And, to the surprise of precisely no one, the search has all but boiled down to the two in-house candidates we assumed all along.
Kyle Dubas and Mark Hunter.
Now, were a casual observer to undergo a blind assessment of Dubas and Hunter’s respective resumes, I harbour serious doubts as to whether any differences would initially stand out.
To various extents, both candidates have proven themselves surprisingly adept at navigating the winding maze of hockey’s upper management. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the pair’s shared roots at the junior level.