TSN: Brendan Shanahan named President of Toronto Maple Leafs

[Pi]

We could start sucking more by signing Bolland at 5x7 and defenders like Orpik at 5x7.

If either of that happens. I seriously quit for 7 years

I am not wasting my time on a lost cause. I don't expect changes to come swiftly but I want to see some progression towards a goal.

Right now...Leafs are a revolving door of mediocrity. I can only hope we find some way to get out of it.

 

[Bluejaysfan*]

Heard this once again on Leafs Lunch.
So the guy that actually initiated one of the worst signings in the history of the club, or even the league, is the guy that everybody is looking at to clean up the mess.
Only in Leafland.

If you're going to blame him for Clarkson you have to give him full credit for Bernier then. He is the one that told Nonis to acquire him. Without TL we have Reimer instead and his poor rebound control.

 

[Jer416]

So is he under TL and the boss of DN?

 

[Schennanigans]

So is he under TL and the boss of DN?

Yeah. In charge of all hockey related operations.

 

[kesleaf]

Hopefully Nonis is just like Sherman is in Colorado. Sakic and Roy calls the shots but Sherman does the paperwork.

I can picture Shanny sitting on top of Nonis twisting his nipples forcing him to make a trade like a fat kid giving up his lunch money.

dude...just imagined that in my mind

 

[Pyromaniac3]

If either of that happens. I seriously quit for 7 years

I am not wasting my time on a lost cause. I don't expect changes to come swiftly but I want to see some progression towards a goal.

Right now...Leafs are a revolving door of mediocrity. I can only hope we find some way to get out of it.

I will quit if we sign more of these "heart and soul" guys with million dollar intangibles until we start rebuilding.

 

[Atomos2]

Meh, whatever. Guess we'll find out if it makes a difference

 

[diceman934]

A well respected player and a person who knows every GM in the league... Who also understands what leadership is all about and people on here are stating that he knows nothing... Besides knowing every player in the NHL I guess he knows nothing. He will work with Nonis and then take over. I'm pleased.

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

So you liked the Burke hiring and it turned out bad.

You don't like the Shanny hire so maybe that is boding that it might turn out good.

Lol, here's hoping his tenure ends up a bit more successful than Brian's. Won't take much to better Burke's tenure in TO

 

[Stephen]

Fire Loiselle and Poulin who are in charge of personnel and the cap and put Nonis in their role. Shanahan becomes the GM and does a full edit on the Burke Nonis regime.

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

Lol, here's hoping his tenure ends up a bit more successful than Brian's. Won't take much to better Burke's tenure in TO

Tell me about it

Burke couldn't even get past the first step. Tear the whole team from the top to the bottom.

Instead, Burke thought it would be nice to try and ice a competitive team by overpaying mediocre players and trading draft picks away

 

[calcal798]

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new era for the Toronto Maple Leafs and not just a two year change that results in another subsequent firing

 

[cup67]

shanahan just quit, watching the leafs vs the panthers

 

[Turnbull Scores 5]

all this is simply theater, hire someone anyone who can finally teach this team to exit their own end in a reasonable manner and they make the playoffs year after year, its as simple as that, stop chasing the puck!

 

[New Liskeard]

Lol, here's hoping his tenure ends up a bit more successful than Brian's. Won't take much to better Burke's tenure in TO

Biggest mistake MLSE made was firing Burke. Would love to see another GM acquire the same calibre of players in the time Burke did for the Leafs.

 

[Jer416]

Yeah. In charge of all hockey related operations.

So Nonis isn't technically fired, but won't make the moves anymore... I don't get why our GM and President of hockey ops aren't the same guy.

 

[Ari91]

It's actually happening? I believed that TL was pursuing though I cautioned on the side of not expecting it to happen.

Not like TL is messing with a good thing here so bring on the change.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Biggest mistake MLSE made was firing Burke. Would love to see another GM acquire the same calibre of players in the time Burke did for the Leafs.

Yet, he is responsible for keeping a bad coach Wilson for too long and hiring an even worse coach, Carlyle.

 

[LyGuy]

I may have missed this, but was there a former President of the Maple Leafs? Or was this spot just...vacant for the taking?

 

[hockeyes]

It's a start.

 

[BSensFan72]

I'm going with Messier for coach

 

[DueDiligence]

The Leafs have more people in management than they have players! What a joke!

 

[Amadeus]

Aaron Ward with some insight on who Brendan Shanahan will try to bring over.

Kris Draper - Special Assistant to GM Holland.
Marty Lapointe - Player Development for Montreal.
Peter DeBoer - Said Shanny is a fan of his coaching.

 

[htpwn]

I may have missed this, but was there a former President of the Maple Leafs? Or was this spot just...vacant for the taking?

Burke used to be the President and GM.

I don't know if anyone filled in the President's role after he was fired.

 

[Stephen]

Aaron Ward with some insight on who Brendan Shanahan will try to bring over.

Kris Draper - Special Assistant to GM Holland.
Marty Lapointe - Player Development for Montreal.
Peter DeBoer - Said Shanny is a fan of his coaching.

If you can transplant a chunk of Detroit's front office and try to seed a winning organization, I say that's a good idea.