"We're in the final details on it," said Sea Dogs president and general manager Trevor Georgie following the conclusion of this weekend's QMJHL Entry Draft. "I would say we're working out the final details. I hope in the next two weeks, by the end of the month, certainly, that we'll work it out. We're in the final details and just trying to work through it."
A first reported by Mikaël Lalancette, Jim Hulton is expected to be Saint John's next head coach. Hulton recently left his position as head coach and general manager of the Charlottetown Islanders where he won two QMJHL coach of the year awards.
It's believed Hulton's contract situation with the Islanders has been holding up the process. He was not at this weekend's draft.
As first reported by Eastlink on Friday (and now being reported by Lalancette as well), Guy Girouard, Charlottetown's assistant general manager and associate coach, is expected to join Hulton behind the Saint John bench. He's been with Hulton and the Islanders since the 2016-17 season.
Both Hulton and Girouard remain listed on Charlottetown's website. Scott Harris, the Islanders' executive senior advisor, led the team through this weekend's draft. He was called the team's "acting general manager."
Hulton will take over for Brian Casey, who coached Saint John for the final few weeks of the season following the departure of Travis Crickard.
Saint John's head coaching position had plenty of interest, according to Georgie.
"I'll say we had, like, 75 people. We had some really impressive candidates as we brought it down. We probably could have made five really good choices but we're in the final part."
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