Brooks: Leetch Resigns from position w/Rangers

[smoneil]

Brooks just tweeted that Leetch resigned his hockey operations advisory position with the Rangers. Nothing about why yet.

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[Fitzy]

Protest move or new opportunity I wonder

 

[TheGortonConspiracy]

Wrote this in the roster building thread but IMO this screams that Dolan and Slats are pulling the strings from now on.

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

There’s definitely something rotten in the state of Denmark

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Didn’t realize he was working for the Rangers officially

 

[Crease]

Leetch (and Richards) were Gorton hires from 2017.

In contrast, Slats traded Leetch on his birthday without even calling him first.

 

[nyr2k2]

Man will we be able to recover from this?

 

[Off Sides]

If this is really a Sather coup half the Tampa cup team from 2004 will be in advisory roles by next season.

 

[Blais to Win]

Should have tested the market instead of letting him walk away for nothing.

 

[East Coast Bias]

The bars opened back up so he’s probably got his hands full trying to keep his family from beating up bartenders

 

[duhmetreE]

Jarko Immonen is a great return. Dark horse

 

[mike14]

I'm one of the seemingly many who didn't know (or forgot) that he had a position with the Rangers. Does anyone know what his responsibilities were?

 

[smoneil]

I think the general gist of his job was to "be around the team as a successful NYR." The Yankees do this kind of thing all the time, especially in Spring Training.

My guess would be one of three reasons:

1- Sather is back in a meaningful way (IIRC, Leetch had an ongoing issue w/Sather dating back to his trade to Toronto, and only came back when Sather stepped away).
2- Leetch felt loyalty to JD and/or Gorts.
3- Something completely mundane (sometimes people just have other shit to do, and it isn't like Leetch needs the money. I also never really got the impression that he had any interest in coaching or front office positions).

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

This is probably nothing but still crazy there has been a massive exodus of hockey execs within the org the last week.

And there’s probably more to come tbh

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

On the bright side, he can now join his wife tearing up piano bars

 

[nyr2k2]

I'm one of the seemingly many who didn't know (or forgot) that he had a position with the Rangers. Does anyone know what his responsibilities were?

Leetch, along with Brad Richards, was named Hockey Operations Advisor.

"New York Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton announced today that the team has named Brian Leetch and Brad Richards Hockey Operations Advisors. In their roles, Leetch and Richards will work with the hockey operations department in both hockey-related decisions along with off-ice player and prospect development. In addition, Leetch and Richards will assist prospects in the Rangers organization, including players with the Rangers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, in on-ice development."

Rangers Name Brian Leetch and Brad Richards Hockey Operations Advisors

So, I don't know. How does one evaluate what Leetch did in his time here?

 

[nyr2k2]

This is the rest of the FO if anyone wants to take a look and guess who else will leave or get fired: New York Rangers Directory

