Speculation: The next GM of the Sharks will be....

[Alwalys]

The new GM will be an analytics software AI.

Let's hire the Google AI

 

[Alwalys]

The mysterious 3rd candidate is BY FAR the most interesting part of this GM search so far

They should have played it like there were always 2 front runners in Grier and Whitney but tease a 3rd candidate that was totally different

Buh God it's Jumbo Joe Thornton! And he proceeds to "chock" the other 2 out. And it is explained his finishing move "the chock" is a combination between choke and shock.

 

[TheBeard]

Im all in on Mellanby if its between him and the other two. He been in the NHL exec circut for 12 years, and worked his way to AGM before resigning.

I’m all-in on him.

 

[themelkman]

Really great news the other rumored coach is david "ruin your prospects" quinn

 

[Gecklund]

I hate this team

 

[themelkman]

I hate this team

We already know its three, and its been that way for a week? Atleast with Doug the zero transparancy seemed to help him maintain a veil against other teams, this seems to just be keeping fans in the dark.

 

[Cradorium]

I prefer Patrick Roy.He's a winner

 

[Bizz]

So no retreads for GM but bringing in a two time loser in Tocchet as coach? Ugh!

Tocchet should stick to his hilariously poor acting job as TNT analyst

 

[Gecklund]

We already know its three, and its been that way for a week? Atleast with Doug the zero transparancy seemed to help him maintain a veil against other teams, this seems to just be keeping fans in the dark.

It’s more the “it’s not done.” Like I get taking time and I’m fully for it but this needs to be done in the next week. Not necessarily for draft but for FA.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I hate this team

I hate it when someone like him says there's three to five finalists. It just tells everyone hey I'm lying and you all know it. He should've just kept it to the home stretch vagueness and say you want to keep it confidential instead of a stupid line like that. It's annoying.

 

[Lebanezer]

Friedman on 32 thoughts says the coaching world is kind of upset that they would fire the coach this late into the offseason, wont score them any points.

Also says they made it a priority to hire a former player as gm because the front office doesnt have many former players.

Have talked with both Burns and Karlsson about the future.

Darche is a former Shark.

 

[themelkman]

Darche is a former Shark.

I never realized but I guess he technically was. Still seems unlikely and I dont blame him for not leaving his really good AGM job for the sharks gm position.

 

[themelkman]

Frank Seravelli said on the DFO rundown yesterday that he was told Ray Whitney was already out. Lebrun to me has far better sharks sources, but its a weird contradiction.

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

I’m starting to really think it’s gonna be Grier. They chose to keep Nabby on because he’s in a developmental role. Or at least that’s what Will said. Just my opinion, but I get the feeling a former Shark like Grier would want to keep a former teammate on staff.

 

[Harbessix]

I watched the JW presser but wasn’t there supposed to be one with Tim Burke and DWjr regarding the draft?

 

[themelkman]

I watched the JW presser but wasn’t there supposed to be one with Tim Burke and DWjr regarding the draft?

I thought so, maybe they changed it because they did this one.

 

[Harbessix]

I thought so, maybe they changed it because they did this one.

Boourns

 

[timorous me]

For all the (not unreasonable) negativity around here regarding this search and just the general direction of the Sharks, I thought Joe Will did say some things that give me hope that the person coming in as GM has some good plans for changing things up in a meaningful and positive direction. I liked this in particular:

Well, one of the things that we’ve we’ve talked about with multiple GM candidates, and it’s again, kind of a commonality with our finalists, is they all really want to ramp up the area of player development. Especially with the salary cap, more young players in this league, and everything else. They each really want to have a separate distinct development department, with a head of development and in very specific roles within there.

 

[Gecklund]

For all the (not unreasonable) negativity around here regarding this search and just the general direction of the Sharks, I thought Joe Will did say some things that give me hope that the person coming in as GM has some good plans for changing things up in a meaningful and positive direction. I liked this in particular:

That quote just shows what’s wrong with the org though…. “Hey let’s do something most teams have had for 5 years!”

 

[timorous me]

That quote just shows what’s wrong with the org though…. “Hey let’s do something most teams have had for 5 years!”

Yeah. But thank god they seem to be talking to guys who get that, who see the problems in place and aren't afraid to make a big case that they need to be addressed. In that sense, it doesn't even matter who is hired among these somewhat mysterious finalists; they all are capable of moving the front office in a direction that it needs to go.

(Analytics, too--something Will also mentioned a couple times in passing--is obviously an area where the front office has been lacking, as evidenced by a recent Athletic article showing how analytical each front office is, with the Sharks near the bottom; my hope is that being mentioned a couple times also signifies that the new person from this group of finalists is going to make that a much bigger part of things.)

 

[themelkman]

The end of his interview was very funny. "some of our candidates are experts on cap, some on scouting and some are connected to the sharks". Two great categories you would want in a gm, and one that no one should care about as it doesnt help build a team at all

 

[Gecklund]

Yeah. But thank god they seem to be talking to guys who get that, who see the problems in place and aren't afraid to make a big case that they need to be addressed. In that sense, it doesn't even matter who is hired among these somewhat mysterious finalists; they all are capable of moving the front office in a direction that it needs to go.

(Analytics, too--something Will also mentioned a couple times in passing--is obviously an area where the front office has been lacking, as evidenced by a recent Athletic article showing how analytical each front office is, with the Sharks near the bottom; my hope is that being mentioned a couple times also signifies that the new person from this group of finalists is going to make that a much bigger part of things.)

I don’t think they should get credit for catching up to the times after being so far behind.

 

[timorous me]

I don’t think they should get credit for catching up to the times after being so far behind.

Credit? No. But as a fan, I certainly feel a sense of relief that it at least appears as if they're going to be catching up going forward. The alternative is an unwelcome thought, to put it politely.

 

[Patty Ice]

what proof is there that Whitney or Grier can build a winning team?

What proof was there that Sakic or Yzerman could?

 

[Karl Prime]

Whitney wasn't a "hanger-on" for the Canes Stanley Cup. He would have been a 60+ point guy if he played a full season and scored 9 goals in the playoffs. And then scored another 163 goals after that season.