TSN: Leafs set to interview Treliving for GM role

[SprDaVE]

Why does everyone care it going to be Treliving? Last weeks events confirmed that it’s Shanny really running the show, so who really cares which puppet they pick?

The President of Hockey Operations is running the show? That's pretty much his job.

 

[Hellcat]

Holy crap that 2016 years Fox and Tkachuk. Norris winner and possibly this years Conn Smythe.

Interesting or maybe its not, under Treliving, star players (future star players) did not want to stay in Calgary. Was it the work environment or was it the city?

 

[francis246]

Wolf is as proven as Woll. I'll give you Andersson, but lindholm is a 2C on a contender.

Treliving had 8-9 years and he built a mediocre team with a mediocre future.

He's not a good GM.

If the Flames are mediocre then the leafs are in the dog shit category because Brad and the flames has more second round appearances than the Leafs. Flames have had good teams but just awful coaching. The more info that has come out it seems like the one area Brad was not allowed to make decisions was coaching. I still love the Tkachuk trade for the Flames. They got good value, coach style affected performance of Huberdeau.

 

[The Masters]

You think it takes over a month to interview candidates? 5 candidates in 3 weeks? That's insane.

Not really. It's a GM job. That's a normal timeline. They just started this week .. June 15 is not over a month, its 3 weeks yesterday. Once they find their guy, they gotta line up a contract, that can take a week in itself.. its not just interviews.

 

[3blizzard4]

When will news come out that the job in Dallas has taken a toll on Jim Nill's family and he will accept the GM job in Toronto next week?

 

[francis246]

Interesting or maybe its not, under Treliving, star players (future star players) did not want to stay in Calgary. Was it the work environment or was it the city?

100% city. Fox wanted to play in New York. Tkachuk anted to stay in Calgary long term. But he was asking for too much on an 8 year deal. Brad being a good GM told him they can’t do that because they won’t have the money to pay others and they couldn’t put a competitive team around him. (Tkachuk confirms this on his most recent appearance on spitting chicklets). Isn’t that what we want enforced here for our team?

 

[SprDaVE]

Not really. It's a GM job. That's a normal timeline. They just started this week .. June 15 is not over a month, its 3 weeks yesterday. Once they find their guy, they gotta line up a contract, that can take a week in itself.. its not just interviews.

The normal timeline lines up with teams looking at filing the GM spot before the big off-season starts. Most teams want this done by early June for a reason. June 15 is far too close to the draft and July 1st.

It really doesn't take long to do interviews. It just depends how extensive you make it. Time is against the Leafs.

 

[Squiffy]

When will news come out that the job in Dallas has taken a toll on Jim Nill's family and he will accept the GM job in Toronto next week?

If there's any truth to Nill being a candidate we're clearly waiting out Dallas' exit from the playoffs plus a few days winding up the season with exits and the like right?

 

[Hellcat]

You think it takes over a month to interview candidates? 5 candidates in 3 weeks? That's insane.

I just conducted a round of interviews, 20 people in 5 days, hired 3 of them, three weeks is a bit insane. My first question is do you or do you not want the job? I'm sure there are life things that come up that maybe might prevent you from coming in on a specific date but do you want to be the GM of the richest hockey franchise in the world, with super deep pockets or do you want to remain unemployed?

Hell if I was getting brain surgery on Monday and was asked do you want to interview for the GM of the Leafs, I'd be there on Tuesday with a big freaking bandage on my head. I had a pretty serious surgery a few years ago, was put under for a couple of hours, because of the anesthesia they told me if you want to leave you have to walk unassisted, I walked right past the nurses station 200ft away from my room to make a point, motivation is a wonderful thing, if you really want it, you'll do what you need to do to get it.

 

[The Masters]

The normal timeline lines up with teams looking at filing the GM spot before the big off-season starts. Most teams want this done by early June for a reason. June 15 is far too close to the draft and July 1st.

It really doesn't take long to do interviews. It just depends how extensive you make it. Time is against the Leafs.

But each situation is different. Early June is a deadline for teams who dont make the playoffs and fire their GM right away. Leafs just started it this week. 3 weeks is already a quick timeline to interview, gather info, maybe a round 2, decide then contract. That's not going to happen by next week. Unless of course it is Tre and they interview one guy and thats it. It's already been reported that's not the case. You are also dealing with a board for approval. It's not private ownership.

 

[TheDoldrums]

I really hope its not Treliving. If nothing else then it would demonstrate we don't have leaks. If its him we look so predictable.

 

[Hellcat]

The normal timeline lines up with teams looking at filing the GM spot before the big off-season starts. Most teams want this done by early June for a reason. June 15 is far too close to the draft and July 1st.

It really doesn't take long to do interviews. It just depends how extensive you make it. Time is against the Leafs.

I heard that Calgary gave Treliving the permission to speak to other teams on the condition, he does not participate in the Draft this year, Calgary is worried he will use his knowledge of Calgary plans to help his new team. What info would Treliving have that the worlds largest scouting network for a pro hockey team would not have? Like Treliving is going to walk in day 1 and say hey Shanny how about this guy at #25, and the chance that Shanny's response is.. OMGZ .... HOLY CRAP WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT GUY!!!!!!!! DRAFT HIM!!!!! ... is 0.00000000000000001%

 

[Squiffy]

But each situation is different. Early June is a deadline for teams who dont make the playoffs and fire their GM right away. Leafs just started it this week. 3 weeks is already a quick timeline to interview, gather info, maybe a round 2, decide then contract. That's not going to happen by next week. Unless of course it is Tre and they interview one guy and thats it. It's already been reported that's not the case. You are also dealing with a board for approval. It's not private ownership.

