Dave Poulin introductory press conference

Hear from Senators owner Michael Andlauer, GM and President of Hockey Operations Steve Staios, and Senior Vice-President of Hockey Operations Dave Poulin as Poulin is introduced in his new role to the Ottawa media for the first time.

[@kaptinkuntry3092]

From a Leaf fan, these are great picks for the Sens organization. Poulie is a class act, congrats and good luck going forward. It will be fantastic seeing the Sens in the playoffs again very soon.

[@ModernCaecae728]

🤝

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Such a great pick up for the sens, I guess they were impressed with what he accomplished working for the leafs like a decade ago lol.

[@teeflight]

* this comment indicates feelings from ONE leaf fan btw *

[@2Jim2u]

i'm sorry, but when have the Leafs won the cup recently? let alone gotten out of the first/second round. A measure of his success will come as a result of actions not wishful thinking.

[@gavinashick8181]

Its refreshing hearing a leafs fan talk common sense for once

[@dandezz]

The fact that Dave's been watching so much hockey, I think, his opinions on bringing in new talent will be a positive one. A new pair of eyes who has seen lots of players, Can and will help this team Immensely. Congrats Dave and welcome to the organization

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Happy Gilmore watched a lot of hockey, hire him next lol.

[@Fired8914]

@@stentorofsparta3576 the expert returns

[@PeterDrake]

I've been impressed with Dave Poulin's analysis on teams and players. Glad to have him to round out the senior management group. They said, without actually saying it, that Bowness is being prepared for the GM job. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets promoted in the next year or two. At that point the Sens will have a President, Senior VP, and GM. A three-headed monster is a huge step up from the Dorion hot mess.

[@OttawaRocks]

Was thinking the same. We will see in the coming years.

[@MarkMech]

Yeah, they came as close to saying "Ryan Bowness is our next GM" as possible without outright saying it

[@patsgarage8593]

All fantastic moves!! Thank you Mr Andlauer!!

[@stentorofsparta3576]

So far he’s hired a buddy of his to be GM, name value guys to coach, & a guy who he probably watched on TV that’s accomplished little in management roles. Seems like lazy hires. A kid playing NHL 24 could’ve done that.

[@Fired8914]

@@stentorofsparta3576 I'm sure you've accomplished alot lol

[@stentorofsparta3576]

@@Fired8914 no not really.

[@JC-tr4gh]

Dave Poulin is a great choice, one of my all-time favorite Flyers. Kudos to him and the Senators.

[@richardvervoorn6626]

Dave Poulin has always struck me as a great hockey mind and this move is a positive one for the Senators. I hope they accomplish much as they move forward…

[@mr.relaxation2930]

Dave wow incredible promotion! Amazing analyst great hockey mind

[@theloudcollector]

Best Christmas EVER!! Let's go Dave!! Beyond well deserved!!

[@DarthChewie]

Always liked Dave Poulin as a TSN analyst. His commentary was calm, measured, and well-reasoned unlike the frenzied hype/hate hot-takes from others in the hockey media *cough*Overdrive*cough* I'm a bit nervous based on his previous tenure with the Leafs cause they were garbage at the time, but he was just one of many voices in that organization so it wasn't all on him. I'm hopeful he learned a lot from that role, and can bring those lessons learned and experience to the Sens. Cautiously optimistic. Go Sens Go!

[@LucicPower]

I don't wear the Sens hat I bought before the season(Bruins fan) but this move is looking good

[@supercooled]

CBC / SPortsnet also with that clown Subban and to some degree, Bieksa and co. I'm more of the old school operations with the only guy who was firey was Don Cherry. He was enough for everyone.

[@r20dendys]

Poulins words really resignated with me.

[@cantControlLife]

Its reassuring to see the passion to succeed with Micheal. Smart guy on and off the ice. Maybe not this season but the promise land will come.

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Sens fans believing every years gonna be different & that the winning will just show up is like a guy stranded in the desert thinking he sees water lol.

[@cantControlLife]

@@stentorofsparta3576 ride or die. Sens 4 life.

[@DizzyDez613]

Dave Poulin is gonna be the secret weapon in the front office. Mr. Poulin has a LOT of connections in the hockey community. Some of those avenues will close, or at least tighten, now that he’s working for a team. But he’s still got as many hockey contacts in his phone as anyone else.

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Given all those vast contacts & his apparent ability to be a “secret weapon”, it’s weird that his last job in management went the way that it did. Also weird is that no team gave him a call in the last 10 years. But I guess an out of date yellow pages book is what you sens fans like.

[@DizzyDez613]

@@stentorofsparta3576 Fuckin LOVE yellow pages

[@Kittiwake1970]

I love how Andlauer listened intently as Poulin was speaking.

