Confirmed with Link: Kris Draper promoted to Assistant GM (will continue as Director of Amateur Scouting)

[SantosHalper]

Hakan should have been promoted

Yzerman offered a new role back in 2019 but Hakan didn't want to move to US.

 

[lilidk]

Did he replace someone or it's like when Yzerman moved from Tampa to Detroit.

 

[Leafs87]

Failed to the top

 

[Gniwder]

Failed to the top

Yup, it's like the corporate world. If you suck at your job but you kiss ass, then you get promoted to the level of your incompetence.

 

[better Red than Dead]

The biggest difference is that he gets to sit in on contract negotiations, calls with other GMs for trades, etc. to learn the business. Nice move by Yzerman who’s paying it forward

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Must have been the Mazur and Lombardi picks that put him in line for a promotion…. You don’t usually get strong prospects like that in the 3rd/4th rounds.

They have zero NHL games combined. Not sure how this would put him in line for a promotion

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

They have zero NHL games combined. Not sure how this would put him in line for a promotion

Obviously Yzerman hasn’t seen your application yet. Duh. That’s what you get for sending it snail mail instead of on LinkedIn like Draper.

 

[Oddbob]

Thought he already was the AGM.

 

[Oddbob]

Failed to the top

?

 

[PullHard]

Failed to the top

Go back to your board pigeon

 

[Henkka]

Thought he already was the AGM.

Like I said earlier, he has kind of been working as multiple way of an assistant, now just got the title. This seemed weird "promotion". Maybe just fixing the role right, it has been this all the time.

 

[Henkka]

When I saw this I kind of thought it would be to get Draper out of the director of amateur scouting role eventually.

Yeah, and on same day Al Murray gets a new position at Tampa...

 

[jfrank21]

Yeah, Yzerman totally just did this on a whim and clearly thinks Drapes is doing a terrible job so he's "promoting" him to get him out of his current role. I mean, all these busts that he keeps drafting as the Director of Amateur Scouting....meanwhile, anyone who watched the development camp saw a standout Kasper, a standout Lombardi, a standout ASP, a standout Dylan James (who got praise from both Cleary and Drapes), a great looking Danielson, a great looking Mazur, a strong new netminder in Augustine, a good looking Buium, a good looking Ali, a good looking Gibson. But yeah, these are all Stevie and Hakan picks right?

 

[Pavels Dog]

Must have been the Mazur and Lombardi picks that put him in line for a promotion…. You don’t usually get strong prospects like that in the 3rd/4th rounds.

It's not just about specific draft picks.

Draper spent the last four seasons as Red Wings director of amateur scouting, overseeing the franchise's amateur scouting department, running the NHL Entry Draft and assisting the Red Wings' management team in various hockey operations decisions.

For all we know, Draper may have been involved on a lot of decisions made not connected to the draft.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Draper has clearly been Yzerman's right hand man for some time. No surprise here.

When Verbeek left, when it mattered, Horcroff got promoted. Over Draper. And Horcroff is still the right hand man.

This feels like a Jimmy Develano promotion.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Al Murray?

Anyone hear anything?

 

[Retire91]

I feel like this is an example of an organization putting legacy ahead of ability. I hope this is a case where Draper has lofty career ambitions which eventually lead him to take a role with another team.

 

[Rolo Tomassi]

Kris Draper who is always looking to draft the next Kris Draper. We need a guy who can pull up on a clean breakaway and fire a slapshot that is so high and wide that it takes out the organ player.

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

I feel like this is an example of an organization putting legacy ahead of ability. I hope this is a case where Draper has lofty career ambitions which eventually lead him to take a role with another team.

And you're informed on what aspects of Drapers ability?
The most you can point to is draft picks you don't like so beyond that state your accusatory case of legacy above ability.