Does John Chayka have potential to be a GM in NHL again?
July 12, 2024
The guy is 35 years old and already has 5 years of experience in being a GM in NHL so why not? Teams hire ex GM's all the time.
38 comments
No
The dude quit the day before the Stanley Cup playoffs started
I feel like the consensus is that he really wasn’t a good GM and not all that qualified for the first job he got so no
LOL!
The guy who was more focused on running his franchise Wendy’s and pseudoscience? No way. It’s honestly insane anyone ever looked at him as a modern analytics driven GM. The dude lost draft picks because he tried to do illegal testing on combine attendees and we still have no idea on the specifics of them. Was he out here measuring skulls like someone at a human auction? Who’s to say.
Fuck no. He only understands stats, not the game or the people who coach and play it.
If Wendy’s ever become a hockey franchise then sure
No. However if Chirelli and Hextal can get hired multiple times 💀
Man was a disaster and can be half blamed for the coyotes getting moved. The team having to go into a second rebuild after they had been trying to emerge from the previous one was all because of his moves.
LOL
No.
He was fucking abysmal. He illegally tested players fitness before the draft and lost their franchise a 1st and 2nd round draft pick.
Many forget don waddell was seen as a bit of a joke after the Thrashers (boris vakabik etc.) then went years between gm roles
He wasn’t even entirely an AGM between it
Scouting mostly so
Edit:
If you asked someone this about waddell in 2010 they’d laugh but he’s actually been relatively ok overall this time around
Yeah the key is how things are changing to welcome analytics more with Tulsky naturally at the forefront Dubas holding coattails
Chayka unfortunately representing a realm of analytics that is more about scouting combine stuff than xG (sigh🙄) but
Yeah almost certainly tho very likely agm
Funny how noone remembers how chayka took keller *and* chych in his first draft then snagged POJ in his second draft at 23rd overall
Pepperidge farm remembers
The first two were seen as hit or miss by other GMs not really for any good reason and john doesn’t get enough credit for that
Pepperidge farm was so geeked about an analytically minded gm taking the players he had ranked 1 & 2nd best available
Anyhow yeah chayka narrative overblown
I see John found out about Reddit and is shitposting/testing the waters for another shot
Fans wanted him to succeed because it made them feel like they could also be an NHL GM. He was a disaster.
Lol. No. Lol.
Are you representing him or thinking of representing him?
Due to the NHL being the revolving door it is… There’s a better chance he’s a GM again than myself
Is it just me or does he look like the corporate villain of a 90’s movie in this pic?
No
Sir, this is a Wendys
Did he strike anyone as relatively good? Maybe the franchise is just toxic, but he never seemed to build anything.
…no…but some asshole will give him a job…
His sister is more qualified to be an NHL GM. Why not give Meghan a shot?
Wasn’t he on his way to be hired by Fenway Sports Group as President of Numbers, Intangibles & Genetics or something like that?
Of course he can. It’s an old boys network. How else do you explain Don Waddell being employed
Why? What did he do that was so impressive the first time around?
No.
Second worst person in Coyotes history… and that’s a tall fucking order.
More potential to serve me a spicy chicken combo
The dude that screwed the coyotes after he promised he wouldn’t screw them? Gonna go out on a limb and say no.
Custom cards should be for like little league kids. No idea why someone would make one for a pro athlete.
I doubt he gets another shot, clearly him and Arizona had disagreements I don’t think it’s totally on him but I doubt another team ever gives him a shot
38 comments
No
The dude quit the day before the Stanley Cup playoffs started
I feel like the consensus is that he really wasn’t a good GM and not all that qualified for the first job he got so no
LOL!
The guy who was more focused on running his franchise Wendy’s and pseudoscience? No way. It’s honestly insane anyone ever looked at him as a modern analytics driven GM. The dude lost draft picks because he tried to do illegal testing on combine attendees and we still have no idea on the specifics of them. Was he out here measuring skulls like someone at a human auction? Who’s to say.
Fuck no. He only understands stats, not the game or the people who coach and play it.
If Wendy’s ever become a hockey franchise then sure
No. However if Chirelli and Hextal can get hired multiple times 💀
Man was a disaster and can be half blamed for the coyotes getting moved. The team having to go into a second rebuild after they had been trying to emerge from the previous one was all because of his moves.
LOL
No.
He was fucking abysmal. He illegally tested players fitness before the draft and lost their franchise a 1st and 2nd round draft pick.
No one will ever hire him to be a GM.
One of the lesser GMs when it comes to drafting by [some metrics](https://scoutthe.xyz/draftscoringgmcharts/2013/2023/7/John%20Chayka)
You and I have a better chance
Bc he’s terrible
Many forget don waddell was seen as a bit of a joke after the Thrashers (boris vakabik etc.) then went years between gm roles
He wasn’t even entirely an AGM between it
Scouting mostly so
Edit:
If you asked someone this about waddell in 2010 they’d laugh but he’s actually been relatively ok overall this time around
Yeah the key is how things are changing to welcome analytics more with Tulsky naturally at the forefront Dubas holding coattails
Chayka unfortunately representing a realm of analytics that is more about scouting combine stuff than xG (sigh🙄) but
Yeah almost certainly tho very likely agm
Funny how noone remembers how chayka took keller *and* chych in his first draft then snagged POJ in his second draft at 23rd overall
Pepperidge farm remembers
The first two were seen as hit or miss by other GMs not really for any good reason and john doesn’t get enough credit for that
Pepperidge farm was so geeked about an analytically minded gm taking the players he had ranked 1 & 2nd best available
Anyhow yeah chayka narrative overblown
I see John found out about Reddit and is shitposting/testing the waters for another shot
Fans wanted him to succeed because it made them feel like they could also be an NHL GM. He was a disaster.
Lol. No. Lol.
Are you representing him or thinking of representing him?
Due to the NHL being the revolving door it is… There’s a better chance he’s a GM again than myself
Is it just me or does he look like the corporate villain of a 90’s movie in this pic?
No
Sir, this is a Wendys
Did he strike anyone as relatively good? Maybe the franchise is just toxic, but he never seemed to build anything.
…no…but some asshole will give him a job…
His sister is more qualified to be an NHL GM. Why not give Meghan a shot?
Wasn’t he on his way to be hired by Fenway Sports Group as President of Numbers, Intangibles & Genetics or something like that?
Of course he can. It’s an old boys network. How else do you explain Don Waddell being employed
Why? What did he do that was so impressive the first time around?
No.
Second worst person in Coyotes history… and that’s a tall fucking order.
More potential to serve me a spicy chicken combo
The dude that screwed the coyotes after he promised he wouldn’t screw them? Gonna go out on a limb and say no.
Custom cards should be for like little league kids. No idea why someone would make one for a pro athlete.
I doubt he gets another shot, clearly him and Arizona had disagreements I don’t think it’s totally on him but I doubt another team ever gives him a shot
What will his 75 Wendy’s do?
🤣