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Speculation: Who wants to be President of Hockey OPs; survey says...
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In my opinion you don’t fire a GM in the middle of them building the team they want to contend with. PD inherited BMs team blueprint, and it didn’t exactly inspire contender confidence in the end.
From the looks of things, this is a good start in my opinion. I’m actually glad that we have finally started from scratch with the new GM. I like the idea that the new guys gets to have a crack at creating their own team, rather than simply managing the middling team they step into.
BMs team here just didn’t have the right core to get it done over the years, and while I wanted EK to stay, and then Stone and Duchene, I’ve come to really like the young team we’re seeing, and feel like our team has needed to have a complete reset for a long time now. I’m at peace with their respective departures.
I think BT is an excellent centre piece to build a team identity around, along with guys like White and Chabot, and our prospect pool looks deep and filled with players that ‘play the right way’. It looks like we’re being built from the net out, and that the players picked are being chosen based on being playoff type guys.
PD may not be a great interview, but his team is starting to look quite promising, and the best draft is yet to come.
It’s an unpopular opinion, but I don’t much care about the off ice drama to be honest, though I keep abreast of the latest rumors and speculation. It just doesn’t factor in much when I look at the roster, read about the prospects, listen to the interviews of players, coaches, scouts, and GM. The proof in the pudding will always be the team on the ice in the end, and I’m looking forward to the start of the season with this group.
From the looks of things, this is a good start in my opinion. I’m actually glad that we have finally started from scratch with the new GM. I like the idea that the new guys gets to have a crack at creating their own team, rather than simply managing the middling team they step into.
BMs team here just didn’t have the right core to get it done over the years, and while I wanted EK to stay, and then Stone and Duchene, I’ve come to really like the young team we’re seeing, and feel like our team has needed to have a complete reset for a long time now. I’m at peace with their respective departures.
I think BT is an excellent centre piece to build a team identity around, along with guys like White and Chabot, and our prospect pool looks deep and filled with players that ‘play the right way’. It looks like we’re being built from the net out, and that the players picked are being chosen based on being playoff type guys.
PD may not be a great interview, but his team is starting to look quite promising, and the best draft is yet to come.
It’s an unpopular opinion, but I don’t much care about the off ice drama to be honest, though I keep abreast of the latest rumors and speculation. It just doesn’t factor in much when I look at the roster, read about the prospects, listen to the interviews of players, coaches, scouts, and GM. The proof in the pudding will always be the team on the ice in the end, and I’m looking forward to the start of the season with this group.
The Sens are a last place organization... every team has prospects and there is no game breaking forwards amongst our prospect pool.
Maybe they might hit 70Pts this season
Maybe they might hit 70Pts this season
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Pierre , I think we have a good candidate to come in and join the team as POHO.. I think he'll fit right in.
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Looks like he wants to be a GM, and we already have one here.
Are we really left with this low hanging fruit now? You guys aren’t even putting in the effort anymore...
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We already have the lowest fruit working pretty much in every prominent position. Definitely the worst GM, possibly the worst pro scouts (see Zaitsev, Boedker, Burrows trades), the worst CEO/COO in Melnyk. Our "contract guy" hasn't really re-signed anyone of relevance, so probably the lowest hanging assistant GM fruit as well. With all that being said, Ron Francis would be the most competent of the bunch/
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Melnyk is naming himself so that he can appoint the largest salary in the league to himself and funnel money out of the org. Would anyone be shocked at this point?
Most GMs take input from their coaches when liking to fill out depth players on the roster.
The coach has developed the system, and generally have a few players they know who would do well in it.
As usual there is a mountain being made from a molehill, with a Sens flag on top.
A GM that works with the coach is a good thing.
The coach has developed the system, and generally have a few players they know who would do well in it.
As usual there is a mountain being made from a molehill, with a Sens flag on top.
A GM that works with the coach is a good thing.
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Would be nice if the team had more than 2 sets of eyes on roster construction.
Of course it's great if the GM and HC have a good working rapport and can bounce ideas of each other. It's also great to have a POHO, Director of Player Personnel and a (hockey ops) AGM around to do the same. A dedicated B-Sens GM would be pretty cool too, given the org's apparent "eyes on the future".
I guess that costs more money than 2-3 guys wearing multiples hats though.
Of course it's great if the GM and HC have a good working rapport and can bounce ideas of each other. It's also great to have a POHO, Director of Player Personnel and a (hockey ops) AGM around to do the same. A dedicated B-Sens GM would be pretty cool too, given the org's apparent "eyes on the future".
I guess that costs more money than 2-3 guys wearing multiples hats though.
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Wouldn't Peter MacTavish have his eyes on the re-build as well?
Does anyone know more about Manager of hockey administration
Allison Vaughan?
She's been with the franchise pretty much since their re-admittance to the NHL.
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Peter MacTavish has no hockey ops experience prior to being hired last summer. I'm sure he's great at crunching numbers and working the contract details out. He's in more of a capoligist role than anything hockey related, imo. The snippets that came out when he was hired kinda painted that picture as well, which is why there were talks of another AGM coming in.
Allison Vaughan is tremendous at her job and a real asset to the team. She also has no role in hockey ops decisions.
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Good, Pyatt was a solid 4th liner for us.
Folks do like to dish out heaps of blame on our bottom line players in here though so.....
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Pyatt was far from the only Boucher guy and either way he got caved in night in and night out. I know, I know, "tough minutes", but in reality, he was terrible.
Hmmm, no, he really didn’t at all. His last season was by far his worst and he wasn’t brought back.
Pyatt was a good soldier for us. I can’t think of who the others are, but was our stars that let this team down, not it’s bottom line guys.
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