Vancouver Giants Executive Vice-President and General Manager Scott Bonner is pleased to announce the hiring of Todd Ripplinger as the club’s new Director of Player Development. No stranger to the WHL, Ripplinger joins the Giants scouting staff following 14 years as a member of the Regina Pats, the last 13 as the club’s Director of Scouting.
“We are extremely excited to have Todd join our hockey department and believe that his knowledge and experience will really help our staff,” said Bonner. “ Todd’s track record of finding players such as Jordan Eberle, Colten Teubert, and Jordan Weal speaks for itself.”
Todd joins his brother Jason as a member of the Giants scouting staff. Jason is the Director of Player Personnel and has been with the organization since day 1.
Vancouver Giants training camp begins August 25 at the Ladner Leisure Centre.
6 comments:
Ripper just got closer to a Memorial Cup ring!!
The Giants just got further from a ring.
Todd got screwed by the Pats. He brought in good players and then Parker got rid of them before they could become impact guys here. If he were the GM instead of Parker and now his red-headed yes boy, the Pats wouldn't be in the shape they are.
BP
Todd never got screwed by the Pats at all, any other team would have severed ties with him years ago and it was only the blind loyalty that Parker has that has kept Todd employed longer than he should have been.
Getting rid of Ripper was the worst thing the Pats could have done.
Finding Eberle in the 7th round (2nd Pat pick in the 7th rnd) is pure outhouse luck. Ditto for Weal in the 4th. Anybody can make a great pick with the 1st overall pick. He never found any depth or size. Consecutive 2006 and 07 1st round picks (Brett Miller and Dominick Favreau)were complete busts, not just here but everywhere they went. The 2008 pick in Bell is still up in the air. When you get nothing with two or three 1st round picks, your team is going to struggle. Parker is the only reason he kept his job as long as he did. 13 years and he did very little. We had many great coaches in that period so please don't blame coaching. He didn't get the job done. This move is long overdue.
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