One of the of-season issues that has gone under-the-radar is the future of long-time Rangers assistant general manager Don Maloney, who does a helluva lot of legwork in the Glen Sather regime.
Turns out Maloney is one of the nine candidates being interviewed for the Phoenix GM vacancy, according to the Hockey News.
In the past decade, the former Rangers winger has helped discover and develop prospects, especially in the last five years: Think Ryan Callahan and Dan Girardi, as well as Henrik Lundqvist, Fedor Tyutin and Petr Prucha. And what about the five or six youngsters bubbling under---led by Marc Staal---who will be future Blueshirts?
If someone tabs Maloney and he bolts, would you blame him?
Remember the hubbub in early February when Mark Messier told the Edmonton Sun he was ready to step in as GM, and then Sather said he might need some apprenticeship? And Sather didn't endorse Maloney?
Something's cooking. Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Comments (6)
hmmm, very intresting...would don do the draft?
I think this sucks, I'd rather Don stay and Glen leave.
yeah
Messier spoke to Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun
Did Slats make any comments about the Rangers this season?Except for one brief conversation with Larry Brooks,Sather has been silent.When the media was speculating about Renney's future,did Sather give him a vote of confidence in the media?No
I remember Steve had Renney returning to the front office when the Rangers were floundering
I like Don Maloney but many of the players Steve is giving Maloney credit for were not recommended by Maloney.Renney did run the Rangers drafts until he joined the Rangers as an assistant coach in 2003.That Staal pick was as much Renney as Maloney.Renney and Rangers OHL scout Rich Brown scouted Staal in Sudbury
So Brown doesn't receive any credit for Girardi and Callahan-two OHL players
Many of the European players are Christer Rockstrom players.Prucha was discovered by the Rangers other European scout Jan Gajdosik who took Renney to a game in Europe to see Prucha
Maloney gave up Hugh Jessiman
Fair and balanced
if they let maloney go and replace him with messier it will be the worst mistake this organization has ever made. all the hope for the future will be thrown out the window and we'll quickly spiral back into the pre-lockout ways guaranteed.
"Where there's smoke, there's fire" is one of the most destructive phrases in the language--destroys reputations; justifies lies.
Sometimes, where there's smoke, there's just smoke.