Confirmed with Link: News Release: Ottawa Senators appoint Ian Mendes as vice president, communications and name Sylvain St-Laurent director, communications

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1818678054694052226

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[BondraTime]

Well that's fantastic

Mendes is a class act, and very good at what he does. Very pleased to have him working directly for the Sens

 

[swiftwin]

Awesome news. Mendes is a gem.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Wow great people to have a part of the organization.

Melnyk must be rolling in his grave.

 

[Emerica]

Mixed feelings with this one. They are certainly worthy of those roles and congratulations to them but Mendes and St-Laurent were probably the best and most objective writers we had covering the team. Now they are team employees.

Hopefully this opens up some opportunities for some new blood in covering the team. People who hopefully are knowledgeable, put some effort in their writing and don't have columns littered with grammar mistakes

 

[Senscore]

The Sens are back, baby

 

[Micklebot]

Bush league...

Seriously though, great hires, but I'll miss their voices in the media landscape

 

[Tuna99]

Obvious things for these guys to do:

Free Brady Takchuk onesies for fans once his new kid is born

Roger Nielsen tie knight. Everyone wears an ugly tie to the game. Travis Green can just wear his normal tie. Maybe versus Vancouver

work on Tim Stutzle dating Taylor Swift

 

[Boud]

This is awesome news!

Two guys who know everything about the team and that are passionate about what they do.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

No more accurate reporting in the local media?

Release the Booboo!

 

[Knave]

Lmao

 

[dumbdick]

Good for mendez. But yeah going to miss his reporting.

Smart move to hire a journalist who is probably already good friends with everyone covering the sens.

 

[Bileur]

Im looking forward to seeing what Mendes will do in the role.

He’s certainly had his finger on the pulse of the fanbase for a long time and is a great communicator.

He also seems to leave no stone unturned to find interesting stories for fans.

 

[Dan Patrick]

Congratulations Ian!

 

[Tragedy]

Im looking forward to seeing what Mendes will do in the role.

He’s certainly had his finger on the pulse of the fanbase for a long time and is a great communicator.

He also seems to leave no stone unturned to find interesting stories for fans.

Will be interesting to read back some of his mailbags where he answered questions about what he would try and do for marketing if he worked for the team and see if any of those ideas filter over

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

OMG Love it.

Melnyk must be rolling in his grave with this "Bush League" reporter that had the big expose on his transgressions and poor treatment of staff now being appointed an executive position.

Unbelievable turn of events given the history.

 

[DylanSensFan]

Well that's fantastic

Mendes is a class act, and very good at what he does. Very pleased to have him working directly for the Sens

I agree with this statement.

 

[thinkwild]

Another blow to good journalism. It's taking a beating. But congrats to both, hopefully they can help in likely modernizing the new media landscape

 

[Relapsing]

Hot damn those are some awesome hires for the Sens - gonna miss Ian's coverage, but what an asset to have, on both counts!

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Waiting for Adrianopolous to start a negative thread about these hirings.

 

[otown]

Great hires! Integrity plus!
A different view from the other side of the fence and a big role for both Mendes and St. Laurent.
Now Mendes is an authentic "insider" but in control of what gets out and what the message will be.

 

[milkbag]

So an hfboards poster just got the vice president of communications job? We did it, boys

 

[BoardsofCanada]

Have always been a big fan of Mendes. Andlauer is building an organization of high quality people from top to bottom. This is great for the long term future of our team. Love this.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Waiting for Adrianopolous to start a negative thread about these hirings.

Not yet! I'm still reeling from the I'm not excited for next year thread.

 

[DrEasy]

Now THAT is what I call best-in-class hiring! Congrats to Ian Mendes and Sylvain St-Laurent!