Kind of sounds like somebody who's an assistant or an 'up and comer' as opposed to an established guy. Which I don't mind, really damn tired of these old boomers and their legacy OBC mentality. Get someone with a bit of NHL experience, sure, but someone who's more analytics based, newer in the sense that they haven't been given the opportunity yet and aren't established or complacent in mindset. Make sure it's someone who stresses proper drafting and development as priorities, and not plumbing the depths of the trade deadline for overpriced vets and completely mortgaging whatever draft capital you have because of stupid decisions made with FAs.
They will, eventually, need to plan for the losses of McDavid and Draisaitl but in the more immediate future window, if the plan is to open the vault and lock those two up to max or near max contracts (and subsequently Bouchard in a year) -- they will absolutely need young players drafted and pushing up through the system to claim spots. If the money goes to the top guys and you pay them accordingly, there's just not enough for middle 6 and middle pairing guys on bad contracts. That money is getting squeezed to sit with the top producers.
Should be an interesting and short window here, with alot on their plate. Don't bush league this one up, Jackson and co.