MSG SPORTS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Executive Chairman	James L. Dolan
President & Chief Executive Officer	Andrew Lustgarten
President and General Manager, New York Rangers	Chris Drury
Senior Advisor to the Owner and Alternate Governor	Glen Sather
Executive Vice President MSG Sports, President Team Business Operations	David Hopkinson
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel	Lawrence Burian
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer	Victoria Mink
Senior Vice President, Sports Strategy & Administration	John Cudmore
Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel - Teams & Sports Events	Jamaal Lesane
Senior Vice President, Finance	Jeanine McGrory
Senior Vice President, Ticketing	Jamie Morningstar
Senior Vice President, Sports Team Operations	Mark Piazza
Senior Vice President, Public Relations & Player Recruitment	John Rosasco
Vice President, Business Operations	Daniel Fleeter
MSG ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Vice Chairman	Gregg Seibert
Executive Vice President, Venue Management	Rich Claffey
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact	Richard Constable
Chief Executive Officer, MSG Ventures	David Dibble
Executive Vice President, Marquee Events & Operations	Joel Fisher
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	Mark FitzPatrick
Executive Vice President & Chief Communications Officer	Kim Kerns
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer	Sandy Kapell
Executive Vice President, Development & Construction	Jayne McGivern
Executive Vice President & General Counsel	Scott Packman
Executive Vice President, MSG Live	Darren Pfeffer
Executive Vice President, Marketing Partnerships	Ron Skotarczak
HOCKEY CLUB PERSONNEL
Assistant Coach & Goaltending Coach	Benoit Allaire
Video Coach	Jerry Dineen
Video Assistant	Sam Kelley
Skills Coach	Mark Ciaccio
Director, Player Care & Development/Analytics and Hockey Technology	Jim Sullivan
Pro Scout & Advisor, Amateur Scouting	Gordie Clark
Director of Professional Scouting	Kevin Maxwell
Director of Player Development	Jed Ortmeyer
Assistant Director of Player Development	Tanner Glass
Assistant Director of Player Development	Tuomo Ruutu
Goaltending Consultant	Jeff Malcolm
Senior Advisor to the President	Mike Barnett
Hockey Consultant	Doug Risebrough
Hockey Operations Advisors	Brian Leetch, Brad Richards
Hockey & Business Operations	Adam Graves
Director of European Scouting	Nickolai Bobrov
Director of North American Scouting	Chris Morehouse
European Scouts	Mikko Eloranta, Jan Gajdosik, Oto Hascak, Patric Kjellberg, Sergei Kuznetsov
Amateur Scouts	Larry Bernard, Jeff Beukeboom, Rich Brown, Brendon Clark, Marshall Davidson, Daniel Dore, Kim Gellert, Derek Ginnell, Jamie Herrington, Peter Stephan
Professional Scouts	Steve Eminger, Steve Konowalchuk, Justin Sather
Head Athletic Trainer & Director of Sports Medicine	Jim Ramsay
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Sean Murdoch
Head Equipment Manager	Acacio Marques
Equipment Manager	Tim Webb
Assistant to Equipment Staff	Bob Patlen
Massage Therapist	Tyler Stratton
Performance Analyst	Michael Dillon
Software Developer/Data Analyst	Daniel Hovasse
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach	Kyle Czech
Strength & Conditioning Consultant	Ben Prentiss
Strength & Conditioning Consultant - Europe	Daniel Hedin
Director, Hockey Administration	Katie Condon
Director, Team Operations	Whitney Delorey
Senior Director, Security	Todd Jackson
Senior Manager, Security	John Mccormack
SPORTS TEAM OPERATIONS
Manager, Sports Team Operations	Caroline Notaro
Coordinator, Sports Team Operations	Mary Clare Condon
MEDICAL STAFF
Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, Player Care	Dr. Lisa Callahan
Medical Director & Head Team Physician	Dr. Bryan Kelly
Team Physician	Dr. Ryan Lingor
Assistant Team Physicians	Dr. Bob Marx, Dr. Anil Ranawat
Director, Sports Nutrition	Erika Whitman
Manager, Sports Nutrition	Kiley Field
Team Dentist	Dr. Donald Salomon
Assistant Team Dentist	Dr. Joseph V. Esposito

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[NYSPORTS]

Didn’t realize he was working for the Rangers officially

i doubt he was doing much

 

[Matt Rentfree]

 

[smoneil]

I knew Glass, Jorts, and Eminger were on the payroll. Had NO idea that Ruutu worked for the team.

 

[Ori]

Brooks just tweeted that Leetch resigned his hockey operations advisory position with the Rangers. Nothing about why yet.

Always a reason; we just have to wait for Larry Brooks and here he is.

 

[Ori]

Man will we be able to recover from this?

We have nothing to lose and Glen Sather know this, because next season is crucial for us to show the fans the new direciton and style of hockey, and too many underperform with the previous coaching staff.

It is literally a wake up call. Haaland wake up the whole team in Dortmund and won the german cup this evening with 2 goals with Sancho both world class soccer players in age of 20!

To be brief our younger top talents need better coaching; they need to achieve and unlock their raw talent skills and set to improve the whole Rangers team. Next season is a new chapter in the Rangers history. It might take 2 seasons to achieve playoffs, but I felt it was necassary.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I knew Glass, Jorts, and Eminger were on the payroll. Had NO idea that Ruutu worked for the team.

Same with Beukeboom & Konowalchuk (who was a Ranger killer during his career).

 

[Chaels Arms]

Wait, Tanner Glass is still on the Rangers payroll?

The man must be a genius.

 

[CLW]

I knew Glass, Jorts, and Eminger were on the payroll. Had NO idea that Ruutu worked for the team.

Ruutu is a gem, very happy to have him on the Rangers staff.