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Post by T-man2010 on Jan 11, 2022 10:13:19 GMT -6
And Bergevin signs as GM advisor to Rob Blake in L.A.
Meantime Hawks are looking over the Cubs farm system......
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Post by T-man2010 on Jan 11, 2022 10:24:51 GMT -6
I'm beginning to doubt the Wirtzs even care what the Hawks are doing.
Their money maker is the booze business. Hawks are just a tax right-off.
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Post by steamer on Jan 11, 2022 10:54:38 GMT -6
I'm beginning to doubt the Wirtzs even care what the Hawks are doing. Their money maker is the booze business. Hawks are just a tax right-off. If this is the case, they won’t want to pay for any new management nor would anyone want to come to this organization - management or veteran players. |
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Post by T-man2010 on Jan 15, 2022 17:37:06 GMT -6
 Found Rocky looking for the next President and GM... |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 26, 2022 16:47:00 GMT -6
Danny Wirtz released a statement today saying they'll announce a new GM before the trade deadline.
He said Davidson will interview for the position but they're looking at people inside and outside of hockey and he or she will be announced soon.
He also said they'll have a townhall type meeting next week open to fans and they'll announce their plan, this will be interesting.
If they're hiring before the TDL which legit ex gms are available? Hopes it's not a big PR move to gather interest just to announce Davidson's the guy.
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Post by T-man2010 on Jan 26, 2022 18:24:45 GMT -6
Danny Wirtz released a statement today saying they'll announce a new GM before the trade deadline. He said Davidson will interview for the position but they're looking at people inside and outside of hockey and he or she will be announced soon. He also said they'll have a townhall type meeting next week open to fans and they'll announce their plan, this will be interesting. If they're hiring before the TDL which legit ex gms are available? Hopes it's not a big PR move to gather interest just to announce Davidson's the guy. Nothing about a president for Hockey Ops? Sounds like they're doing what they always do, half assed backwards. |
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Post by vanken on Jan 26, 2022 18:34:21 GMT -6
Danny Wirtz released a statement today saying they'll announce a new GM before the trade deadline. He said Davidson will interview for the position but they're looking at people inside and outside of hockey and he or she will be announced soon. He also said they'll have a townhall type meeting next week open to fans and they'll announce their plan, this will be interesting. If they're hiring before the TDL which legit ex gms are available? Hopes it's not a big PR move to gather interest just to announce Davidson's the guy. Nothing about a president for Hockey Ops? Sounds like they're doing what they always do, half assed backwards. Perhaps a president of hockey ops will be somebody "inside and outside of hockey". As for the GM, if they are looking for somebody with no experience with a hockey team, Danny could do worse to interview some of the regulars on this board. |
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Post by phill9 on Jan 26, 2022 21:54:16 GMT -6
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Post by bigbarn27 on Jan 27, 2022 0:29:11 GMT -6
Danny Wirtz released a statement today saying they'll announce a new GM before the trade deadline. He said Davidson will interview for the position but they're looking at people inside and outside of hockey and he or she will be announced soon. He also said they'll have a townhall type meeting next week open to fans and they'll announce their plan, this will be interesting. If they're hiring before the TDL which legit ex gms are available? Hopes it's not a big PR move to gather interest just to announce Davidson's the guy. Nothing about a president for Hockey Ops? Sounds like they're doing what they always do, half assed backwards. WHAT I HEARD GM WAS GONNA BE THE TOP GUY ON THE HOCKEY SIDE ., either way as long as Davidson has nothing to do with this team ill be happy! |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 5:53:56 GMT -6
Nothing about a president for Hockey Ops? Sounds like they're doing what they always do, half assed backwards. WHAT I HEARD GM WAS GONNA BE THE TOP GUY ON THE HOCKEY SIDE ., either way as long as Davidson has nothing to do with this team ill be happy! So who's out there that's available? EddieO maybe. |
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Post by hsbob on Jan 27, 2022 10:21:46 GMT -6
You make KD the interim GM about three months ago and you start a GM search now? And you want it done before the TDL? Who TF unnecessarily paints themselves into a corner like this? The '2017 Liquor executive of the year'? Let's face it,all the good GM's and AGM's have jobs at the moment so we're either gonna get a guy who doesn't have a job or we keep the 33yro former video coach who learned what he knows from DUMBASS.
The 'we knew nothing' Wirtz's and the McCheapskeys both need to hire somebody to run the whole SHA-BANG and just step away but that'll never happen!
