Forget the big biceps, the abundant hair and the glitzy suit; Kent Hughes’ appearance is nothing like that of his predecessor. He showed up at his first press conference as GM of the Canadiens on Wednesday, wearing a simple dark blue suit with a CH pin in his lapel. Hughes is not Mr. Muscles and he no longer has a single hair on his head.
In terms of image, the contrast with Marc Bergevin could not be more striking.
But it’s the way of doing things and how he intends to lead the Canadian that interests us the most in the new GM, and it is at this level that it is worth exploring how he stands out or not. of Bergevin.
A new direction
It’s funny to see how, from one language to another, words that are not synonyms end up designating the same thing. In English, for example, one could say of Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes that they now form the upper management of the Canadiens. “Management” as in management.
While in French, it looks like they form the “upper management” of the team, which is not quite the same thing.
In due time, the two men will indeed manage the team, and they will manage people. But what came out of Hughes’ first words is that he wants to give direction to the team first.
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