Confirmed with Link: Drury President and GM

[Filthy Dangles]

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[Ruggs225]

I cant stand Drury.

if he fires quinn though i will at least give him a thumbs up

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Quinn is Drury's boy.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Not a fan of this. Zero experience.

 

[Pawnee Rangers]

Is this permanent or interim?

 

[haveandare]

Quinn is Drury's boy.

Lol how can you possibly care about Quinn right now?

 

[mas0764]

Is this permanent or interim?

It doesn't say interim so I'm assuming permanent.

Which really leads me to believe this was a punitive firing of some sort. That we didn't want to completely change direction, but that there was a fallout between the owner and the head management.

Which also makes sense because you don't change course one friggin' year after hiring a new President.

This is a fallout situation of some sort, I'm convinced.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Lol how can you possibly care about Quinn right now?

Look at the post above mine, it was in response to that.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Quinn is Drury's boy.

based on what?

 

[NYR94]

In this AP photo, an ecstatic Chris Drury is seen this afternoon accepting the dual role from Dolan with literally zero notice in the middle of a traumatic week:

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Not a fan of this. Zero experience.

It's been the case with a ton of current GMs though. AGM-GM is natural progression.

He's been in demand from a bunch of teams over the last few years so it's not like he's just being thrusted into the role. I have no idea how he'll do, who he'll appoint around him or any of that other shit.

Him getting the president and GM title is a bit much though. He has like full authority over everything now.

 

[JT Kreider]

Coming soon:

Confirmed with link:

Jack Eichel starting center and coach and GM and President and also starting RW and starting RD because we traded the entire team away to bring him in

 

[Disgraced Cosmonaut]

I think Drury and Quinn are somewhat tight. What do I know? I think Quinn has been wanting a certain type of player and has been obvious about the lack thereof. There's only so many times he can lament that the team gets in trouble when it plays too pretty. He wants his own Tom W.-type.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

This was inevitable but im surprised it happened this year.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Coming soon:

Confirmed with link:

Jack Eichel starting center and coach and GM and President and also starting RW and starting RD because we traded the entire team away to bring him in

Kakko, Nils and a #1 for Marchand

 

[mrhockey193195]

Drury has been Gorton's protégé for a few years now. I have a hard time believing that you can like Gorton's approach but dislike Drury's approach, unless he goes off the rails. My biggest concern is how involved will Dolan be and how much autonomy Drury will have...

 

[NewLife]

Just don't go out aggressively after Eichel. Just don't do it.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Excited for Drury but it’s a shame it went down the way it did. Everyone deserved better.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Drury has been Gorton's protégé for a few years now. I have a hard time believing that you can like Gorton's approach but dislike Drury's approach, unless he goes off the rails. My biggest concern is how involved will Dolan be and how much autonomy Drury will have...

Yeah there is this.

I don't think its so much a Knicks situation if he's stepping into this role because a Knicks situation would be replacing JG with Messier (or JD for that matter, we'll see.)

Though if Dolan wants to play puppet master, we're f***ed.

 

[Chimpradamus]

This is such a dumb move I don't even know where to start. I have ZERO confidence in Drury being a competent GM. This is a Garth Snow 2.0 move all over again. Just great.

 

[Crease]

I like Drury but not more than JD and Gorton. JD had the midas touch and they're canning him after two seasons? I hate this.

 

[Inferno]

I...hate....this....team

 

[Nickmo82]

Just don't sell the farm for f***ing ANYBODY. Stay the course.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

It's been the case with a ton of current GMs though. AGM-GM is natural progression.

He's been in demand from a bunch of teams over the last few years so it's not like he's just being thrusted into the role. I have no idea how he'll do, who he'll appoint around him or any of that other shit.

Him getting the president and GM title is a bit much though. He has like full authority over everything now.

You're not wrong. I'm a bit unsettled and concerned this franchise is going to make a massive, unfortunate, yet classicly Rangers, pivot. I hope that isn't what Drury is here to do and I hope it works out.

 

[007]

This is such a dumb move I don't even know where to start. I have ZERO confidence in Drury being a competent GM. This is a Garth Snow 2.0 move all over again. Just great.

This situation is insanely messed up, but I do have to disagree on this. Chris Drury will come in as a rookie GM, sure, but I can't think of another rookie executive in any sport who has had more training and preparation than he has.