Speculation: Search for a President of Hockey..... Oops

[Deku]

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[Very Stable Genius]

After Melnyk's comments Dorion is for sure getting canned in the next little while.

 

[JungleBeat]

Francis or Gillis please.

 

[Emerica]

Come on down Chiarelli

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Come on down Chiarelli

OTTAWA BOY RETURNS HOME!

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

I think someone realized that PD needs some more mentoring time.

...although I do not think PD has the leadership skills to be a GM regardless.

PD is a good guy and a good scout. The good guy makes him a bad GM, IMO

 

[Tuna99]

Brian Burke just because I hate him and everything Melncyk does

 

[Senscore]

I'll do it.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Lombardi would be a dream, so expect Chiarelli as a nightmare.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

IB4T - Who could they hire from within?

 

[Deku]

Garrioch said this in his article:

It’s believed former Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi, who helped lead the club to a Stanley Cup in 2013, would be a prime candidate for the job, but he’s still under contract to the organization and the club would have to get permission to speak with him.

Wasn't he fired in 2017?

 

[Hale The Villain]

Awesome news

Next step is firing Dorion

 

[Emerica]

Garrioch said this in his article:



Wasn't he fired in 2017?

He's with the Flyers now I believe. Not sure in what role

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Best Sens news I've heard in months. We really need a guy like Lombardi around who hopefully can be a voice of reason.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Job Description:

-The President of hockey operations will oversee the general manager and have insight on big picture strategy and team building

- The ideal candidate will serve as a barrier between ownership and players when ownership has become intoxicated and wants to enter the locker room. Ability to lift 175lbs is a plus.

 

[2CHAINZ]

Melnyk when he see's what president of hockey ops is going to cost

 

[DrEasy]

This is good news for a change. Now let's see who they hire though before we get too excited.

 

[bigfatfist]

There was this great moment in between the happiness of hearing that they’d do this and the sadness of remembering that Melnyk would be choosing the person.

I think Melnyk tends to hire from the Toronto scene. How about a dark horse move of trying to get Hunter (again)?

 

[BUCKLE UP]

Jay Feaster come on down

 

[TkachukMyAho]

At risk of being a troll, does this illustrate how bad this team became? Everyone is gone. If that's the case, maybe scorched earth isn't so bad.

 

[Hale The Villain]

While I don't think Lombardi would be the best fit as president of a rebuilding team given his track record, at this point I'd take anyone who can bring a semblance of professionalism to this clown show.

 

[Clayonator]

This could be similar to when Brian Burke took on the role of president in Calgary, expressed full faith in Jay Feaster GM and then a relatively short time later canned him and took on the intern role himself. I could see him hired here and do it again. He’s on my list as are Lombardi, Ferguson and Nonis, Holland (if not renewed), and Malony, so far. Should also add Gillis to the list although we reportedly spoke with him in the off-season but to no avail. Maybe we circle back though. Weird 3 of them are ex Leafs. My pipe dream though is Yzerman. Come home Stevie Y.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

This could be similar to when Brian Burke took on the role of president in Calgary, expressed full faith in Jay Feaster GM and then a relatively short time later canned him and took on the intern role himself. I could see him hired here and do it again. He’s on my list as are Lombardi, Ferguson and Nonis, Holland (if not renewed), and Malony, so far. Weird 3 of them are ex Leafs. My pipe dream though is Yzerman. Come home Stevie Y.

Pretty sure Stevie is going home to Detroit, and he's too smart to work under Melnyk anyway.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

This could be similar to when Brian Burke took on the role of president in Calgary, expressed full faith in Jay Feaster GM and then a relatively short time later canned him and took on the intern role himself. I could see him hired here and do it again. He’s on my list as are Lombardi, Ferguson and Nonis, Holland (if not renewed), and Malony, so far. Weird 3 of them are ex Leafs. My pipe dream though is Yzerman. Come home Stevie Y.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Melnyk floated the idea that current management could be moved on from during his tight five a few days ago, and now we're hearing about a President of Hockey Ops being hired.

I think a President will be put into place, and if/when this team finishes last and potentially "wins" the lottery for COL, Dorion is gone.

Dorion proudly announced a few weeks ago that he had given three year extensions to the entire scouting staff. If that was Melnyk's idea, that's a sign to me that Dorion could be gone. It ensures the gem of this org which is the scouting staff remains consistent even without Dorion.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Pretty sure Stevie is going home to Detroit, and he's too smart to work under Melnyk anyway.

It was publicized that Yzerman's family has still remained living in Detroit during his entire time working for the Lightning. Yzerman has flown back and forth between Tampa and Detroit to facilitate that arrangement.

Yzerman left Tampa because of this, so it doesn't make sense to assume he'd come to Ottawa or one of the many other destinations needing management. His deal with Tampa us up at the end of the season. It'd be very surprising if he didn't end up being a part of Detroit's management group at that time.