on the General Fanager guy getting hired by the Las Vegas *Hawks
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The team then flew Poraszka out to Las Vegas for the weekend of their mock expansion draft. McPhee interviewed with him. The team made him an offer on the spot, and invited him to join their mock draft.
What they discovered with him in the room was that Poraszka’s encyclopedic knowledge of the expansion draft rules, and the rest of the CBA, was also an asset.
encyclopedic knowledge of the expansion draft rules!? there are like 5 of them
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The salary cap and contract information on General Fanager was already available to Las Vegas and the rest of the 30 teams via the NHL’s central registry. What they’re buying in Poraszka wasn’t the numbers, but how they were categorized and tabulated.
“He can build these tools and make it much easier for us. The expansion tool is just one part of it. It’s important, but it’s just a one-off. We’re looking at broader, longer-term tools for our organization. And Tom can build those tools that we can use.
He said NHL management teams can be complicated in their communication, when you factor in hockey operations, analysts and a massive scouting staff. McPhee has seen the complication, and he’s seen operations that were more streamlined.
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So he’ll look to Poraszka to simplify things through his programming and tool-building. “It allows you to be much more nimble when discussing players with your staff. One little click changes everything,” said McPhee.
sounds like they basically just want him to build an internal GF site with stuff like the ESPN Trade Machine to save them time because they're dumb
(and possibly to monopolize the information because all the teams use these sites, rather than investing money in making their own)
anyway, this is kind of hilarious, but good for him
and let the bidding war for the CapFriendly guy begin!
(also psa to any programmers out there...)