[@bertvandenberge579]

Craig Berube's odds at being the next Sens coach next summer just got an awesome boost. Keep Jacques and Alfie around as a senior advisor and an assistant. I see John Gruden coming in as a assistant too.

[@sens_outlook]

Craig Berube - Head Coach (wouldn't mind JM staying as HC but unlikely) John Gruden - Associate Coach (replaces Capuano) Daniel Alfredsson - Assistant (stays) Jay Woodcroft - Assistant (replaces Bob Jones, I have respect for him, but I feel like they part ways) Ben Sexton - Assistant (don't know why he's here but okay) THAT is a good coaching staff

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Obviously gruden will end up in Kanata. After all the sens new owner seems only interested in hiring his friends.

[@toiletpainter]

Let’s go!!!!!!!!!!

[@xilihutu2012]

great move!

[@TranTek]

Always love to listen to Poulie on TSN Sen is heading to good direction 👍

[@vadimkozlov3008]

Can't wait for unparalleled success.

[@merdadrezai1195]

Dave Poulin is one of the greatest guys in hockey, both in personality and knowledge.

[@ModernCaecae728]

Andlauer and everyone have done such a good job this year with making the staff better with alfie, jaques martin back to new editions with staios and now poulin, bowness. The group is starting to give me hope that we can get to the playoffs rahter soon unlikely this year but you never know. But i think that next year we do have a strong chance of making the playoffs and soon having a serious chance at the cup. We just have some little kinks to figure pit like special teams although the pk has been geting better every game and when the pp starts clicking the team will be much better and the pp was good tn although we only had one pp. The sens now just need to figure out a replacement for tarasenko and kuby cause they probably wont stay and try to strengthen the d. Much brighter days ahead for the ottawa senators

[@pa-mo]

Great move, I've agreed with most of Poulie's analysis of the Senators, so I like this a lot. A few roster changes are coming for sure, including bringing in a bit more experience.

[@christophercharles3169]

Is it better to bring in more experience and risk disrupting team dynamics and unity or let them grow as a unit and acquire their own? Most of all they need structure that will allow them to play better defensively. Once they acquire that, wins and a winning attitude will follow. I guess it boils down to how much patience ownership has.

[@user-df3gz4ow9d]

Nice congrats Poully

[@folkadotshorts]

“resignates”

[@DoctorRevers]

Yeah was wondering if poulin will let him know after the presser.

[@supercooled]

It's kind of crazy they have a very seasoned person like Jacque Martin coaching and these guys who are younger, obviously less experience, be the figure-head.

[@johnnypetrevski9203]

Steve Staios is extremely underrated. He’s going to an amazing job in Ottawa. I wish the leafs had leadership like this!!

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Like Poulin, Staios worked for the leafs like a decade ago. Also like poulin, he’s done very little work in any capacity in the NHL since then so I don’t see why you think he’s so special. Andlauer hires his friends, that’s how staios got the job.

[@Fired8914]

@@stentorofsparta3576 someone doesn't have friends I see

[@colinmacvicar2507]

Great news another step in the right direction for this organization. The only thing I’d like to say to these three is please straighten your Senators lapel pins.

[@Lelouch999]

It all starts from high level competent management. And most importantly a owner who wants the very best for the team.

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Unfortunately for the sens, their new owner prefers hiring based on nostalgia and/or friendship instead of just hiring the best candidates.

[@Lelouch999]

@@stentorofsparta3576 maybe that will be better than guys who hate working with eachother. You’d be surprised how much the energy of multiple individuals meshing together affects the outcome of events. I think the owners spot on

[@stentorofsparta3576]

@@Lelouch999 you can love working with your friends, it doesn’t mean you’re the right people for the job. Good organizations hire the best candidates who whether they like each other or not, will do what it takes to do a good job. Not just chat about the good old days over some Tim Hortons.

[@jamesshugart702]

go sens go!

[@teeflight]

lol yeah this will turn it all around

[@matthewgregory8218]

Heard a lot of great stuff from Dave. Hopefully this one is here to stay than Pierre was.

[@stuffnsuch631]

Dave should be gm

[@bradleyblokland]

The management is fixed now time to fix our players and get back into the playoffs!

[@neilsunstrum933]

Nice hire, heading in the right direction.

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Like the sens other recent hires, the direction they’re heading is the year 2000.

[@neilsunstrum933]

@@stentorofsparta3576 perfect! That was a great time for the senators! Woot woot

[@stentorofsparta3576]

@@neilsunstrum933 a time in which the sens won zero cups & routinely lost to the leafs of all teams in the playoffs is considered a great time for the franchise? Some standards lol.

