In May 2013, Patrick Roy had just finished a round of golf with Joe Sakic and Josh Kroenke at The Bear's Club in Jupiter, Florida.
After a lunch of turkey burgers and fries, the three men had agreed on charting the new course of the future of the Colorado Avalanche. Sakic would be the team's executive vice president of hockey operations, Kroenke would be the team president and governor and Roy would be the new head coach.
But like Lieutenant Columbo from the old TV series, Roy had "one more thing" he wanted to run by Sakic and Kroenke. He had experience as a team owner and general manager with the major junior Quebec Remparts, Roy reminded them, so what if he had a say in the team's front-office decisions as well? After all, it might be of help to the two other men, who had no previous experience in the jobs they were about to take on.
Sakic and Kroenke hadn't yet gotten Roy's signature on a piece of paper, so it didn't take a genius to infer the deal might still fall through if Roy didn't get some say in personnel matters. Thus, they gave him the add-on title of vice president of hockey operations. ...
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Article written by Adrian Dater