Émilie Castonguay could very well become the first woman to head up an NHL team’s hockey department if we believe the rumor that she’s being sent to Philadelphia.
The Canucks’ current assistant general manager, Patrik Allvin, would be a candidate for the position of president of the Flyers’ hockey operations, Sportsnet network journalist Elliotte Friedman, among others, suggested Wednesday.
However, on the 32 Thoughts podcast, Friedman said he doesn’t know if Castonguay ever interviewed the Philadelphia-based organization.
“I think she’s on the Flyers’ radar and they’re going to want to talk to her,” he said. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cammi Granato either [aussi adjointe au DG à Vancouver] was also taken into account. »
Castonguay has broken many barriers, although she previously admitted she had never seen those barriers.
All she wanted was to work in the hockey world.
The 39-year-old Montreal native became the second woman to land a job as an assistant to an NHL GM, after Angela Gorgone with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks more than 25 years ago.
Photo credit: Stock photo courtesy of Momentum Hockey
“I never said to myself that it’s a man’s world and that I will not succeed,” she had mentioned when she was appointed in January 2022. I tried to save as much information as possible to get where I wanted to go. »
Castonguay, who is used to breaking glass ceilings, was also the first agent to earn her National League certification to represent hockey players.
The financial marketing and law student primarily negotiated Alexis Lafrenière’s first professional contract with the New York Rangers.
The native county
d’Outremont also looked after the career of three-time Olympic champion Marie-Philip Poulin at the Momentum Hockey agency.
A team in disarray
In Philadelphia, the challenge will be enormous regardless of who inherits the title of President.
In March, the Flyers general manager and president Chuck Fletcher showed the way out. As a result, Daniel Brière was appointed interim CEO, but he is still uncertain about his future.
The team, led by the fiery John Tortorella, finished the campaign in 26th place at the Bettman Circuit with a record of 31-38-13, good for 75 points, seven more than the Canadian.
However, the Flyers missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
meet adversity
But it’s not the challenges that scare Castonguay.
The latter has already been criticized in British Columbia.
She was the subject of a human rights complaint filed by a former Canucks employee.
In particular, she accuses him of running a smear campaign with the organization’s other leaders, which the Quebecois denies.
Then the Canucks looked bad when they fired head coach Bruce Boudreau almost two weeks after media reports of his firing.
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