Confirmed with Link: Marc Bergevin joins the Kings as GM consultant

[Koivu11]

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[Vachon23]

Happy for him !

 

[Milhouse40]

 

[Vachon23]

Good happy for him, not sure Blake is trill though with his contract finishing this year

 

[DAChampion]

A lot of people called this.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Him , Robitaille, Blake and Pat Brisson are all pretty tight so it's no surprise seeing him land in LA/California for a while. I'm not sure it's going to be a long term thing but there are worst ways to spend his free time.

 

[Tuggy]

Seemed like the obvious landing spot for MB.

 

[Treb]

LA fans don't seem happy about it.

 

[1909]

Does it mean is not on the Habs payroll anymore ?

I would like to be a little bird when MB and Danault will meet !!!!

 

[danyhabsfan]

He has build such a good team here.

32nd on 32nd (using %) this season and with players signed to long contrat to make sure we're gonna suck for a long time.


+ we have no cap space 77M for 17 players next year

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

LA fans don't seem happy about it.

Well, if you're not a fan of country club mentality and friends doing favors to friends, then you might find this a bit worrying.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Gally to the Kings E5.

 

[1909]

Him , Robitaille and Pat Brisson are all pretty tight so it's no surprise seeing him land in LA for a while. I'm not sure it's going to be a long term thing but there are worst ways to spend his free time.

The Montreal's boys are running the show in L.A.

 

[Vachon23]

Does it mean is not on the Habs payroll anymore ?

I would like to be a little bird when MB and Danault will meet !!!!

Yes and I think there is still respect between those guys, Bergevin will always be the one who drafted a Danault and trade for him to give him his real chance

 

[1909]

Gally to the Kings E5.

We can just wish....

 

[sampollock]

Send them Gally and JD

 

[beowulf]

LA fans don't seem happy about it.

Don't blame them.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Gally to the Kings E5.

It sure would make sense. I'd do everything to help facilitate it if I'm Gordon.

 

[Kimota]

I would call him a sort of good plummer when he was with us. The plummer of GMs. Hard working and so forth. I guess he could be a good hand to help any clubs.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Seriously though. What a nice gig. Run the Canadiens for a decade while banking tens of millions, than go to LA to live life to the fullest and “consult” on hockey. Dream semi retirement right there.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Well that refutes people who were saying that Bergevin had a bad reputation and would have a hard time finding another job.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Congrats to MB. We knew this was a place he could end up in.

He has a close relationship with both Blake and Robitaille, so it is no surprise he ends up there.

I imagine this also means Molson doesn't need to pay MB the rest of this year, which is money he can now spend back in new hockey ops personnel.

Also, Danault finally could only get away from MB for a few months.

 

[The Great Weal]

Well that refutes people who were saying that Bergevin had a bad reputation and would have a hard time finding another job.

Someone literally said that yesterday lol

 

[Milhouse40]

Well that refutes people who were saying that Bergevin had a bad reputation and would have a hard time finding another job.

He's not GM....at least not yet.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Well that refutes people who were saying that Bergevin had a bad reputation and would have a hard time finding another job.

Whoever were saying that either hadn't noticed or refused to notice that no matter how much we wanted him out, he still had a lot of connections and good relationships in the league. And there was no way he would have a hard time finding a job.

The only question would be how soon he'd want to get back in and in what role.