Randeep Janda

Remember that kind of strange conversation you had with Mark Borovetsky?

It was essentially between the two ferns, Ottawa Senators edition, where they're sitting there and having that chat.

Yeah.

I get what you're saying in terms of sometimes you have to do that, but why are we having a conversation about Pierre Dorian and his reputation?

It's because of moments like that.

Ultimately, I believe in second chances in the league, right?

Whether you're a coach, whether you're a GM.

but some records are ones that you have to look at twice to say, are you sure?

And I think with the top job in a Canadian market, if he was going to, let's throw up another American market, and he's the GM there in a small market team,

It's a different story, guys.

You're not talking to media every single day.

You're not talking into media after every transaction.

Here in Vancouver, you guys know as well as I do, there's going to be a scrum.

There's going to be a one-on-one conversation with you.

Every level is scrutinized.

So I think when you have that reputation of potentially playing that role in Ottawa, it doesn't put you in a good position because kind of like John Chayka, like he's in a way seen as a certain type of GM right now where, you know,

The criticism's going to be quick on the first mistake he makes, and I think Dorian kind of walks into that next job, wherever it is, with a similar mentality because of that past track record.

I think there's a couple of things, guys.

One is maybe the past experiences in this market with...

You know, general managers that, and I'm going to go back to the Jim Benning regime, obviously, you know, the heat in the Canadian market, I don't think Jim Benning thrived in it from a media perspective, and Pierre Dorian certainly did not thrive when it came to the Ottawa Senators.