Habs Get Permission To Speak To Jeff Gorton

According to Elliotte Friedman of CBC and Sportsnet, the Montreal Canadiens have obtained permission to speak with Jeff Gorton. Gorton still being paid by the New York Rangers. He got his start in Boston where he took over briefly as GM. He drafted Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand, amongst others. He also traded for Tuukka Rask, signed Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard.

Gordon did great as the Rangers’ GM and Friedman said that he doesn’t believe it’s for the GM job in Montreal. He could he be a potential candidate for President of Hockey Operations, or it possibly could be to take over draft. His work in Boston in 2006 is considered the best ever done for Bruins draft. Friedman says that he might hear more about this tonight.

Hearing Scott Mellanby has resigned as assistant GM of #habs
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) November 28, 2021

Hearing that Scott Mellanby had extensive talks with Habs owner Geoff Molson at first about becoming GM, then that changed to perhaps becoming president of hockey operations. But he was told yesterday he was out of the running. So he resigned today.
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) November 28, 2021