On some teams the GM has near-total autonomy on the sports side while those higher up handle business matters. On some there is a collaboration. Then there are those where ownership meddles constantly to the detriment of the team.
The upshot for the Leads points to colloborattion. We're splitting hairs beyond it asking who what and when.
Tanenbaum is a figurehead. As if we are in some unique situation, at a crossroads unparalleled, the likes of which has never been seen. Bud, it is ok. We're a very good team, loaded with talent, unrealized in playoffs so far, we are as well off as we have been in 30 year. Lets get those fresh eyes in, my vote change the coach too, and lets go. Matthews you sign, no question, beyond that, lets see. The situation for the next gm is good. Like god damn, there's player contracts to do? Oh f***, the horror. It'll happen. Nobody except the Islander losing JT ever gets fully hosed in these situations, just never. It doesn't happen.
Should go well.
That structure is totally normal. The problem is, many of the experienced GM's in the league have both titles and won't want to come here for a GM only title in addition to having to run everything by Shanahan.
I guess you forgot about what Calgary just went through with their two biggest stars last summer.
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Sure, of course. On some teams, (usually very established) GMs get to be President too.
My feeling is that Armstrong would be the most likely to trade Marner. Guy is a bit on the side of an all in gambler. I doubt Shanny goes in that direction given the difficulty of his existing contract. Seems more trouble than it's worth.
Because most of the fans here are stupid and short sighted. They demand perfection from GMs and assume the one they hate did everything wrong and the ones that won a Cup or went on a deep run did everything right. Most GMs have a bad signing, trade, draft pick they regret but the good ones are able to counteract that with good ones.
He is a self serving, scheming, machavellian, egotistical fraud...NHL, NHLPA to discuss salary cap, future of Arizona Coyotes this week
The NHLPA and NHL will meet this week to open discussions on a variety of issues that include the possibility of increasing the salary cap beyond the prescribed $1 million, Slap Shots has learned. …
And so the Maple Leafs are left scrambling and will hire a more conventional general manager unless Shanahan is willing to entrust whatever is left of his tenure at the top of an organization to an untested candidate who has the same priorities as Dubas.
He will hire a general manager who presumably will dismiss head coach Sheldon Keefe.
Intelligence suggests that Brad Treliving, late of the Flames, is emerging as a prime candidate following Calgary ownership’s reversal in allowing their former GM to seek employment before his contract expires June 30 after initially barring him from doing so. Marc Bergevin?
Oh, come on, does he sound like a Shanahan person to anyone?
Dubas said last Monday that he would either return as Leafs GM or step away from the league for a time.
It is impossible to know whether that was a sincere and heartfelt expression of emotion or simply the opening lines of a script.
That’s probably too harsh.
Still, representation of family concerns morphed quickly into a reach for a higher payday.
Business was personal. Isn’t it always?
Maybe having Treliving and Pridham working together isn’t such a bad thing. A point of view from someone who has been outside the organization could be valuable. No emotional attachment to the core but can agree to work in tandem with Shanahan and Pridham.
Craig’s still going to openly cheer for our opponent. Don’t go thinking this changes anything…
And you know me...wall of replies is kinda my thing...lol
Yes, he was a candidate for Calgary, that was out there amongst others. Pridham is a hot commodity.
