Yeah predicting and wanting is two different things.
I think it will depend on what ownership group purchases the team, if its mostly business people (Remington Group) I think we stick with Dorion and DJ
If its a group that already has hockey people involved I think we see a change
I kind of feel the opposite. I suspect that the more hockey people involved, the less likely an immediate change occurs.
The outside perspective, that sounds pretty universal, is that the team is well built, on the rise, in good cap position going forward, a stable of young stars, consistent development, and a solid push into respectability this season despite critical injuries.
I doubt any experienced hockey person would look to clean house when the team is so obviously developing well under the watch of the current management and coach.
What I would expect is for that person to sit down with PD and hammer out increased expectations, and have those expectations be guiding factors for job security.
This place can be extremely negative, and prone to lack of patience and knee jerk reactions. it can be fun and fiery for debate, but it’s not really based in reality, as we should all know since we all pretend to be experts, but are so very clearly not. We are experts in speculation and argumentative self agrandizing, which again, is fun
Outsiders will be looking at Ottawa’s rebuild as a success so far, of that I have zero doubt. It sucks for people who have emotionally invested in personal beefs with PD and DJ that’s for sure, but they only have themselves to blame.
