Satyar Shah

What's the ideal structure moving forward?

What do you have to prioritize in terms of putting together a new age front office or a front office that can take this team through a rebuild and turn this team into a contender, especially with how business is conducted in the year 2026 in professional sports?

I think there are so many things that have to come together for you to get out of a rebuild.

One thing that's very clear about hockey, and we've spoken to Shane about this and others as well, hockey trails behind the other major leagues like baseball, especially baseball.

I mean, they're so data-driven.

And I'm not even talking... When I talk about data-driven, I'm not even saying analytics on players.

It's essentially...

ways for you to evaluate everything you're doing in your organization.

So it's like, hey, what about our developmental process?

Well, how do you evaluate a developmental process?

Well, you start quantifying how you're having success.

You look at it and say, okay, what's the process we're undertaking?

How are we going through this?

And what are the results of what we're doing behind the scenes?

That's the data you need to look at and also turn over and find out, okay, is this actually successful?

We sit here and talk about this is how we scout, this is how we develop players, but is it actually working?

And I think those are the types of data points that you have to bring in and look at and try to move forward with.

I know people are sick and tired of the way the corporate culture works, but the reality of the National Hockey League has become it's no longer a mom-and-pop league.

You're talking about businesses that are worth billions of dollars.

Billions, yes.