Staples Twitter: Isles have hired Steve Pellegrini as Assistant GM

[PK Cronin]

Just so nobody misses the news:

#Isles have hired Steve Pellegrini as Assistant GM. Worked with Lou Lamoriello with the Devils.

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[eoin92]

What does this mean for the younger Lamoriello?

 

[Skip To My Lou]

What does this mean for the younger Lamoriello?

I believe Chris still holds assistant GM. He'll just be working with Pellegrini.

 

[xECK29x]

Wonder if Chris will be running Bridgeport still...

 

[BrockLobster]

Hes a cap guru apparently.

 

[Metnut]

Does this put us out of the running for the Toronto guy who is going to be available after draft/FA?

 

[WinhallVT124]

Hes a cap guru apparently.

Good then he can find away to make Ladd and CC disappear.

 

[PK Cronin]

Does this put us out of the running for the Toronto guy who is going to be available after draft/FA?

I think that was for a GM position, not an assistant position.

 

[lazycop]

Hes a cap guru apparently.

I just gotta laugh. Can anyone EVER imagine Snow hiring a 'Cap guru'?
I feel like the collective hockey IQ of this front office went from 2 to about 500 in the last 3 weeks.

 

[PK Cronin]

I just gotta laugh. Can anyone EVER imagine Snow hiring a 'Cap guru'?
I feel like the collective hockey IQ of this front office went from 2 to about 500 in the last 3 weeks.

Snow was pretty good with circumventing the cap and getting players to sign quality deals early on...then he went off the rails overpaying for loyalty.

 

[doublechili]

Does this put us out of the running for the Toronto guy who is going to be available after draft/FA?

Someone posted a while back that Hunter may not be interested in being a GM as his main interest is scouting. If that's true, then there's room for him too.

 

[Zenon Konopka Jr]

Boy, Lou just loves making announcements on Tuesdays.

 

[aronjudge11]

Yeah ISLES front office and coach payroll probably quadrupled this off-season. The days of only hiring the lowest paid coaches and front office are over. By September snow and weight won't even have their own office.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Boy, Lou just loves making announcements on Tuesdays.

Lou'sdays

 

[SI90]

Lou bringing in his Accountant and numbers guy. I like it.
We’re finally getting real management in place.

 

[crasherino]

If Lou brings nothing else, his Rolodex is worth its weight in gold. We went from having AHL connections to big time NHL ones. Weight at least had connections from his playing days but Cappy and Snow had no league wide experience before coming in.

I don't really know who Lou will being in but I do know that universe of guys being considered is pretty wide. And right now for me, if whoever is brought in is good enough for Lou, it's good enough for me.

Can you remember the last time this FO had the benefit of the doubt? I can't.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

If Lou brings nothing else, his Rolodex is worth its weight in gold. We went from having AHL connections to big time NHL ones. Weight at least had connections from his playing days but Cappy and Snow had no league wide experience before coming in.

I don't really know who Lou will being in but I do know that universe of guys being considered is pretty wide. And right now for me, if whoever is brought in is good enough for Lou, it's good enough for me.

Can you remember the last time this FO had the benefit of the doubt? I can't.

For what it's worth, I've read multiple times that Snow is highly respected around the league and by other GM's. Snow did bring in Loiselle and McPhee into the front office...

 

[scott99]

If Lou brings nothing else, his Rolodex is worth its weight in gold. We went from having AHL connections to big time NHL ones. Weight at least had connections from his playing days but Cappy and Snow had no league wide experience before coming in.

I don't really know who Lou will being in but I do know that universe of guys being considered is pretty wide. And right now for me, if whoever is brought in is good enough for Lou, it's good enough for me.

Can you remember the last time this FO had the benefit of the doubt? I can't.

It's been a great spring for Isle's news, hopefully the summer starts with a great new coach, and a big time signing (JT).

 

[doublechili]

So we've gone from having Snow and Wang's middle school kid figuring out the cap to having the guy who negotiated the CBA for the NHL.

Please don't wake me from my dream.

 

[BarBeauWahlDobLok]

Good then he can find away to make Ladd and CC disappear.

Abracadabra!

 

[Big L]

Boy, Lou just loves making announcements on Tuesdays.

Tuesday is Isles news day!

 

[periferal]

Snow was pretty good with circumventing the cap and getting players to sign quality deals early on...then he went off the rails overpaying for loyalty.

Yeah - He was good at manipulating the cap floor, but if he ever had to manipulate the cap ceiling it would be because he loves handing out contracts to bottom-6 players like they were top-6.

 

[periferal]

If Lou brings nothing else, his Rolodex is worth its weight in gold. We went from having AHL connections to big time NHL ones. Weight at least had connections from his playing days but Cappy and Snow had no league wide experience before coming in.

I don't really know who Lou will being in but I do know that universe of guys being considered is pretty wide. And right now for me, if whoever is brought in is good enough for Lou, it's good enough for me.

Can you remember the last time this FO had the benefit of the doubt? I can't.

Where is the "superlike" button?

 

[PK Cronin]

So we've gone from having Snow and Wang's middle school kid figuring out the cap to having the guy who negotiated the CBA for the NHL.

Please don't wake me from my dream.

Greg Picker was in charge of the cap?

 

[MJF]

Nice. Cap guru. Maybe he can shed some of Garth’s bad contracts.