Kyle Dubas' hiring as the Toronto Maple Leafs' assistant general manager and unabashed analytics advocate was anything but quiet.
The Leafs were going to embrace a new direction and they didn't care who knew. Their new, fresh, young asset paraded from radio interview to television spot to media scrum to discuss his philosophy.
And while the announcement was loud and clear, there was doubt as to how big a role the young man would play in the team's direction beyond tinting it analytics.
The organization, including its then-general manager Dave Nonis and president Brendan Shanahan stressed that their new protege was more than just a "stats guy.