Confirmed with Link: Leafs Hire Jim Hiller as Head Coach

[SprDaVE]

I would still like to bring on Pavelski as an assistant in place of Van Ryn if possible.

Van Ryn handles the defense side of things. Would be weird to see a prolific long time forward take over that part of the bench.

 

[sxvnert]

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DJ smith had to finish the job in a less then 2 yrs.

 

[thewave]

The more I read about him the more i am ok about it.

Would you feel ok with me walking into Parliament and saying. Hey I have been paying taxes for years now and watching the news. Let me run the country. Point being... That works for being mayor of a hamlet up in the sticks, not here. He isn't qualified to run the biggest franchise in hockey and neither is Hiller. Nor was Dubas or Shanahan and Keefe

 

[Maplebeasts]

Is there nothing in between this and Treliving though? Or do we have to keep penduluming to the extremes?

Why exactly do we want any percentage of what Treliving did here?

 

[BertCorbeau]

Has Vegas let Cassidy even talk to other teams yet?

 

[Maplebeasts]

Van Ryn handles the defense side of things. Would be weird to see a prolific long time forward take over that part of the bench.

Ok so then in place of Sullivan would probably make more sense.

 

[Menzinger]

Doesn't sound like 1-3-1 hcokey to me

 

[thewave]

Doesn't sound like 1-3-1 hcokey to me

He is going to let th play the way they want. That's what that means. We are back to stat padding Keefe hockey lol

 

[francis246]

Ya don’t coaches get paid millions now? Total guess but he must be making $2M? A year

At least that on the lower end. Every coach is making a million or two

 

[CtrlAltDel]

Would you feel ok with me walking into Parliament and saying. Hey I have been paying taxes for years now and watching the news. Let me run the country. Point being... That works for being mayor of a hamlet up in the sticks, not here. He isn't qualified to run the biggest franchise in hockey.

 

[SprDaVE]

Has Vegas let Cassidy even talk to other teams yet?

Apparently one team has (or had) permission so far. One is to assume the Leafs were it considering who needs a coach.

 

[francis246]

Van Ryn handles the defense side of things. Would be weird to see a prolific long time forward take over that part of the bench.

DJ Smith!!

Imagine he brings back McFarland and Smith haha that would be hilarious

 

[1specter]

Yes but money played a factor too. Up til Friday Laviolette was looking like he was going to be the next Leaf coach. They got beaten to the punch cause LA offered a better deal.

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Not sure I really buy the Lavi stuff. Hiller was never even mentioned once yet we're supposed to believe these reports? Hiring Lavi also doesn't really check out with what Chayka and co seem to want to be doing philosophically.

 

[1specter]

Siegel asking about Cassidy who cares...

Siegel is definitely a virgin.

 

[thewave]

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You are not qualified to troll. Chayka is hardly qualified to GM. Hiller is a stretch to coach. It's easy to follow.

 

[Hellcat]

Doesn't sound like 1-3-1 hcokey to me

A puck possession game - what is old is new again?

Meet the new boss,
Same as the old boss

 

[Tak7]

One positive from this call, is the feeling that Hiller has an affinity to the Leafs.

Don't we always get that feeling from these introductions lol?

 

[Metroid]

He is going to let th play the way they want. That's what that means. We are back to stat padding Keefe hockey lol

You sure seem to know everything. Whatcha doing on these message boards, it's a waste of your wonderful talents.

 

[thewave]

Siegel is definitely a virgin.

Not only that his mom pesters him about it every Sunday during their phone calls.

 

[thewave]

You sure seem to know everything. Whatcha doing on these message boards, it's a waste of your wonderful talents.

I am dropping it all out for the record and I will shut up and see what Chayka does. If it wins it wins, if it's more bs we lose more life

 

[francis246]

A puck possession game - what is old is new again?

Doesn’t it make you question the chain of events from 2023? That was the style they felt they could have the most success in and they moved away from it and now they are going back

 

[keonsbitterness]

they had it right with Lou and Babs

Lou started the Leafs on the road to trading picks at the deadline (in his case 2nd rounders) for players who did nothing. Then he turned two good Islander playoff runs into absolutely nothing. Giving Pierre Engvall a seven year contract was also quite the master stroke.

Would you feel ok with me walking into Parliament and saying. Hey I have been paying taxes for years now and watching the news. Let me run the country. Point being... That works for being mayor of a hamlet up in the sticks, not here. He isn't qualified to run the biggest franchise in hockey and neither is Hiller. Nor was Dubas or Shanahan and Keefe

I would feel good about you doing that and then watching men in white coats taking you away.

Has Vegas let Cassidy even talk to other teams yet?

Reportedly one team. May have been the Leafs, but we don't know.

 

[sxvnert]

Rather have Woodcroft than this ****** guy.

Woodcroft:

Hiller:

 

[AnomX]

All these off the board moves, I hope that's not what we do with the 1OA pick. Some random that wasn't on anyone's radar 1OA

 

[CapspaceKiller]

Doesn’t it make you question the chain of events from 2023? That was the style they felt they could have the most success in and they moved away from it and now they are going back

Don't let the facts get in the way of a shitty opinion.