You know what, I think you just answered my question. No way these guys have two jobs if they're being paid well. Imagine scouting for the best hockey league in the world and you still need a second job.
i do wonder.. TG's wealth is tied up in the hospitality industry. while he surely diversifies, that's the bulk of it, and covid laid waste to that sector. would anything have changed organizationally for the better if not for covid? (off ice staff)
oh, i'm not pointing to it, i'm just wondering.I know people like to point to this but if you look up the Gaglardi family’s net-worth it’s ridiculous to speculate he’s having financial trouble.
I don’t think people understand how wealthy Tom and Bob Gaglardi are
Dude ... be grateful .... that's the largest I've even seen it if Tsybuk is a full-time Euro scout. I couldn't find the article, but I think he was working for a WHL team over here while with Dallas. He seems to have moved back to Russia because he's also going to be Director of Scouting for a KHL team.
They have Takko, Ququist, Hrdina, Johannson, and Tysbuk scouting for them. It use to be just Takko, Quist, and Hrdina.
Tsybouk couldn't have been the Val helper. He was GM for Val's old Russian team the first season Nichushkin was in Dallas. He was Val's GM the year before so I wonder if they did bring him the following year for that reason.
Who was the guy that was assisting Val then?
Evgueni Tsybouk at eliteprospects.com
Tsybouk translates and helps Russian guys get setup but Tugolukov is their development coach.
McIver said the Caps were very fortunate and grateful that Ertel and his family trusted the organization in furthering his hockey career.
“There were a ton of NHL scouts at all our games (this past season),” said McIver. “The Dallas Stars were there quite often.”
Shane Turner of Charlottetown is an amateur scout with the Stars and attended a lot of Caps’ games at Eastlink Arena. He said Dallas had its eye on Ertel for a while.
“As an underage when he was in St. Andrew’s (College in Ontario), we saw him and liked the way he played,” said Turner. “He composed himself into the harder areas of the game, and he had good hands when he got there. He played with poise and patience.”
Turner said the Stars watched Ertel quite a bit in person, both at home and on the road, during the 2021-22 season. He said the organization also assessed Ertel on video and broke down a lot of tape on him as a scouting group.
Turner added there were several things the Stars like about Ertel, who went into the draft understanding he could get picked in the top three rounds or not at all.
“One of the things we rate quite highly, and you need to have the ability, of course, but Dallas likes high-character athletes,” said Turner. “The more we dug into Justin, the more things we liked about him because the kid has integrity, good values, is a good person and is a hard worker.
“You couple all of that with his hockey ability, and he became an attractive option.”
Ertel talked to the Stars leading up to the draft, and is thrilled to be part of the Dallas organization.
Summerside Western Capital Justin Ertel credits parents after being drafted by NHL’s Dallas Stars | Saltwire
This might explain why Dallas jumped on Ertel early. It sounds like they had blinders on for him just like with Johnston. Also sounds like the interest in him didn't start this year. He caught their eye at St. Andrews.
I do appreciate that they like and value character in the draft but I hope they aren't over emphasizing it.Summerside Western Capital Justin Ertel credits parents after being drafted by NHL’s Dallas Stars | Saltwire
This might explain why Dallas jumped on Ertel early. It sounds like they had blinders on for him just like with Johnston. Also sounds like the interest in him didn't start this year. He caught their eye at St. Andrews.
it's an incredibly difficult balance to strike. but you absolutely cannot ignore character and culture. it's really easy to turn a good culture sour if you don't prioritize the type of people in your organization, merely their skills.I do appreciate that they like and value character in the draft but I hope they aren't over emphasizing it.
Those were nieuwendyk movesObviously, Nill values character. I believe he traded Ribs and Otter, among others, just because they complained too much to the refs, and he felt it cost them a game or two every year. So, in some ways, you can translate character into W and L, or at least estimate it.
For that matter, in a long slump, what kind of players will likely get you out of it? For a few years, it seemed as if any bad break broke the Stars. Starting with Monty (ironic, isn't it?) it seemed like they started to bounce back a lot better from a last second defeat, or even overcoming the season opening 7 game losing streak, or under Bones, rebound from the season ending 6 game losing streak to be great in the 2020 playoffs.
Some Cup teams, like NJD in the late 90's and early 2000's had some talent, but were the proverbial tough to play against type team, as was the 2019 Blues, and that is the type of team Nill is trying to build. He obviously believes in substance over flash as the best way to give a team a chance to win.
As fans, we just have to live with that, as frustrating as it is to keep avoiding top goal scoring talent draft after draft, like Raty this year. Given some of his antics, I am pretty sure he was as firmly on Nill's do not draft list as Logan Mailloux, even though we had a chance to pick up skill and "value".
The thing I took from the article that we as fans fear, and which might be correctible, is that the Stars team does seem to get focused on a few players to the seeming exclusion of all else, which doesn't seem wise to me. The draft team can't be a bunch of yes men who know they can't push a high profile pick because Nill doesn't want to hear about it.
Obviously, Nill values character. I believe he traded Ribs and Otter, among others, just because they complained too much to the refs, and he felt it cost them a game or two every year. So, in some ways, you can translate character into W and L, or at least estimate it.
Obviously, Nill values character. I believe he traded Ribs and Otter, among others, just because they complained too much to the refs, and he felt it cost them a game or two every year. So, in some ways, you can translate character into W and L, or at least estimate it.
Some Cup teams, like NJD in the late 90's and early 2000's had some talent, but were the proverbial tough to play against type team, as was the 2019 Blues, and that is the type of team Nill is trying to build. He obviously believes in substance over flash as the best way to give a team a chance to win.
As fans, we just have to live with that, as frustrating as it is to keep avoiding top goal scoring talent draft after draft, like Raty this year. Given some of his antics, I am pretty sure he was as firmly on Nill's do not draft list as Logan Mailloux, even though we had a chance to pick up skill and "value".