The Bears new GM will report directly to George McCheapskey he says and I guarantee 'Prince Daniel' will have a big part in team decisions or else he'd hire a Pres of hockey opps before his PR induced GM search.........how can I get into their townhall?LOL! Wait till they get a loada me!
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Post by phill9 on Jan 27, 2022 16:02:03 GMT -6
You make KD the interim GM about three months ago and you start a GM search now? And you want it done before the TDL? Who TF unnecessarily paints themselves into a corner like this? The '2017 Liquor executive of the year'? Let's face it,all the good GM's and AGM's have jobs at the moment so we're either gonna get a guy who doesn't have a job or we keep the 33yro former video coach who learned what he knows from DUMBASS. The 'we knew nothing' Wirtz's and the McCheapskeys both need to hire somebody to run the whole SHA-BANG and just step away but that'll never happen! The Bears new GM will report directly to George McCheapskey he says and I guarantee 'Prince Daniel' will have a big part in team decisions or else he'd hire a Pres of hockey opps before his PR induced GM search.........how can I get into their townhall?LOL! Wait till they get a loada me! They have stated they will consider bringing in someone from outside of hockey......which is just as bad as having a bean counter run the day to day hockey operations whose only true connection to the game was his father. Does Bob Pulford have any kids that could be hired? |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 16:09:45 GMT -6
You make KD the interim GM about three months ago and you start a GM search now? And you want it done before the TDL? Who TF unnecessarily paints themselves into a corner like this? The '2017 Liquor executive of the year'? Let's face it,all the good GM's and AGM's have jobs at the moment so we're either gonna get a guy who doesn't have a job or we keep the 33yro former video coach who learned what he knows from DUMBASS. The 'we knew nothing' Wirtz's and the McCheapskeys both need to hire somebody to run the whole SHA-BANG and just step away but that'll never happen! The Bears new GM will report directly to George McCheapskey he says and I guarantee 'Prince Daniel' will have a big part in team decisions or else he'd hire a Pres of hockey opps before his PR induced GM search.........how can I get into their townhall?LOL! Wait till they get a loada me! They have stated they will consider bringing in someone from outside of hockey......which is just as bad as having a bean counter run the day to day hockey operations whose only true connection to the game was his father. Does Bob Pulford have any kids that could be hired? Prince Daniel also said the new GM will answer to him, that doesn't sound good. They want another yes man, or woman. |
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Post by squishy24 on Jan 27, 2022 16:55:30 GMT -6
They have stated they will consider bringing in someone from outside of hockey......which is just as bad as having a bean counter run the day to day hockey operations whose only true connection to the game was his father. Does Bob Pulford have any kids that could be hired? Prince Daniel also said the new GM will answer to him, that doesn't sound good. They want another yes man, or woman. ^ i was thinking about this when Vancouver made that first woman Assistant GM. With all the bad press the Hawks received from that Beach fiasco, what are the chances they hire the first woman GM? I'm not against women GM, i just dont want to be the first one to do it, if that makes sense. I mean if she does a great job, thats awesome of course, but if she does horribly bad, how long do you keep her before firing her without any backlash from any women's group? This goes with black/minority GM as well. you'll be scrutinized for not giving them enough chances and that youre firing them too soon because theyre women/minority. Which is happening in NFL right now |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jan 27, 2022 17:21:29 GMT -6
^^^ i'm just guessing here, but i think women are quite well represented in this organization compared to most nhl teams. going down the list you got... jaime faulkner - president of business ops kendall coyne schofield - player development coach brigette lacquette - WHL pro scout (also the first indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team) not going to write it all out but there's another 6 further down the list. www.nhl.com/blackhawks/team/frontofficei really don't mean to sound like "we've got enough women, thankyou" but imho i don't think the organization would feel obligated to hire more at this point just to offset the nasty shit some of the men in the f.o. allowed to happen previously. |
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Post by bigbarn27 on Jan 27, 2022 17:58:21 GMT -6
Funny how this comes out when they are gonna be on national TV and Knuckleheads coming to town who have already taken care of there front office. Does anyone here think this is gonna be handled well??
Its already mistake after mistake its a rudder less ship with no wheel no captain(not Johnny) I cant think about this I just get angry.
