HURRICANES BEGIN SWEEP; FIRE GAETZ
The Carolina Hurricanes begin to make sweeping changes, dismissing long-time Head Scout Link Gaetz.
Gaetz was hired on by the rookie GM Hanna Sniper as an intern in the club's public relations department in 2003-04 season, by the end of that season Gaetz had joined the scouting department and then eventually took over the Head Scouting duties before the 2004 CPHL Entry Draft.
Nearly two weeks ago, the Hurricanes were stepping up to the microphone in the most recent draft with dreams of selecting the future cornerstone that will form the foundation of the Hurricanes core for the next coming seasons. With a game plan in hand the Hurricanes implemented their “
Small and Staal” strategy to go with the current trend in the ‘New CPHL.
Fearing his own job and reputation on stake, Hurricanes GM Hanna decided it was best to dismiss Gaetz of any duties with the ‘Canes. It’s seems the Hurricane GM had lost faith in his chief scout when highly touted 2nd round selection Kruise Reddick went undrafted in the NHL entry draft one week later.
Gaetz’s Past 1st Round Selections.
2004 25th overall Bruce Graham
2005 6th Overall Guillaume Latendresse
2005 24th Overall Michael Blunden
2006 22nd Overall Ivan Vishnevsky
2007 4th Overall Sam Gagner
2007 9th Overall Angelo Esposito
2007 29th Overall Maxime Tanguay
2008 10th Overall Zack Boychuk
2008 20th Overall Jared Staal