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News Article: Sens announce changes in Hockey Ops
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swiftwin
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I'm not too worried. Dorion held Melnyk at bay and was able to do a good job. I'd be more worried if we also brought in an inexperienced GM like Staios.
New owner seems to be bringing people he has ties to. I think it’s unlikely they keep Dorion around. I bet Chiarelli will to want a younger GM under him that he can “mold”, like the Rutherford/Alvin or Gorton/Hughes relationships.
That’ll probably be Staios.
These guys have egos. Anyone coming in as POHO will want their “guy” in place.
Keeping the guy who used to make all the decisions and telling him he can no longer make the final decisions is probably untenable. Basically a demotion that could cause a lot of tension. You’ll end up with a split front office. Dorion loyalists and Chiarelli guys. But Chiarelli would be in charge.
It’s one thing to keep an owner who has other businesses and is hardly around “at bay”. It’d be another thing having a boss who’s next to you every day, has been a GM himself, and who’s only focus is on the hockey team.
Honestly I don’t think Dorion will care to stick around if someone is hired above him, and that seems likely.
The rest of the league doesn’t follow the minutiae of the Sens and doesn’t remember the 2018 season PR fiasco. They see Dorion more as the guy who drafted and signed very good young players. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a “mutual” parting so he can go get a job somewhere else when the new regime is brought in.
And there may be an opening in Columbus soon…
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I think Staios will probably end up as some sort of advisor or something like that in the short term. Next spring Dorion is canned - that seems inevitable - and Mathieu Darche becomes GM. Not sure if the new regime will keep Bowness around.
Not thrilled about it, but I think Andlauer's management team ends up looking something like this...
POHO/President - Peter Chiarelli
GM - Mathieu Darche
AGM - Steve Staios
AGM - Ryan Bowness?
Graeme Nichols said he heard the same thing of Simmer. Steve poho at the start and Darche Gm eventually
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Wow, we don't have a POHO, and other teams even have a VPOHO? Must be nice.
I mean if we’re bringing in Chiarelli it’s probably because Andlauer doesn’t want Dorion making the final decisions on this team moving forward.
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Could be more on the business side for Leeder. Maybe take Leblanc's President of Business Operations title?
Leeder will be in a CEO/COO type role.
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held Melnyk at bay? Melnyk is the only reason Dorion ever got a GM job.
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Chiarelli f***ing sucks. I don't trust him with any hockey decision.
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It would be shocking if Chiarelli was hired as a GM. Maybe as an adviser but that's a lateral move. Kinda scary.
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If Darche is in the mix to be our next GM it’s likely to happen soon. I can’t see Darche still being available in the spring.
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I'm not sure how to take some of these comments, and if they are really serious. I do think some people like to stir the pot.
On a different subject, I'm hoping that the Chiarelli thing is just a rumour.
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Chirelli coming back to Ottawa would only be in a POHO role, which would "make sense" for the Sens.
They are still incredibly, embarrassingly barebones. GM and AGM, that's it. That won't be the case this season, Andlauer will be putting someone of his choosing in charge asap, even without making any subtractions immediately.
A guy that's been around the block in Chirelli, whether I agree with it or not, makes sense in a POHO role, especially if they plan (which they very, very likely do), on going with a green management group with a combo of Staios and Darche.
I'm very disappointed with the pro scouting reshuffling though, that was a huge aspect that needed to be completely overhauled
They are still incredibly, embarrassingly barebones. GM and AGM, that's it. That won't be the case this season, Andlauer will be putting someone of his choosing in charge asap, even without making any subtractions immediately.
A guy that's been around the block in Chirelli, whether I agree with it or not, makes sense in a POHO role, especially if they plan (which they very, very likely do), on going with a green management group with a combo of Staios and Darche.
I'm very disappointed with the pro scouting reshuffling though, that was a huge aspect that needed to be completely overhauled
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They haven’t really changed the pro scouting. My understanding is Clarke asked to be relieved of his role.
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That's what I mean, they are just reshuffling the deck, it needs a complete overhaul
I’d expect that comes with the new regime. I’m on board with Darche as GM and having him poach some of the Tampa scouts. Darche runs the cap in Tampa.
Why do you expect that changes to those positions would happen now and not before the new ownership takes charge?
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I would expect no changes or promotions, that's what I'm saying.
I wouldn't expect a guy to be promoted to Head Pro Scout a week prior to an ownership change, that makes zero sense unless it's gone through ownership
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I would be shocked, if heads began to roll, between the (rumoured) announcement today, or tomorrow , of the ownership change…and the beginning of the season.
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