TSN: Randy Sexton Likely leaving to Become AGM for Buffalo

[Malkinstheman]

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[Malkinstheman]

This seems like a pretty big loss. Our drafting post 2009 has been pretty damn good with the amount of picks we've had..

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Great, Buffalo! Why don't you just take all our people? I hear Crosby and Malkin plan to play hockey again next year; you want them, too?

 

[BHD]

Not thrilled, obviously, but this is part of the business.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Congrats to him on a nice, deserved, promotion.

He will be missed, but he deserved to be rewarded for his great work. As long as he does not take a bunch of scouts with him.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Ouch.

 

[WickedWrister]

On the eve of the draft? I get that we probably already have our draft board assembled but it still seems like a strange time for the move to be announced.

If I were in his position, I'd rather see my responsibilities through and finish the draft with the Penguins and THEN move to Buffalo. Seems like one of those college football moves where the coach leaves his team right before the bowl game.

 

[Corvidae]

****, dump Guerin and bump him up here.

 

[Malkinstheman]

On the eve of the draft? I get that we probably already have our draft board assembled but it still seems like a strange time for the move to be announced.

If I were in his position, I'd rather see my responsibilities through and finish the draft with the Penguins and THEN move to Buffalo. Seems like one of those college football moves where the coach leaves his team right before the bowl game.

He will be leaving after the Draft.

 

[Asuna]

i hope we replace him with somebody good

 

[HandshakeLine]

Good for him. Sucks, but that's the way the business rolls.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

He will be leaving after the Draft.

Sounds like almost a conflict of interest. He is drafting players for a team he will be competing against.

 

[Corvidae]

i hope we replace him with somebody good

Which former 2009 player do you think it will be? Dupuis?

 

[Asuna]

Which former 2009 player do you think it will be? Dupuis?

craig adams. draft all the grinders!!

 

[Cherpak]

The unfortunate price of success.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Sounds like almost a conflict of interest. He is drafting players for a team he will be competing against.

Exactly I would rather not have him be part of it.

 

[davemess]

This was reported as pretty much a done deal the day after Botts left for Buffalo wasn't it?

My guess is Penguins wanted him to work through the draft period.

As long as he hasn't been providing info to Buffalo I don't see there being a conflict of interest.

 

[gdsmack267]

Finally a good hockey mind running the Amerks!

Might actually go back to watching them again

 

[vikingGoalie]

huge loss IMO.

Shero brought us guys like Pouliot, Morrow, Bennett, etc.

Sexton is the guy who brough in guys like Sheary, Guentzal, Rust, and so on. Probably the best thing Shero did in his time here was redo the scouting department and put Randy in charge. Though Shero largely had his hand who was picked in the first round.

 

[Lustaf]

Great, Buffalo! Why don't you just take all our people? I hear Crosby and Malkin plan to play hockey again next year; you want them, too?

At least they left Tocchet.

 

[SEALBound]

Really wish the compensation picks were still a thing.

Gosh dangit!

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

huge loss IMO.

Shero brought us guys like Pouliot, Morrow, Bennett, etc.

Sexton is the guy who brough in guys like Sheary, Guentzal, Rust, and so on. Probably the best thing Shero did in his time here was redo the scouting department and put Randy in charge. Though Shero largely had his hand who was picked in the first round.

Shero gave him the mandate of what to prioritize at the draft:

Former Penguins GM Ray Shero had a few non-negotiable criteria he passed along to his scouts. For a prospect to get on the Penguins' list, he needed to have a mix of skill, a consistent pace to his game, hockey sense, competitiveness and the ability to play without fear of confrontation.

A criterion that wasn't on the list? Size. The Penguins were willing to overlook the typical height and weight concerns if a player checked all those other boxes. Guentzel certainly did.

http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...kie-jake-guentzel-steps-sidney-crosby-absence

Even though Shero didn't scout the players himself, his prospect criteria set the table for the team we have now. The small, skilled, feisty plug-and-play guys we got under Shero weren't some happy accident.

 

[TNT87]

Really wish the compensation picks were still a thing.

Gosh dangit!

That would be nice.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

This is when I wish we still had the compensation thing.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Which former 2009 player do you think it will be? Dupuis?

This was reported as pretty much a done deal the day after Botts left for Buffalo wasn't it?

My guess is Penguins wanted him to work through the draft period.

As long as he hasn't been providing info to Buffalo I don't see there being a conflict of interest.

I don't know about the day after but it has been known for a while.