I watched this last night. There are some really great tidbits in here.
1 - First off, Gorton really comes off as a very warm standup humble guy in this. You really get a sense for how genuine he is in this video. You cannot walk away from watching that video without liking Gorton.
2 - Gorton IS the Rangers cap guy/expert. He used to handle it in past jobs. So, he handles it for the team as part of his duties.
3 - Calls his best trade Zibby. Best draft pick Patrice Bergeron. Best signing - Chara.
4 - Before he ended up in sports management, he wanted to be a teacher/coach/athletic director.
5 - Has a great affinity for David Quinn as a person. They seem to get along extremely well. He likes that Quinn spends so much time teaching the young players.
6 - He said main reasons why some prospects make it and others don't - 1) character. The kids who understand just how hard you have to work to make it are the ones that rise above the others. It's about the desire to improve and grow and not rest on skillset. 2) over-drafting on physical maturity. When a kid physically looks like a man amongst boys can be hard to translate when everyone is as big.
7 - When talking about kids and mindset, he made a joke about how years ago Adam Graves went to visit a prospect a few months after he was drafted and the player was walking around in a Penguins hat. As if it to say WTF, you were drafted by the NYR! I am 100000000% positive that was referring to JT Miller.
8 - Finally -- he seemed pretty excited about Zac Jones.