Frankly I wouldn't be shocked if it took until July. I hope not, but it's not a far reach.

 

[Hellcat]

I really hope its not Treliving. If nothing else then it would demonstrate we don't have leaks. If its him we look so predictable.

How do you feel about Bergevin or Benning both of their names have been bounced about... ... if either one was hired I'd probably vomit

 

[hockeywiz542]

Dreger shares latest around the Leafs' GM search, other candidates outside of Treliving and more - TSN.ca

TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger joins us to chat about the latest around the Maple Leafs' GM search, if there are other candidates outside of Brad Treliving, how much longer it will take, the drama around Dubas and Matthews being represented with the same agency, the future of Keefe and more.

 

[Warden of the North]

Johnston says the Leafs list has grown in the past couple days. He has not reported any new names though. They are keeping it quiet.

 

[SprDaVE]

But each situation is different. Early June is a deadline for teams who dont make the playoffs and fire their GM right away. Leafs just started it this week. 3 weeks is already a quick timeline to interview, gather info, maybe a round 2, decide then contract. That's not going to happen by next week. Unless of course it is Tre and they interview one guy and thats it. It's already been reported that's not the case. You are also dealing with a board for approval. It's not private ownership.

Frankly I wouldn't be shocked if it took until July. I hope not, but it's not a far reach.

It is a fast turn around because it has to be. It's important to get the guy in place and get the ball rolling. Only reason they should extend it further is because there isn't someone they like. Their list is small and they've talked to most if not all of them by now.

Johnston already said it should be concluded by next week. I'll take his word for it. We'll see how it shapes up.

 

[The Masters]

It is a fast turn around because it has to be. It's important to get the guy in place and get the ball rolling. Only reason they should extend it further is because there isn't someone they like. Their list is small and they've talked to most if not all of them by now.

Johnston already said it should be concluded by next week. I'll take his word for it. We'll see how it shapes up.

The fast turn is doing it in 3 weeks though. I just layed out how it would work if they had 5 candidates to decide on which is the case. Johnston already saying list has grown. This won't be announced next week nor it should be if we want an intelligent search completed. It's only announced next week if its Tre

 

[CincoHolio]

The thing with Treliving is...he's coming from Calgary, man. I think a lot of his moves/signings need to be taken with that context in mind. Again, it's Calgary. It's not at all a desirable place to play. Fandom is great but beyond that, not a lot of selling points to work with and they need to sign some kind of bodies, so. And by all accounts, the owner was the one pushing Sutter on the team so there's that too.

Now, if you're looking at his track record from his time there, comparably speaking, I think he did pretty well all things considered. Too many circumstances working against his favour to be successful and yet they still iced a fairly competitive team in the west for a few years.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Johnston says the Leafs list has grown in the past couple days. He has not reported any new names though. They are keeping it quiet.

As it should be. I think their deadline will be around end of this month or early June.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

The fast turn is doing it in 3 weeks though. I just layed out how it would work if they had 5 candidates to decide on which is the case. Johnston already saying list has grown. This won't be announced next week nor it should be if we want an intelligent search completed. It's only announced next week if its Tre

I think the work process will be expedited because of the interviews. Shanny might have come in with no clue how to approach this off-season, has gotten enough views from candidates to realize the fundamental issues that might have been alluding us.

It’s still imperative to get the hiring completed but if he’s smart he might have gotten the answers he didn’t want hear from within, from outside. Outside as in other Execs not hfboards ofc

 

[nuck]

Frankly I wouldn't be shocked if it took until July. I hope not, but it's not a far reach.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was done next week. Other people have schedules too and unless the club was desperate to pull a name right now they won't condense things. If you have 2 weeks you can take 2 weeks. It isn't like they have to allow time to chase ancient references around. I am betting maybe 3 external names and possibly the lead internal candidate. It could take longer I guess but I think that could unnecessarily cut into the GM's pre FA deadline activity.

If you are interviewing someone for a senior management role like this its only fair to allow sufficient time for them to study your organization enough to give you a realistic plan for success since they probably didn't give a hoot about the Leafs before the KD exit announcement. I would want to look at everything they did since Lou came on board and be prepared to comment on why it did or didn't work.

It only seems like it isn't progressing because Tree is the only name we heard.

 

[Trapper]

I think the work process will be expedited because of the interviews. Shanny might have come in with no clue how to approach this off-season, has gotten enough views from candidates to realize the fundamental issues that might have been alluding us.

It’s still imperative to get the hiring completed but if he’s smart he might have gotten the answers he didn’t want hear from within, from outside. Outside as in other Execs not hfboards ofc

Someone really needs to be careful coming in here to GM.
It’s not easy to get the plot walking in at the middle of the movie and this new GM could/would be known as the guy who let core member X, walk for nothing.
I think anyone with high experience (or a comfortable role already in an organization) is going to steer clear for now.

Imagine if Treliving comes in here and Matthews/Nylander leave UFA.

 

[leafan11]

The President of Hockey Operations is running the show? That's pretty much his job.

If Shanny has final say then your statement isn’t correct.

 

[SprDaVE]

If Shanny has final say then your statement isn’t correct.

You don't think Cam Neely in Boston is involved and probably has a lot to say?