The Arizona Coyotes made a clear philosophical pivot on April 10 when they fired Don Maloney, who had been the team's general manager since 2007.
But the real shake-up came a few weeks later, when Arizona unveiled a reconfigured front office built in part around John Chayka, the 26-year-old analytics whiz who graduated from the honors business administration program at Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, two years ago.
Chayka is 13 years younger than the Coyotes' captain, Shane Doan.
It was a bold move. But the youngest GM in NHL history isn't concerned about skeptics.