Confirmed with Link: Front Office Role Changes

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

I nominate Dave as next president of Flyers.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Lombardi first worked for the organization back from 2003-2006 as a scout after he got fired from the Sharks GM job. Hextall was first hired by the Flyers as a scout in 1999. That’s the first time those two paths crossed as far as working in an NHL front office goes. Lombardi got the GM job in LA in 2006 & took Hextall with him as his AGM.

I wonder if any of this has crossed Scott's mind

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but that "grow with Fletcher" statement sure implies that this arrangement is planned to be long-term.

Hopefully that doesn't mean "long-term no matter what"

It means Dave Scott will inevitably be the team's GM.

Note: I threw up all over my phone as I typed that.

 

[Striiker]

WTF?

The media has gone super-shill mode.

As if the guy just died.

 

[Beef Invictus]

It means Dave Scott will inevitably be the team's GM.

Note: I threw up all over my phone as I typed that.

You want me to beat up the throw-up?

 

[bauer]

I nominate Dave as next president of Flyers.

which Dave? Hakstol? Scott? @Captain Dave Poulin? they all blend in after awhile. so much alike.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

You want me to beat up the throw-up?

Yes...?

But, ew...

 

[YEM]

I trust Homer more than the corporate wonks @ Comcast

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

which Dave? Hakstol? Scott? @Captain Dave Poulin? they all blend in after awhile. so much alike.

Theirs only 1 Dave, and thats poulin.

The others are just wannabes

 

[Oskar Man]

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I always thought “Couturier” on the back of #14 looked a little weird.

Well when you're a 3rd line checking center and Dave Scott wants your number, you give him the f***ing number.

 

[wankstifier]

Give the league to the players!

No gods, no masters

 

[BiggE]

I don’t worry too much about this stuff. I don’t think replacing Holmgren with Fletcher as team President will have any effect on the on ice product

 

[Flyerfan4life]

so long as the team gets back to entertaining hockey, and we can make some noise in the post season.

im fine with it..

cuz basicly im to scared to think the team continues to flounder going nowere ...

 

[TheKingPin]

You guys have watched too many movies. Homer having less control is a good thing. All things point to Fletch not going crazy with moves which is good given we are kind of set until we are ready to add the final piece type player. You are crazy to think a CEO wouldn’t want control of the team, but it’s obvious Fletch knows now to handle things.

 

[Hockeypete49]

Holmgren can't be trusted but Scott is even worse.

I agree.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

How long will it take for Fletcher to get his promotion so he can't fumble with our roster anymore? Hart injury, Giroux decline?

 

[Here4ThaLids]

Just to put it out there: this might be as simple as Holmgren retiring because he's getting up there in age, but he knows where the bodies are buried so he keeps getting checks. Not necessarily because of a new power grab.

 

[The Madrigal]

Fletcher has all say in hockey ops.

Exactly. Everything else is just window dressing. This just ultimately means that Holmgren has essentially retired and Fletcher has been given the keys to the castle for better or worse.

 

[StarterHart]

Well when you're a 3rd line checking center and Dave Scott wants your number, you give him the ****ing number.

You don't ask a 40 point player for their number, you just take it.

 

[Larry44]

No, Fletcher has more influence now, he's no longer going to be filtered through Holmgren, he reports directly to Scott.

Or, Holmgren is no longer a buffer to shield Fletch from the wrath of Action Man? We'll see.

 

[dats81]

Homer helped the transition to the past Ed Snider era. The Hextall/Hakstol experiment came to an end.
Homer's job is done, time to lean back and watch everything unfold.

 

[Toonces]

This was always the end game wasn't it? Comcast being completely in charge?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Homer helped the transition to the past Ed Snider era. The Hextall/Hakstol experiment came to an end.
Homer's job is done, time to lean back and watch everything unfold.

Probably. I’ve seen some speculation that Homer & some of the suit dummies at Comcast didn’t see eye to eye recently with the way things are done. Comcast basically did clean everybody out on the business side of the organization this past year. So who knows maybe there is some merit to it.

 

[Shakey Graves]

This was always the end game wasn't it? Comcast being completely in charge?

Comcast end game is to own the world. The Flyers are just a small piece of the puzzle.

 

[Curufinwe]

As Paul Holmgren steps into lesser role, final piece of...

in praising Fletcher, Scott indirectly offered a pointed critique of Hextall’s regime.

“Probably one of the biggest pluses is (Fletcher is) a collaborative guy, he’s smart and he’s got a very open style,” Scott said. “I came over to spend a day with Paul (this offseason) and was so impressed with the group of people we had. You got Chuck’s staff in there, the new coaching staff in there, the data analytics people together. It’s something I hadn’t seen in the six years I’ve been here. Just full collaboration. And everyone agreeing on what moves we were going to make.”