Management Sens hire Rob DiMaio as Director of player development and Pro Scouting

[Sens of Anarchy]

Sens start to address Pro Scouting

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792935296855622085

2007-08	Dallas Stars	NHL	Pro Scout
2008-09	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Pro Scout
2009-10	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Pro Scout
2010-11	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Pro Scout
2011-12	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Pro Scout
2012-13	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Professional Scouting
2013-14	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Professional Scouting
2014-15	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Professional Scouting
2015-16	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2016-17	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2017-18	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2018-19	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2019-20	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2020-21	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2021-22	St. Louis Blues	NHL	Dir. of Player Personnel
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	Asst. General Manager
	San Diego Gulls	AHL	General Manager
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	Asst. General Manager
	San Diego Gulls	AHL	General Manager

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[BondraTime]

That's a very big hire.

Actually have someone with some credibility in a pro scouting role for the first time in close to 2 decades.

 

[Liver King]

Nice add! Was the head Pro Scout for a long time with the Blues when they won the cup

 

[GCK]

Damn this org. Best in class my ass, should have ******insert random name*****. They just went cheap. /s

 

[Senscore]

I assumed he had played for us at some point but I guess not.

Seems like a good hire either way

 

[Emerica]

Nice hire

 

[R2010]

That's a very big hire.

Actually have someone with some credibility in a pro scouting role for the first time in close to 2 decades.

Great news. Curious why he'd take a step down in position?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Damn this org. Best in class my ass, should have ******insert random name*****. They just went cheap. /s

 

[Senator Stanley]

Great news. Curious why he'd take a step down in position?

Presumably he would still be under contract with Anaheim until the end of June, so maybe they didn't plan to bring him back.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Great news. Curious why he'd take a step down in position?

Could be any number of reasons. Maybe he didn't like the role, or the org, or maybe there was no reasonable path for advancement with the Ducks, or maybe he just prefers having more fulsome control over his responsibilities. Hard to tell at this juncture.

Positive hire either way, could go a long way toward shoring up one of our biggest historical blind spots.

 

[Relapsing]

Don't know really anything about this guy but damn am I happy to see a hire with a lot of experience.

 

[Masked]

Presumably he would still be under contract with Anaheim until the end of June, so maybe they didn't plan to bring him back.

He left the Ducks organization due to personal reasons. Maybe he was pushed out or maybe there was some reason he needed to leave California/be in Canada.

 

[Senscore]

He left the Ducks organization due to personal reasons. Maybe he was pushed out or maybe there was some reason he needed to leave California/be in Canada.

Maybe he can sense the Big One coming

 

[armani]

Absolutely love this signing, it's a quality hire. DiMaio's prints are all over the St. Louis franchise, including the roster that won the cup. The guy has been pro scout for 15 years+ who has played almost 900 NHL games. It starts with scouting for this team, pro scouting being a weakness forever, glad they got Rob DiMaio on board.

 

[Cosmix]

Would be interesting to have an "investigative" reporter ask the question as to why he chose to leave an Assistant GM position in sunny and warm California to take this position with Ottawa in the cold white north.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Our pro scouting staff was arguably the worst in the league the past decade, so it's great to see some change in that regard.

 

[Cosmix]

He left the Ducks organization due to personal reasons. Maybe he was pushed out or maybe there was some reason he needed to leave California/be in Canada.

"Personal reasons" could be anything at all.

Now hire some new experienced pro scouts, and some experienced assistant coaches,

 

[Senator Stanley]

Would be interesting to have an "investigative" reporter ask the question as to why he chose to leave an Assistant GM position in sunny and warm California to take this position with Ottawa in the cold white north.

Worthwhile read just to get a sense of the guy, but it mentions that he was going to remain based in Toronto while taking the Anaheim job. Makes sense that that arrangement just didn't work out and he wanted something closer to home.

How Pat Verbeek attracted Rob DiMaio to the Ducks' front office

In his first stint as an assistant GM, DiMaio looks forward to working with the Ducks under Verbeek, his old Dallas Stars teammate.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Beech]

Damn this org. Best in class my ass, should have ******insert random name*****. They just went cheap. /s

you post this, without context.

what do you know? and why are you riled?

 

[Cosmix]

Worthwhile read just to get a sense of the guy, but it mentions that he was going to remain based in Toronto while taking the Anaheim job. Makes sense that that arrangement just didn't work out and he wanted something closer to home.

How Pat Verbeek attracted Rob DiMaio to the Ducks' front office

In his first stint as an assistant GM, DiMaio looks forward to working with the Ducks under Verbeek, his old Dallas Stars teammate.

www.nytimes.com

Hopefully one of our reporters will do a similar piece now. Mendes would be good for it.

 

[Beech]

Worthwhile read just to get a sense of the guy, but it mentions that he was going to remain based in Toronto while taking the Anaheim job. Makes sense that that arrangement just didn't work out and he wanted something closer to home.

How Pat Verbeek attracted Rob DiMaio to the Ducks' front office

In his first stint as an assistant GM, DiMaio looks forward to working with the Ducks under Verbeek, his old Dallas Stars teammate.

www.nytimes.com

a tad strange isn't it? His career as a player was entirely in the USA. Almost 20 years. Then almost 17 years in scouting and so on, all in the USA.

Since about the age of 20, he has been in hockey, but exclusively in the USA. More often than not, these guys become US citizens, and rarely look back.. Look at our pack of dual American/Canadian players. Their Dads.

Canada should have been to him, what the Muskoka's is to us. A place you visit and stay a week, once a year.

Man, I would love to hear his story.

 

[Cosmix]

What does Bowness do compared to DiMaio?

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

What does Bowness do compared to DiMaio?

Full RACI matrix coming ... give it a minute

 

[Cosmix]

Looking forward to it.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Wonder if he’s a big Stepan fan