Confirmed with Link: Ron Hextall fired as Exec VP/GM, Presser Tue 11/27 11am: Part 2

[Curufinwe]

Tomorrow's press conference will actually be to announce Hak's extension. 10 years at $10m per.

 

[freakydallas13]

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Ladies and Gents.... the first move post-Hextall era.

Who the hell is doing this, we have no GM

 

[Jtown]

Tomorrow's press conference will actually be to announce Hak's extension. 10 years at $10m per.

die

 

[Cootsfanclub]

Tomorrow's press conference will actually be to announce Hak's extension.

He's being promoted to GM

 

[Striiker]

We can read your mind, dont you deny it

What's wrong with that? You've spewed your pro-Hakstol and Weal drivel for years. We're tired of it.

 

[Danko]

Can the new GM get us a goalie? Thanks.

 

[Curufinwe]

He's being promoted to GM

GM/Coach. He gets two paychecks that way.

 

[kudymen]

It's because it was refreshing compared to the other late night shows who got formulaic and played it safe to try and keep a large audience to rake in sponsor cash. His show reminded me of early Letterman and Conan, but the main difference being that he never changed to try to appeal to a larger audience as his show gained traction, and was arguably the most authentic show. If anything he got more wacky and irreverent to the late night standard fare. Which is why I believe were he to take over for Letterman at the 11:35 slot it would have never worked.

Conan and Letterman were the only other guys I watched - and whenever I sought some old footages of them on youtube, I thought the same thing as you said. I loved the authenticity

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Can the new GM get us a goalie? Thanks.

The no-faced GM just "got rid" of a goalie if that counts...

 

[Psuhockey]

No matter what your opinion of Homer is, I think we can all agree that he has some of the biggest balls in the hockey world.

Holmgren went for it every year and that had some unfortunate consequences. Hextall never went for it. How do you compare the two?

 

[CapnZin]

Who the hell is doing this, we have no GM

Or so we think...

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Tomorrow's press conference will actually be to announce Hak's extension. 10 years at $10m per.

He's been the GM the whole time.

He's Darth Jar Jar.

 

[Striiker]

I think he's reading a little too much into this move...

 

[mdm815]

I’d be willing to bet the philosophical difference lies in who we win the cup with. hex was prob content with riding it out and seeing where things fall in the next couple years, and the rest of upper management looks at Giroux as our best chance to win.

 

[Starat327]

The no-faced GM just "got rid" of a goalie if that counts...

Let's be honest, calling Lyon a goalie is at least partially a stretch.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I’m guessing they’ll just wait for the new GM to make the decision on Hakstol & his eventual replacement whether long term &/or interim.

 

[Oskar Man]

pronger and q

yzerman and q

yzerman pronger and q

yzerman pronger q and sutter


ill take any combo.

I thought Yzerman stepped down to be closer to his family in Michigan. Is he actually an option?

 

[Curufinwe]

Hextall never went for it because the two playoff teams he had in four full years as GM weren't close to being Cup contenders.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Let's be honest, calling Lyon a goalie is at least partially a stretch.

Well we definitely know our goalies don't stretch...

 

[kudymen]

Who the hell is doing this, we have no GM

Lyon just said "f*** it" and sat on the bus himself

 

[deadhead]

Frankly, I think one of the mistakes he made was not tanking from the beginning. I would have traded Vorachek and simmonds, yielding a good haul.
I would have kept Giroux.

And by this point, the team would have been more likely to take off.

I'm not sure it would have made a huge difference unless they landed a Kapanen type prospect, assuming the trades were made in the summer of 2015, the draft picks would now be in their 2nd-3rd NHL years. And even Kapanen only has emerged this season.

But it would have changed expectations, tanking for 2-3 years would have made people more patient as the young roster filled out and improvement could be seen. Instead, making the playoffs made his life harder, because the assumption was if we made the playoffs we weren't far from being a SC contender.

 

[Starat327]

Well we definitely know our goalies don't stretch...

Well done, sir.

 

[Danko]

I may LITERALLY throw up tomorrow if Hak gets support from Homer and Dave Scott.

 

[Tripod]

here we go!!!!

 

[Flybynite]

If Homer is allowed to make any trades I look forward to seeing our first draft pick in the 6th round.