What ever happened to John Chayka?

[Siludin]

A few years removed from the debacle with the Coyotes, will he get another job in hockey and/or is he already working somewhere?
Has he been blacklisted due to his subsequent suspension by Gary Bettman?

He owns 12 Wendy's franchises which makes me laugh for some reason, but I am sure it also keeps him quite busy, so no judgement if he isn't chasing more work.

He's also very young - likely young enough to be given another chance in upper management once he completes some token ethics courses or something.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Likely his name is mud and no-one wants him around.

Plus, his 'highly intelligent and educated ability to GM' was a turd-blasting disaster.

 

[Three On Zero]

Doesn’t appear to be doing anything by my quick google search, doubt he get another chance in the NHL

 

[mkatcherin00]

He is probably blackballed by the NHL

His sister is successful. Doesn't she have a whole lot of Wendy's franchises

 

[GoldenSeal]

Aw come on, it was a -private- combine after all!! >_>

 

[Three On Zero]

He is probably blackballed by the NHL

His sister is successful. Doesn't she have a whole lot of Wendy's franchises

Him and his wife do

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

He's hiding somewhere on LTIR

 

[FlameChampion]

Making Frosty’s

 

[mkatcherin00]

Chayka and his wife will make more doing that franchising than he will in the NHL.

 

[HansonBro]

Better call Saul

 

[Ted Hoffman]

He's working on teh mostest bestester analytics the world has never imagined. They'll truly be jaw-dropping.

 

[Beesfan]

On top of having no ethics, he was a horrible GM. Some of his moves were applauded at the time, but they almost all turned out to be garbage. He was like the young stockbroker who thinks he's the smartest guy in the room but has no wisdom. The Coyotes are perhaps the worst run franchise in all of sports and he contributed greatly to that.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

Just like Kid Lester leaving Taft.

Chaka slinked out of town on a rainy gloomy day……. Never to be seen or heard from again!

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

On top of having no ethics, he was a horrible GM. Some of his moves were applauded at the time, but they almost all turned out to be garbage. He was like the young stockbroker who thinks he's the smartest guy in the room but has no wisdom. The Coyotes are perhaps the worst run franchise in all of sports and he contributed greatly to that.

I was just gonna say- probably running a hedge fund somewhere.

 

[Score8]

He’s in an alternate dimension fighting the sleestaks.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

He sucked. He was an idiot who Arizona thought he was smarter than everyone else and proved he wasn't.

His sister is hot, though.

 

[Thorton02]

The guy is a con artist in the form of a "It's never my fault narcissist" that seems to be more common these days. He'll no doubt get opportunities to bilk people out of their money by telling them what they want to hear, but not in the NHL.

 

[ricky0034]

I dunno but I don't like that he's only a year older than me and already has a whole NHL GM career in the rearview mirror by multiple years

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Wasn't he suspended and got his contract ripped up for seeking other NHL jobs while with the coyotes? Then the whole in-house combine thing


he might get a chance later on, but not sure why anyone would be running out for his services

I dunno but I don't like that he's only a year older than me and already has a whole NHL GM career in the rearview mirror by multiple years

Yeah it's crazy how young he was/is for an NHL Executive/GM. Feels like that whole saga was 10 years ago....

 

[KPower]

The kids around here sure pumped his tires.

 

[RyCam]

The Chayka hiring made no sense from the beginning, he was a 26 year old with one year of professional experience under his belt.

 

[hamzarocks]

He was what people think Dubas is

 

[Frank the Tank]

NHL’s Youngest-Ever GM Reveals Some Hard Lessons Learned

John Chayka explains some of the hard-won education he he took away from his tenure with the Arizona Coyotes.

www.sportico.com

 

[Connor MethDavid]

He only existed electronically and in number form. There was a software issue and they had no back-ups of his excel file.

 

[BonMorrison]

All I know is that there aren't enough Wendys' (objectively the best fast food place I will not be taking questions) in Toronto so he needs to get on this.