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Old 06-11-2014, 05:05 AM   #8
Alberta_Beef
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Originally Posted by FlameZilla View Post
If the rebuild doesn't work he'll get frustrated & start running his trap non-stop. I think in that scenario he'll be fired within 5 years. In any other scenario I think he'll be here 10 years.

I like Burke. He's opinionated & he's a blow-hard, but he's also savvy & has been through it all. I'd rather have him (with his years of NHL experience) in our organisation than working for a rival team.

I'm hoping he and Treliving can build something similar to his Anaheim team, rather than his clusterfata of a Toronto franchise.
I say at minimum 8 years, unless he resigns. The president gets a certain level of autonomy, although with Pres of Hockey Ops being a relatively new position in the game it's hard to say what the lifespan is.

But I generally think of it like this.

During a rebuild coaches lifespan is 2-3 years and a GM usually gets 2 coaches before they become the problem. So since Pres of Hockey Ops is above that, I would think he gets 2 GMs during his tenure.
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