The New York Islanders are starting to catch up in terms of games played but that doesn’t mean they’re any closer to a playoff spot, as they keep losing and now sit 17-20-6 on the season. With that, rumors of them as deadline sellers are starting to emerge, with James Nichols of The Fourth Period suggesting that long-time Islander Cal Clutterbuck could be on the move.
Clutterbuck, 34, is in the final season of a five-year, $17.5MM contract extension he signed in 2016 and has more than 900 games of NHL experience. The bang-and-crash forward isn’t a particularly effective offensive player but is a fearless, physical forward that could add a playoff-style option for many contenders around the league.
- The Chicago Blackhawks continue to interview candidates from outside of the hockey world for their vacant general manager position. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet connects the Blackhawks to Teresa Resch, currently the Toronto Raptors vice president of basketball operations & player development. The Blackhawks already interviewed Chicago Cubs assistant GM Jeff Greenberg, along with several more traditional hockey candidates.
- When the Columbus Blue Jackets recalled Jean-Francois Berube under emergency conditions, alarm bells went up for some fans as it wasn’t clear what had happened to their normal goaltenders. Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch reports that Joonas Korpisalo is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury. That’s something to keep an eye on as the trade deadline approaches given Korpisalo’s status as a potential rental, though his play this season has obviously had a bigger impact on his value than any minor injury. In 18 appearances, Korpisalo has an .887 save percentage and hasn’t seen game action since January.
The Wirtz family are insane if they think hiring somebody from outside of the hockey world to be their GM is a good move. How can you possibly think that somebody who doesn’t live, eat and breathe hockey could possibly be a good judge of elite hockey talent? There’s more to managing a club than just evaluating talent but lord, look at all the good GMs who make bad moves. It’s hard to get a lot of things right, compound that but hiring someone who’s never worked in an NHL front office and all I can say is – good luck with that. You think Bowman was bad?! Just wait.
Not really. There are plenty of coaches and people in management who came up in the game and are awful in their roles. That outside mind might be exactly what the league needs to move away from the old boys club that currently seems to be the revolving door for the most part.
Manos: she is MORE qualified then any man on this planet. Canucks should be ashamed that they didnt give her one of there AGM jobs imo
“More qualified than any man on this planet” is a bit of a reach lol. Manos’ rant was a reach too. I’m sure she’d be fine. Kim Ng with the Marlins in MLB has been fine. Canucks just hired a bunch of women in the F.O, I’m sure they’ll be fine (I hope)…
Kim Ng had a background in baseball, and played college softball…
I’m unfamiliar with Resch for the most part, but I’m not seeing anything popping up about a hockey background at all.
The first comment seemed to be based on a potential hire that hasn’t been involved in hockey, and yet y’all’s (bother than JD) responses are only geared towards her being a woman.
How exactly is she more qualified? Much less so qualified that hiring someone else should make someone ashamed.
literally their former president spent a career in baseball before running the hawks lol John McDonough remember him ? Pretty sure he was president for all the cups. Worked out well last time.