If Washington says goodbye to Trotz then I could see him here.
Unfortunately, I have a really bad feeling one of two things will happen here:
1. Dundon hires a coach before a GM (assuming this Paul guy he hired yesterday as VP or whatever isn't going to be the GM). I'm going to give Tom the benefit of the doubt here and assume he isn't this stupid, but who the hell knows.
2. Brind'Amour is the new HC. Love the guy and all he did here as a player but I don't want him as our HC, or even the coach in Charlotte for that matter. This is going to end up similar to Roy in Colorado, actually worse because Colorado had players that could score goals. That and Brindys PP coaching didn't do much of anything to suggest to me that he's ready to be the bench boss of an NHL team.
My preference would be someone like Tippett, Ruff, Trotz, etc. Guys who have NHL coaching experience, sustained success in some form (such as deep playoff runs and/or playoff team every year), and (as far as I know anyway) a coach that players like and play hard for. What I'm not sure of with these three and others like them are their experience with younger players, which we have plenty of. But if they've been in the league long enough surely they know how to work that out, right?
There is no way Save-a-Few-Bucks Dundon will pony up the cost to bring Sutter here.I think we should go with Sutter. Has won. Has win 2 Stanley cups and is available. This coaching situation is sounding a lot like our goalie situation. I say we go with a proven coach this time around. As we should with our goal tending next season.
Good.There is no way Save-a-Few-Bucks Dundon will pony up the cost to bring Sutter here.
No. Way.
Brind'Amour or Vellucci, leaning towards Brind'Amour with Vellucci being GM because **** everything.
I voted Brindy because those rumors are just too strong to ignore. The reason I wouldn't hate the move is that, of all the candidates he's got the biggest "I've got something to prove" cloud over his head. That can be a hell of a chip on one's shoulder.
I voted Brindamour.
If we make Brindamour the HC and Velluci the GM, Dundon will have saved a bunch of money by not hiring from the outside.
So I think it’s the most likely thing to happen.
Yeah, I'm inclined to believe that he's spreading a few salaries over a larger group of resources. In the end, the front office payroll may actually go up.Yeah the Dundon is melnyk 2.0 narrative is way overblown. The GM pay thing can be explained by how he views the role within his larger structure. And there's nothing else to suggest he's cheap.