According to Jeff Marek …
“With OHL Commissioner Dave Branch poised to retire at season’s end the search for his replacement continues.
The leading candidate heading into the process, Kitchener Rangers CEO Joe Birch who’s worked at various positions in the OHL off and on going back to 2006, pulled out and it sounds like an extension with the Rangers is imminent.
Everyone is extremely tight-lipped about who else is still involved here, but other names include North Bay Battalion GM Adam Dennis, former VP of Hockey Ops for the Los Angeles Kings and former Owen Sound Attack GM Mike Futa, and at least one other candidate.“
Thomas Chabot has visions of enjoying a playoff run with the Ottawa Senators that he can be a bigger part of than that one in 2017, when his dream could not get beyond taxi squad status on an almost-Cup finalist.
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