Let's not get back into ownership telling GMs what to do. If Dorion wants to hang his hat on Smith, then he should be allowed to. If you insist on change, you fired Dorion and Smith and start fresh.
I don't know about that. I've had my criticisms of Dorion but Alfie knows first-hand how much his hands were tied by ownership when he was here.
He also knows how PD pushed him out, was a very insecure man. PD was a different guy then but Alfie doesnt forget.
It's not going to be performance based. Unless Alfie is the most forgiving human on the planet Dorion will be gone.
How much has PD changed, maybe we should ask McGuire.
You have no idea about this. Multiple potential ownership groups have met with him. He met with city council.
He's certainly not going to be a majority owner, but the list of former athletes having stakes in pro teams is growing.
Didn't that guy say the Sens won't be sold either
Of course I don't know for sure, but it is not very likely. Why would he put his money into the team? He wants to be a part of it, but why own it? Just doesn't make sense to me.
They probably match what he buys with ghost shares. It's good for the brand. 99.9% of sens fans love him. You're in the .01.Of course I don't know for sure, but it is not very likely. Why would he put his money into the team? He wants to be a part of it, but why own it? Just doesn't make sense to me.
@Micklebot - which teams have player owners besides Pittsburgh? I thought he was the only one.
List of current NHL franchise owners - Wikipedia
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Marshawn Lynch is a minority owner of the Kraken, Gretzky used to be a partial owner of the yotes, it's becoming more common across sports in general for ex athletes to invest in sports teams. There are about 20 ex athletes now that have bought into pro sports across various leagues, Harding, Jordan, Dunn, the Williams sisters, you don't need to have huge stakes, less than 1% can get you in and the returns historically have done better than traditional investment opportunities, meanwhile majority owners are starting to see it as a symbiotic relationship in the same way Ryan Reynolds is viewed as a no brainer to partner up with.Of course I don't know for sure, but it is not very likely. Why would he put his money into the team? He wants to be a part of it, but why own it? Just doesn't make sense to me.
@Micklebot - which teams have player owners besides Pittsburgh? I thought he was the only one.
List of current NHL franchise owners - Wikipedia
Vald point that he's not shy about making big moves. To me its the rationale along with the timing. Either the rationale/player targeted is off, and if its not that the timing doesn't make sense.