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 18:22:20 GMT -6
i'm just guessing here, but i think women are quite well represented in this organization compared to most nhl teams. going down the list you got... jaime faulkner - president of business ops kendall coyne schofield - player development coach brigette lacquette - WHL pro scout (also the first indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team) not going to write it all out but there's another 6 further down the list. www.nhl.com/blackhawks/team/frontofficei really don't mean to sound like "we've got enough women, thankyou" but imho i don't think the organization would feel obligated to hire more at this point just to offset the nasty shit some of the men in the f.o. allowed to happen previously. I was thinking they might hire Faulkner or Kendall just to say they're the first to hire a woman GM, Danny said 'he or she' so I'm sure one of them is in the mix. I'd rather have an experienced gm, experienced as a gm or had an NHL career, as long as they have experience in the NHL. |
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Post by vadarx on Jan 27, 2022 18:43:05 GMT -6
i'm just guessing here, but i think women are quite well represented in this organization compared to most nhl teams. going down the list you got... jaime faulkner - president of business ops kendall coyne schofield - player development coach brigette lacquette - WHL pro scout (also the first indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team) not going to write it all out but there's another 6 further down the list. www.nhl.com/blackhawks/team/frontofficei really don't mean to sound like "we've got enough women, thankyou" but imho i don't think the organization would feel obligated to hire more at this point just to offset the nasty shit some of the men in the f.o. allowed to happen previously. I was thinking they might hire Faulkner or Kendall just to say they're the first to hire a woman GM, Danny said 'he or she' so I'm sure one of them is in the mix. I'd rather have an experienced gm, experienced as a gm or had an NHL career, as long as they have experience in the NHL. agree. we need an experienced set of eyes, preferably one well connected in the scouting world and one that is themselves a good judge of young talent. still holding out hope that they interview Draper. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 19:39:15 GMT -6
I was thinking they might hire Faulkner or Kendall just to say they're the first to hire a woman GM, Danny said 'he or she' so I'm sure one of them is in the mix. I'd rather have an experienced gm, experienced as a gm or had an NHL career, as long as they have experience in the NHL. agree. we need an experienced set of eyes, preferably one well connected in the scouting world and one that is themselves a good judge of young talent. still holding out hope that they interview Draper. Can they interview him while he's working with Detroit? |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 19:57:07 GMT -6
The Hockey News recently said Meghan Hunter might be the first female GM. Kevin Dineen helped her get an interview and she was hired in 2016 as Stans right hand...person. She helped with many things then became a scout 2yrs ago.
She had a good college career, was the Badgers all time leader in points with 177, and she grew up around the NHL watching her famous uncles, Dale and Mark.
If she's named the GM maybe she'll hire her uncle as the coach.
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Post by vadarx on Jan 27, 2022 20:02:32 GMT -6
agree. we need an experienced set of eyes, preferably one well connected in the scouting world and one that is themselves a good judge of young talent. still holding out hope that they interview Draper. Can they interview him while he's working with Detroit? I dunno how that works, if they have to ask permission or if it is a free for all... |
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Post by BigT on Jan 27, 2022 20:24:47 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!!
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 20:32:24 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!! I basically said the same thing 30mins ago lol You actually think they'll hire her before the TDL, then Mark will take over for 3-4yrs and she'll be named GM again after that? If she's named the new GM there's no way they'll have her become her uncles assistant GM. Maybe he'll be the new President after Londons season and Dale's named the new coach. That would be huge for this franchise. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jan 27, 2022 20:39:38 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!! this article is over a year old but it gives a pretty good picture of her status in the organization and the path that brought her here. and besides being an amateur scout with the hawks, she's also "director of hockey administration". she goes on to say that “Someday, some female is going to be the first GM. Some of my current duties do kind of align with that aspiration, so I’m just learning as much as I can and keeping that in my mind as a goal.” thehockeynews.com/news/is-meghan-hunter-destined-to-be-the-nhls-first-female-gm |
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Post by T-man2010 on Jan 27, 2022 20:39:41 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!! She shares Bowmans dream of the teams plan. Skilled players who can't be physical because in her words, "NHL is going to become more like women's hockey." We'll have that to look forward to. |
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Post by BigT on Jan 27, 2022 20:40:27 GMT -6