[@neilsunstrum933]

@@stentorofsparta3576 one of the best teams in the league for that decade yes. 2007 Stanley Cup final… When was the last time the leafs were in the final? Even the ECF?!? Bahahaha

[@stentorofsparta3576]

@@neilsunstrum933 being one of the best teams to never win anything & getting punted in the finals almost 20 years ago is considered a flex north of the border? How unfortunate. Well nonetheless, you’d think a team with all that aforementioned “success” would’ve been able to defeat a team like the leafs at least once in the playoffs. Truly sounds like a “great time” lol.

[@LucicPower]

When Poulin played for the Bruins I always thought he would be a perfect coach, nevermind hockey ops, not sure if Staios played with Poulin

[@2Jim2u]

Regardless of the players' age, are the players capable of performing for the position you want them to play? Currently, Sens fans are getting the results to that question. So how are you, Mr Poulin or Mr Staios, etc, going to change that result?

[@mp40submachinegun81]

the Ottawa 'Andlauers freinds'ators

[@Clipaholick]

atta b pooly

[@dukerblanchfield2489]

Need Mann back for head of scouting.

[@sens_outlook]

See I was hoping they'd hire Darche as GM and maybe he could bring Al Murray as AGM and Director of Scouting. Both guys are in Tampa. That would've been best in class

[@kylehuartson9448]

Now that that there's have a gm without sunk cost into Branny, they can finally make a logical trade. Maybe trade kubs for a pick, maybe Tarasenko for a couple to a contender. Time for a reset.

[@peteroneil7542]

Resignates? Yikes. Resonates Steve!

[@tml184]

No more TSN for Poulin.

[@tplomonte]

There is another missed opportunity. Ottawa making moves too better their team ! Now, they need to get the players on the ice better.

[@troylewis5158]

Drink Molson Canadien

[@stentorofsparta3576]

So the sens strategy for attempting to win in 2024 is to go all in on guys who know how to win in like 1998? Yeah that should work, hire Scotty bowman next lol.

[@user-md3ij9oc9q]

Stability is not necessarily what we need. We need a vision/plan and we need people that can deliver. If they can.. then sure stability matters, but don’t have stability without accountability.

[@JaredLand]

So Dave goes from making millions of dollars from TSN to a team that is near the bottom of the NHL in the Atlantic Division 🤔 interesting wonder what made him decide that over TSN?

[@Quebeconnect]

I don't know what his salary was at tsn but I'm not sure it was millions?

[@kylehuartson9448]

Increased autonomy over his decisions, instead of talking about other people's. More money (likely). Further build an elite resume in the hockey community. A chance at winning a cup with a team that never has. Possible legendary status in the community if achievements are met. Could be a lot of reasons, when you're already a multi-millionaire sometimes you just go for what you wanna do, crazy I know.

[@marcelleclair4452]

An opportunity to win. The team has good young players. Dorion was not totally bad in his picks. But there are pieces to add and others to move. I see more clearly how thinly staffed Ottawa was. The change in coaching was long overdue. They are starting to play much better. Still a way to go but certainly improving.

[@DoctorRevers]

Millions of dollars?

[@markwilson3600]

What a dumb comment

[@kylebolton3240]

Enough of the pig Latin, put that crap language on a separate segment. Happy to have you Dave

[@GPz84]

Speak Frog in Montreal and leave it there.

[@Conada1002]

Why the delay on Staios being the kingpin. Wasted 100 days when you could see this happening a mile away. Dorion was a deadman walking n they were never going to hire a GM. He’s Mike buddy n best friend. It’s not always the best hire. Poulin is an old veteran where today’s game has passed him by. Than they hire the old rearguard Jacques Martin n Alfie. Ask Edmonton if the ol boys club works. This is dumb. The Sens are going to sen. nothing to see here

[@neilsunstrum933]

What's dumb is your take🤦‍♂️ This is awesome for Ottawa.

[@carbb5760]

I think some of this is good and some not good. The Martin hire is hopefully short term, I hope it’s just fan service until they can hire their actual coach. I have some faith in staios though he has basically no nhl experience.

[@sens_outlook]

I wonder if Staios is putting himself at GM for the season so he can make moves and turn back to hiring a GM in the summer. If not, roll with what you have in place now. I might be wrong but it feels like a "stability" thing for the season.

[@carbb5760]

It’s sort of interesting he really doesn’t have a lot of front office experience at the nhl level. I’m really skeptical of the Martin hiring as coach but hopefully it is just temporary

[@sens_outlook]

@carbb5760 I like what JM has been doing. Might only be for the season though

[@carbb5760]

@@sens_outlook seeing him behind the bench and hearing his pressers reminds me of losing to the leafs over and over again. This team played really well in the second half of last season as well after the pressure was off. I realize that assessment of JM is probably not “fair”

[@ry4nx]

me hearing his pre and post game interviews reminds me how clueless DJ Smith was@@carbb5760