office position. It'd be a shame to loose another great hockey mind to another team. Weekes is another interesting one, another really great hockey mind. They really need to be brought into the management fold.

 

[rangers1314]

Does he have any management experience?

I believe he was working with Maine in the ECHL, no? Something like that

 

[rangers1314]

Whoever it is that comes in, and I assume it won’t be just one person, I sincerely hope one of them has legit FO experience.

While I do trust Drury, with losing JG and JD, that’s decades of experience that was booted out the door.

Futa is interesting. Maybe he’d take a non GM spot just to get back in the mix. He was with LA for 15 years or so.

 

[nyr2k2]

Does he have any management experience?

He has been the VP of Hockey Ops and GM of Maine in the ECHL for several years now and before that did something in Philly's front office after he retired.

 

[motopanekeku]

Tanner Glass. Because the answer is always Tanner Glass

He will replace Parros

 

[RangersFan1994]

Peter Forsberg. He was a teammate of Drury and has experience



Peter Forsberg is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and was for a time assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Known for his on-ice ...


Hmm makes sense

Or Henrik Lundqvist a teammate of Drury too

 

[CasusBelli]

Jose Mourinho

He’s managed every team in soccer. Might as well try hockey now.

 

[Lion Hound]

Messier was so quick to chime in. Lots of chatter within minutes of the firing about him. He’s never done this before, as much as I like the guy I hope it’s not him.

Love Graves and he seems to have been a part of the organization for years in some sort of role it you never hear of the guy.

Really have no clue where they are going to go with this one

 

[huerter]

Messier was so quick to chime in. Lots of chatter within minutes of the firing about him. He’s never done this before, as much as I like the guy I hope it’s not him.

Love Graves and he seems to have been a part of the organization for years in some sort of role it you never hear of the guy.

Really have no clue where they are going to go with this one

He had a radio hit scheduled for that time before the firings were announced to promote a memorabilia business. That's why he chimed in. He was asked to chime in. And he has a big ego. That's why he didn't give fluff answers.

 

[rangers1314]

The Messier hit was already scheduled but he certainly didn’t shy away from kicking dirt/throwing himself out there. Both are true

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Scott Gomez? Lol

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Tanner Glass. Because the answer is always Tanner Glass

Nah, he's doing a pretty good job at the moment in his current role. Glass, Ruutu and Ortmeyer are perfect where they are.

 

[SA16]

He'll probably just assign a co-GM to work on Saturday and Sunday.

 

[McRanger92]

Briere as Hartford GM & Greeley returning in some form seems like a given

 

[Bob Richards]

He'll probably just assign a co-GM to work on Saturday and Sunday.

Chris Drury letting trade proposals fall through because he refuses to pick up the phone on a Saturday afternoon.

 

[tbassler]

The Messier hit was already scheduled but he certainly didn’t shy away from kicking dirt/throwing himself out there. Both are true

Messier was a great player in his prime. He was not very good at the end.

He will never get hired for the front office.

 

[rangers1314]

Poach Darren Yorke from Carolina. Offer him Assistant GM.

 

[Roo Returns]

Wasn't Greely seen as a hothead and a little full of himself around the league? I remember I think it was in a Friedman 31 thoughts piece.

Maybe Bobrov gets promoted.

Brad Richards could be an option. He was doing some work for the Rangers.

 

[rangers1314]

Wasn't Greely seen as a hothead and a little full of himself around the league? I remember I think it was in a Friedman 31 thoughts piece.

Maybe Bobrov gets promoted.

Brad Richards could be an option. He was doing some work for the Rangers.

Ortmeyer has been in development for a while too. I wonder if he gets a bump.

Regardless, there are multiple spots to fill. Dolan has gone all in with Drury. Drury should ask him for the moon when it comes to hiring staff.

 

[2014nyr]

The Messier hit was already scheduled but he certainly didn’t shy away from kicking dirt/throwing himself out there. Both are true

is there any history there? i could be wrong but i swear at some point in the last few years they brought him in to help on faceoffs if i remember right. never saw much mentioned of it and don't remember seeing anything about that relationship being ended but given what he said about having been prepared to help for years - it sounds like there was some distance placed. certainly not hard to imagine him inserting himself beyond that role but still - just weird nothing about it at least as far as i'm aware.

 

[RangerBoy]

Wasn't Greely seen as a hothead and a little full of himself around the league? I remember I think it was in a Friedman 31 thoughts piece.

Maybe Bobrov gets promoted.

Brad Richards could be an option. He was doing some work for the Rangers.

Greeley was viewed as ambitious. Greeley spent two years with the Rangers. He accepted the AGM job in Buffalo. Aa soon as Greeley has the Sabres AGM, Greeley is talking to Carolina about their GM job.

That's the opposite of Gorton and Drury. Both of them could have left the Rangers for better opportunities.

Greeley was fired in Buffalo last spring. I couldn't find anything about him working somewhere this season. Maybe Covid played a role there. Buffalo still owed him money. He took it easy this season.

 

[RangerBoy]

Just finished that article, I can see it, but I’d almost think someone like vally might make more sense.

I read that article. Eric Duhatschek believes the Rangers should hire Weekes to be the team president. Why would Drury accept that after Dolan gave him both jobs? He wrote the Rangers should split the president and GM duties. Does this organization need more turmoil?

I don't like Weekes. He has a sketchy background.

This story from many years ago. The Canucks believe Weekes faked a knee injury. Weekes made up a story about being robbed because he was late for a game.

The story was wild.

Why Kevin Weekes was traded by the Canucks | Vancouver Sun

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

I believe he was working with Maine in the ECHL, no? Something like that

and who owns Maine.... the Flyers organization, indirectly.... the reason the Rangers are the affiliate solely is them.... they run Hartford for MSG AS well as the XL Center

 

[itsPLkielbasa]

Not sure if I bring Lundqvist back for the GM role but I definitely bring him back for any other open position if he takes it. The guy was the heart and soul of the team on top of an amazing human being off the ice.

I can't wait for him to get his # hanging in the rafters. I'll be bawling my eyes out when it happens.

 

[Lion Hound]

I read that article. Eric Duhatschek believes the Rangers should hire Weekes to be the team president. Why would Drury accept that after Dolan gave him both jobs? He wrote the Rangers should split the president and GM duties. Does this organization need more turmoil?

I don't like Weekes. He has a sketchy background.

This story from many years ago. The Canucks believe Weekes faked a knee injury. Weekes made up a story about being robbed because he was late for a game.

The story was wild.

Why Kevin Weekes was traded by the Canucks | Vancouver Sun

Wow...That’s the first time I ever heard about that story.