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 Adam
Messages: 6865
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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I'm not sure what Ron Hextall has done to deserve any hockey management jobs. His teams are generally bad. He was AGM for a good LA team, but how much did he have to do with that? He managed the AHL squad during those years, from what I can tell but that's a much simpler job. No trades, no cap. You manage with what the parent team gives you and the couple of journeymen that you sign to fill out the roster.
In Philly, his teams missed the playoffs twice out of four years, and got bounced in round 1 the other two times. Now he's presided over the first Penguins miss since Crosby was a rookie.
And here's his trade record:
http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_GM/Ron_Hex tall/277
http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_GM/Ron_Hex tall/311
Not a lot in there to recommend him, is there?
NHL teams love hiring former NHL players to positions that they have no ability to excel at. Hockey teams are by far the worst pro sports league for continuing this rather stupid practice. I really hope when our current sleepy GM finally retires that the team spends some time actually considering what skillset would be ideal and isn't set on hiring another old hockey guy to come in and bumble his way through it hoping we get lucky again.
On the other hand, I hope that every NHL team who fires their GM this summer does go back to that well. Who better to run the Penguins than, say, Chris Kunitz?
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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