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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
30 NHL teams. 30 President's jobs. Very few are available every year. In some markets, they become available once in 20 years due to retirement.
Calgary - nor any other NHL market - will ever have a 'tough time' at attracting executives. It is laughable to even think so. There may be some 'preferred' markets amongst individuals, but if you want a president's job, you simply have to to take one of the VERY few (often, the ONLY one) available. Coaches get canned, GM's do as well, but with substantially less turnover. Presidents? They have considerably longer tenures than Coaches and GMs on average.
Calgary (nor any other NHL organization) will ever 'suffer' from not being able to attract top talent.
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The original comment was that the Flames would have trouble attracting top executives
who had other options. A guy like Nill didn't have to pack his bags and head off to whoever offered him a job. The top candidates are typically in a pretty good situation already, and under no pressure to jump whenevers there's an opening - guys looking for their first big break do. Which describes Shanahan and Niewendyk, but not Davidson and Nill.