TSN: Leafs set to interview Treliving for GM role

[leafan11]

I don't. Usually it is the GM that hires the coach.

True but not in the case of Calgary.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[DarkKnight]

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Kinda funny how hard Strickland is selling Treliving to the Leafs. I wonder if he's nervous Armstrong is about to leave.

 

[usernamezrhardtodo]

For sure. Something Dubas did well to avoid... probably because he had no cap space to compete with other teams to sign these players but he avoided term to any player that wasn't seen as a core player. Sometimes they work out though. I think Coleman was a fine signing at the time for them and still doing well. Hyman with his current contract but with Toronto would have been fine but maybe in a few years it becomes a problem.

Mrazek and Ritchie were 2 terrible signings but the term made it possible to dump them quickly.

I actually think Hyman would have a been a risk free signing in the sense that he will most likely end up on LTIR for the last few years of his deal. He gets injured almost yearly now with those knees of his.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

So does an interview automatically make him the strongest/most likely candidate for the job?

Would easily be our worst contract.

why? No one said that when he was good and won a cup.

 

[TheDoldrums]

So does an interview automatically make him the strongest/most likely candidate for the job?


why? No one said that when he was good and won a cup.

When he won the Cup he was making $4.5M on a short term deal. Now he's making $7M for the next 6 years and turns 33 before the season starts.

 

[Apex Predator]

Kinda funny how hard Strickland is selling Treliving to the Leafs. I wonder if he's nervous Armstrong is about to leave.

I hope your right!!

 

[Confucius]

Let’s get to the real question on our minds, Will leaf fans get deals at Boston Pizza?

 

[keonsbitterness]

Let’s get to the real question on our minds, Will leaf fans get deals at Boston Pizza?

I hope not.

 

[RoadWarrior]

My biggest concern with BT is that he hired Sutter and his drafting does not look great.

He drafted some decent players outside the first round such as Adam Fox and he picked Matthew Tkachuk in the first round. His drafting is ok. Not the greatest ever but average at least. Dubas wasn’t nearly as good at the draft table as some would think. Outside Matthews the 2016 and 2017 drafts were really bad. More recently the 2020 draft is looking really thin as well with Niemela the most promising prospect.

 

[yubbers]

People were delighted to get rid of Dubas, there isn’t better available.

He got rid of himself.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

When he won the Cup he was making $4.5M on a short term deal. Now he's making $7M for the next 6 years and turns 33 before the season starts.

Yeah. So all we do is cheer for contracts?

 

[mikeyz]

Watching this ECF series, the more minutes that go by the more convinced I am that we cannot run this back again if they want any sort of playoff success next year.

 

[NinjaKick]

Calgary is a mess and in cap hell

hard pass from me

 

[34]

This guy is a complete loser. If he lands in Toronto the team is finished.

 

[ShaneFalco]

People were delighted to get rid of Dubas, there isn’t better available.

Better? What has Dubas accomplished?

 

[Smif]

Watching this ECF series, the more minutes that go by the more convinced I am that we cannot run this back again if they want any sort of playoff success next year.

I actually feel the exact opposite. Florida is just a hot team right now, they got swept by Tampa last year. We do need to get rid of the fluff like Kerfoot, Jarnkrok, and Kampf, any bottom 6 needs to add a griity element but the top 4 can remain and the team can still become tough and gritty with them here.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Better? What has Dubas accomplished?

I don’t get that thinking either. Unless 1 series win while he was in charge is considered the absolute best result possible, why fear change?

 

[mikeyz]

I actually feel the exact opposite. Florida is just a hot team right now, they got swept by Tampa last year. We do need to get rid of the fluff like Kerfoot, Jarnkrok, and Kampf, any bottom 6 needs to add a griity element but the top 4 can remain and the team can still become tough and gritty with them here.

Lol. Ohhh come on man.

 

[Jmo89]

Dubas had to go, especially after this shenanigans. After reading what both the pro and cons are Treliving, he seems like a very average choice.

If that's the best of the bunch they should just have Shanny take over for a year and work with Pridham until someone better pops up.

 

[Wrong Wilson]

Maybe they'll give Treliving a short "show me" contract.

 

[CgyFlamesftw]

Flames fan here. Insiders on flames board CP called it about month ago saying treliving most likely going to leafs as someone in here earlier said the tannebaums and trelivings are close. So this has been in the works for a bit.

 

[Lightsol]

I don’t get that thinking either. Unless 1 series win while he was in charge is considered the absolute best result possible, why fear change?

Because change isn't automatically better, and it's easy to go from "lose in first round" to "miss the playoffs entirely"...

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Because change isn't automatically better, and it's easy to go from "lose in first round" to "miss the playoffs entirely"...

Of course it doesn’t mean automatically better. Who said it did?
It could turn into a worse shot show than it’s been the last 5 years. I personally was not satisfied with our playoff results under previous management so I don’t dread change.