While the players may have a month or two to dally about the tee, the general managers have a much tougher row to hoe. Between tee times, business lunches, massages, and meetings with their financial advisors, GMs have to get down to the business of creating next year's Stanley Cup contender.
Good news, GMs! I have decided to make your jobs much easier this season by offering an intensive Boot Camp! Whether you are a seasoned veteran such as Holland or Sutter, or a fresh faced rookie like Hull, we've got a workshop for you, with lessons from your past and present compatriots!
(Don't worry about the tee times, either; as always, the event will be conveniently held in proximity of at least 7 world class golf courses. )
After a keynote address Friday evening by president Gary Bettman, a black tie cocktail party and schmooze session will be held in the hotel.
The tentative schedule for the remainder of the weekend is as follows:
1. Free Agents: Fierce or Freeloaders? by Wendell Clark and Ray Bourque
2. How to keep your team in the red and out of Canada by Gary Bettman, Bill Wirtz and Barry Shenkarow
3. Kids with Skills: Find them, keep them by Ray Shero and Kevin Lowe
4. How to run a profitable club and never win by Richard Peddie and the ghost of Harold Ballard
5. Shoestring Budget, Cup Contender by Lou Lamoriello
6. Winnning in the regular season means squat in the playoffs: A personal perspective by Marshall Johnston
7. Dumb Trades and how to avoid them by Bob Gainey and Daryl Sutter
Don't delay, book your spaces now!
Oh, unless you happen to be Cliff Fletcher, Dave Nonis, Jay Feaster, Garth Snow, or Dean Lombardi. Your spots are already reserved, and attendance is mandatory.
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