[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Commissioner is a unique position, but it's not that unique.

Every public CEO has to manage relationships and votes with board members and/or shareholders. 32 might be a little more than usual, but we often here that there are 5-10 owners who are particularly influential.

Entertainment, media, labour negotiations, sponsorship...there are plenty of people with significant experience in many of these areas. Tim Leiweke for example.

Or, if you want a 'hockey guy' as the face, you can surround them with VPs who specialize in the above.

Brendan Shanahan
Brian Burke
Steve Yzerman
John Davidson

Joe Sakic
Rob Blake
Luc Robitaille
Cam Neely
Ken Dryden or Bobby Orr if they were 20 yrs younger...

Not saying any of the above would be the right choice, but it's silly to think it's impossible to find a good replacement.

He's probably a little bit too radical for the old boys hockey club, but I'd go crazy and look at someone like Bill Simmons (if it were 5 years into the future and his kids were grown up)

Did anyone say that?