Confirmed with Link: Canadiens Hire Jeff Gorton EVP of Hockey Operations
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Surprising he would go to Montreal. I expected he would end up in Chicago or Anaheim. Habs cleaning house.
Good luck to him, I suppose.
He had some good trades, good signings, good picks, while he was here. He also had some bad trades, bad signings, bad picks. Bad hires. I think he was "fine" as leading man when here, but I don't miss him in any way.
He had some good trades, good signings, good picks, while he was here. He also had some bad trades, bad signings, bad picks. Bad hires. I think he was "fine" as leading man when here, but I don't miss him in any way.
Draft Guru
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Loved Gorton, hate to see him end up with the Habs. Habs got better as an organization today.
Boris Zubov
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Not bad. I can get behind fish sticks. After years of starvation with Bergevin at the helm, even the most freezer burnt of fish sticks whets the taste buds.
They just lost a GM who took them to the finals and was a runner up twice for GM of the year.
LiveLongandProspal
NY Rangers = America's Team
A mixed bag. I mean, IDK. IDK what to say. He's made some brilliant moves (Brassard for Zibanejd) and he's some made really, really stupid moves (the McDonagh/Miller trade)
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Lol you actually think the Habs were a well constructed organization?
zukeisgone
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Patient
Not a big risk taker
Methodical
Ok talent evaluation
Slow and steady wins the race…turtle like
Hands off in regards to coaching
Low key PR
Bergevin was the worst GM in Habs history. We went to the finals with a team that shouldn't and wouldn't have made the playoffs in a normal season. We benefitted from playing weak Canadian teams and went on a Cinderella run. The year before, we made the playoffs a 10th place team. Missed the playoffs the seasons before that.
eco's bones
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For the most part Gorton did a very good job here. Basically the team was torn down and what we have now is a very young team with a lot of promise. There’s been some luck involved. Fox wanting to be a Ranger and the two straight lottery wins.
Not to say there weren’t some f***ups. The Andersson pick. The character questions concerning DeAngelo and Kravtsov. Gorton’s last draft he hit it out of the park AFAIC. Not just the easy one with Lafreniere but Schneider, Jones, Garand and Berard were all outstanding picks.
Not to say there weren’t some f***ups. The Andersson pick. The character questions concerning DeAngelo and Kravtsov. Gorton’s last draft he hit it out of the park AFAIC. Not just the easy one with Lafreniere but Schneider, Jones, Garand and Berard were all outstanding picks.
Jeff is a good dude. He’s going into basically hockey hell but I wish him well.
will LMAO if Quinn ends up in Montreal. That organization deserves that.
will LMAO if Quinn ends up in Montreal. That organization deserves that.
Yes. Claudine Crepin is one of the most underrated people in the sport and I have no doubt that she's not the only asset in that organization.
NoQuitInNewMexico
it's okay cause it's all just the way it should be
Gorton always traded up in the draft, and although it's hard to "credit" him for Fox and Panarin he could have said no to Carolina's draft pick ask + Panarin's contract ask. The NHL is so boring in terms of moves and shake-ups that Jeff Gorton is probably more flashy than average.
You get a pretty mixed record when you line it up move by move, but that's probably the case for almost all of these guys.
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WTF does Gorton do? how do you re-tool when you have Weber and Price?
Is Weber going to be LTIR forever? Isn't there a massive penalty if he retires?
I'll take Dvorak for pennies on the dollar
Does he go firesale? If it's not nailed down, au revoir?
Toffoli, Dvorak, Lekhonen, Chiarot... maybe Drouin?
They get in the Wright sweepstakes.
Is Weber going to be LTIR forever? Isn't there a massive penalty if he retires?
I'll take Dvorak for pennies on the dollar
Does he go firesale? If it's not nailed down, au revoir?
Toffoli, Dvorak, Lekhonen, Chiarot... maybe Drouin?
They get in the Wright sweepstakes.
Boris Zubov
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Savant
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He is going to get the obvious stuff right but everything else is going to be a coin flip
LORDE
I am Lorde, YA YA YA
Def patient... I would've liked to have seen what moves he would've made this offseason. Maybe some of the same.
I guess the jury is out on our youth but I'd say all signs point to mismanagement in many ways and with multiple players.
egelband
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Excellent eye for personnel, at least the skill side. Needs work on the team building side. But I imagine he learned a lot during his Rangers years.
I would be happy with the hire from a Montreal standpoint, though I think that up ‘til now he has been ideally a GM under a big picture type President. But I also wouldn’t put it past him to develop those skills.
he is going to try and build a finesse team, he doesn't like grinders
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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@Habs13 ultimately Gorton is not going to give you miracles. He stocked the cupboard here and in the farm pretty well but his big-time deals were hits and misses. There were character issues with more than a couple of his acquisitions.
We're still reaping the wealth off Nash to Boston. We're still suffering the consequences of McDonagh to TB.
We're still reaping the wealth off Nash to Boston. We're still suffering the consequences of McDonagh to TB.
Boris Zubov
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This sums it up well along with 2 potential busts in the top ten in '17 & '18.