I was thinking they might hire Faulkner or Kendall just to say they're the first to hire a woman GM, Danny said 'he or she' so I'm sure one of them is in the mix. I'd rather have an experienced gm, experienced as a gm or had an NHL career, as long as they have experience in the NHL. agree. we need an experienced set of eyes, preferably one well connected in the scouting world and one that is themselves a good judge of young talent. still holding out hope that they interview Draper. I miss chatting with Drapes. He’s a cool guy and he literally paid his dues. He scouted so much jr hockey it’s not funny. He’s so cool. He’d ask me what I thought about certain players. He would be a great guy to have around. But I feel he’s locked in with Detroit. Him and Yzerman and really close. I think they just enjoy working together that much!!! |
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Post by BigT on Jan 27, 2022 20:51:41 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!! I basically said the same thing 30mins ago lol You actually think they'll hire her before the TDL, then Mark will take over for 3-4yrs and she'll be named GM again after that? If she's named the new GM there's no way they'll have her become her uncles assistant GM. Maybe he'll be the new President after Londons season and Dale's named the new coach. That would be huge for this franchise. I think she’d be the assistant GM and Mark would be the GM for a few years. Also Kane played for the Hunters in London. So there’s a lot of dots connected here. However. I don’t care about hiring the first female GM. I want the team to win. If it’s a woman who gets it going, cool. But like T-man said. She shares a lot of what Bowman fed us. But Bowman didn’t even play house-league. He sucks at doing sports. I think he only lasted because he was actually a good manager and ran a solid office. I think everyone was in line and probably liked him. He just sucked at the hockey part of it. Really bad. I think the Hawks need a real hockey guy here. Let’s not worry about trailblazing right now. Gotta get back to winning and player development. The Hawks front office reeks of inexperienced people. Like it’s downright awful what Scambo put in place. Personally. I’d rather see someone like Jay Feaster come in here and get this thing turned around. He’s a good hockey mind too. Keep someone like him for the next decade then get Toews involved. He’ll know how to win!!! |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 21:05:24 GMT -6
I basically said the same thing 30mins ago lol You actually think they'll hire her before the TDL, then Mark will take over for 3-4yrs and she'll be named GM again after that? If she's named the new GM there's no way they'll have her become her uncles assistant GM. Maybe he'll be the new President after Londons season and Dale's named the new coach. That would be huge for this franchise. I think she’d be the assistant GM and Mark would be the GM for a few years. Also Kane played for the Hunters in London. So there’s a lot of dots connected here. However. I don’t care about hiring the first female GM. I want the team to win. If it’s a woman who gets it going, cool. But like T-man said. She shares a lot of what Bowman fed us. But Bowman didn’t even play house-league. He sucks at doing sports. I think he only lasted because he was actually a good manager and ran a solid office. I think everyone was in line and probably liked him. He just sucked at the hockey part of it. Really bad. I think the Hawks need a real hockey guy here. Let’s not worry about trailblazing right now. Gotta get back to winning and player development. The Hawks front office reeks of inexperienced people. Like it’s downright awful what Scambo put in place. Personally. I’d rather see someone like Jay Feaster come in here and get this thing turned around. He’s a good hockey mind too. Keep someone like him for the next decade then get Toews involved. He’ll know how to win!!! They're announcing the new GM before the TDL, so would Mark step down with London to take the position? I'd love that but I don't think it'll happen. If they announce it's Meghan she won't step down in the summer to let her uncle take over. The letter people community and females will burn the UC down. And I don't care if she's the first either, just want someone who's competent. So if she's the new GM hopefully her uncles come along and help her, especially with guys to get because it's not womens hockey, like she thinks the league is going. I'm sure the Hunters wouldn't mind being around Kaner again, that 1 season feels like a lifetime ago. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jan 27, 2022 21:22:09 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!! this article is over a year old but it gives a pretty good picture of her status in the organization and the path that brought her here. and besides being an amateur scout with the hawks, she's also "director of hockey administration". she goes on to say that “Someday, some female is going to be the first GM. Some of my current duties do kind of align with that aspiration, so I’m just learning as much as I can and keeping that in my mind as a goal.” thehockeynews.com/news/is-meghan-hunter-destined-to-be-the-nhls-first-female-gm That article was on my Google news feed and reading the headline I thought it was recent, that's why I posting on here after reading it. Hawks announcing they'll name a GM before the TDL and that headline of her possibly being the first female GM, and she works for Chicago, is probably why that article was brought back up. |
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Post by bigbarn27 on Jan 27, 2022 22:19:39 GMT -6
I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m just connecting dots here. Meghan Hunter is a scout with the Hawks. Her uncles are Mark, Dale and Dave Hunter. I think she could be primed to be the first female GM. I wouldn’t doubt if Mark becomes the GM here for 3-4 years and then passes passes the torch to his niece and helps launch the next wave of Hunters. Mark would set the team up for the future. And she would walk into a juggernaut kinda like how Scambo did. I’d keep an eye on that!!! T I think you might be on to something Mark could easily walk away during the season. Simpson was the GM before Mark came back to London. A ray of hope! Does anyone think the Wirtzs will share who they are interviewing ? Remember they are all about transparency LOL |
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