Evan Gold's decade long run with the Boston Bruins looks finished, and his next stop could be a significant one.
Gold served as Assistant General Manager in Boston while also running the AHL's Providence Bruins, a dual role that built his reputation league wide.
He holds both a law degree and an MBA, a background that's made him one of the sharper voices in cap strategy and contract talks around the NHL.
According to Jeff Marek, Gold has stepped away from the Bruins organization entirely to pursue other opportunities.
Nothing is finalized, but Marek believes Gold is ultimately headed to the New York Islanders among other suitors.
NHL Rumour Report posted Marek's full report straight from the source, laying out exactly where things stand right now.
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Gold already reached the finalist stage in GM searches with the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs over the past year, without landing either job.
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New York hired Peter DeBoer as head coach back on April 5, pairing him with GM Mathieu Darche as the franchise resets.
The Islanders finished 43-34-5 with a minus-8 differential and a brutal 3-7-0 stretch over their final 10 games.
Boston, meanwhile, closed the year 45-27-10 for 100 points and a plus-22 differential, numbers that make Gold's exit sting a bit more given his fingerprints on that roster.
Hiring an executive who's never run his own department is a bit like handing a co-pilot the controls for the first time.
The instincts are there, the résumé backs it up, but nobody really knows until the plane's in the air.
Gold never played or coached a single game in the NHL, and front offices around the league clearly don't care.
The real question now is which team convinces him to stop being a finalist and start being the guy.
Would Evan Gold be a better hire as an NHL general manager than most current ones?
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