The New Jersey Devils have promoted Kate Madigan to assistant general manager, making her the first woman in franchise history to hold the position. Madigan had been the executive director of hockey management/operations for the Devils for the last two years, after joining as an analyst in 2017. Tom Fitzgerald, Devils’ general manager, released a statement:
Kate has been an incredibly valuable resource to not only me, but to our entire hockey operations leadership staff, particularly over the past three years, as part of key hockey decisions. This promotion is reflective of the duties and responsibilities that Kate has assumed within our organization during that time. Her diligence, work ethic, attention to detail, ability to communicate with all staff, strategy and vision are qualities that I look for in our leadership. We have a fantastic management team in place that is working together, solely focused on the development and success of this young, evolving core group on and off the ice, and Kate will play a role in leading the way. She has an immensely promising future in the industry, and we are glad to be a part of it.
In the release, the team indicates that Madigan will serve in the “small group” that Fitzgerald leans on for input, strategy, and decision-making. That includes roster construction, transactions, hockey personnel decisions, team operations, facilities management, and budget. Madigan will also be part of the team’s management travel party.
She becomes the fifth woman this summer to be elevated to the position of assistant general manager in the NHL, and the sixth all-time.
More patronizing from the politically correct NHL.
While I’m sure she’s qualified for the job, I will admit it’s no coincidence that all of a sudden, over the past year, NHL clubs are hiring and promoting all kinds of women from out of the blue. This is more a PR move than anything. 2-years ago there were almost no women in any front office across the league. Now there are a lot. This is for sure a hush mandate by the league.
And more precisely, this is what the sponsors are pushing for. The relationship between the league and its sponsors in the inverse of what it used to be and should be.
How do you know they’re women? Maybe they’re men. Are you a woman to say who’s a woman and who’s not?
P.s.These transphobic comments are not representative of the whole diverse community which is PHR.
Because it literally says in the article she is the “fifth woman this summer to be elevated”.
Biggot
50% of all humans are female, so having 5 women promoted in one summer could be just a marketing ploy. Or maybe they are all qualified and have been passed over for years and the “old boys club” has finally caught up to the fact that there are qualified candidates for jobs that aren’t old white men. I mean just looking at the stats, or reading the press releaseswhich accompanythe promotions, it is pretty clear it is the latter.
How ’bout middle age white men? ;)
Fact is, womens hockey is very different from mens hockey (e.g. no checking allowed in womens hockey). Having a successful career in womens hockey isn’t comparable to a career in the mens game.