Confirmed with Link: Wes Clark is hired by the Florida Panthers as a scout

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[Mr Hockey*]

was he a shanahan hire?

 

[CanadasTeam]

who is he?

Googled..

http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/t...nt-wes-clark-moves-on-to-the-florida-panthers

 

[Mad Brills*]

Another bad move.

Yikes.

 

[Kelly]

Another bad move.

Yikes.

Uh?

Good for him.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

He's not the only change. Real Paiement, whom many thought was just a typo on eliteprospects.com, was in fact an amateur scout from last year. Likely he scouted the QMJHL, as we didn't have anyone who knowingly scouted there last year.

Leafs have Brian Daccord as a "goaltending consultant", however is likely the man whom influenced the Woll decision.

Finally, Radim Jelinek as a European scout with specific focus in Czechia and Slovakia. Nothing was done from those regions in terms of talent, however the WJC there I believe.

Wes Clark was one of many OHL scouts we had, while also handling a little bit of skill development (essentially like Mike Gerrits, who does the same thing for us but in the WHL). I guess he'll just be one amazing OHL region scout for Florida.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Another bad move.

Yikes.

How is this a bad move by the Leafs? The guy got promoted with another franchise - was he supposed to not accept?

 

[Mad Brills*]

Offer him a promotion.

Keep your own guys.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Offer him a promotion.

Keep your own guys.

How are you to now if there was a position available or he was qualified for a promotion by the Leafs brass?

 

[Daisy Jane]

Offer him a promotion.

Keep your own guys.

promote him to what?
to take over for Hunter?

like honestly.

 

[Mr Hockey*]

Offer him a promotion.

Keep your own guys.

I am sure if they really wanted him to stay, they would have promoted him or something. It is also possible they gave him a push in Florida's direction, who knows, I know you dont and neither do I.

 

[Barilko14]

Offer him a promotion.

Keep your own guys.

Your seriously going to criticize a scout/consultant move? There are 100's of roles/jobs within a hockey team, are you going to kick up a fuss if a laundry attendant moves on next?

You don't have single clue if this guy is even any good at his job.

 

[Kurisu]

who'd we draft under his watch?

 

[Amadeus]

He was Kyle Dubas's guy.

 

[Daisy Jane]

He was Kyle Dubas's guy.

not anymore

 

[Dayjobdave]

He was Kyle Dubas's guy.

....and so ends the rebuild....

 

[Warden of the North]

...and thus sinks the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise. How will we recover?

I mean, in all seriousness, I think we'll be fine. Good luck to him in his future endeavours.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

who'd we draft under his watch?

Well Hunter isn't behind every single one of the draft picks we make. Clark was a very good OHL scout, and probably had some sort of influence in most, if not all, of the OHL picks. He was just a consultant though, so I don't really know how much he offered.

The good news is that we will survive, because we do have a bunch of other OHL scouts (and he is only a consultant), so it's not the end of the world (I hope). If it's a huge deal, they'll just find someone else, or they wouldn't have let him go in the first place.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

It's a good thing when other teams are trying to take your guys. It means you're doing something right. You don't see teams trying to poach the Oilers. They're after guys from teams like Detroit and Chicago.

 

[Menzinger]

It's a good thing when other teams are trying to take your guys. It means you're doing something right. You don't see teams trying to poach the Oilers. They're after guys from teams like Detroit and Chicago.

True. It's a sign your team is doing something right