Who would you like as the next GM?

[ACC1224]

I'm a big believer that fans aren't really in a position to judge who would be the best man for the job.

 

[nuck]

My thoughts exactly. It seems like a lateral move to me, but he's being hyped up big time. Maybe I'm missing something?

Tulsky comes from a culture that doesn't hand out big deals. I don't think he is the author of that but I think he would bring that with him. Maybe be better at fixing the cap mess. Carolina also has one of the lower scouting budgets in the league so it seems like he could produce further benefit with the increase in resources. I like him for this mostly.

Also the Leafs team is hardly analytics based. A fan could build this roster with NHL.com stats so if he is hard on analytics he isn't a Dubas clone. But his youth might work against him if the Board fixates on KD. Shanny has 2 years on his deal to work some magic so he will be looking for someone who can tell him "this is how I can improve your club today." If Tulsky can't convince him he is able to resign AM as well as any other candidate he won't get a whiff.

 

[therealkoho]

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Dreger mentions Treliving, Bowman and Quennville (as a coach)

That Dreger guy is so super smart, he's like a modern day Sherlock Holmes!

I want a GM who can get the cap under control, get the players under control and if the players don't want those changes than hopefully they get what they want somewhere else.

 

[BallardEra]

 

[Buds17]

I'm a big believer that fans aren't really in a position to judge who would be the best man for the job.

It's at least a better idea to make judgements while the person is actually conducting business in the role. Otherwise, it has the potential to be the equivalent of immediately analyzing a trade that's likely to include long-term ramifications (fun to do, but probably ill-advised).

 

[TMLAM34]

If it’s Treliving we go with, hopefully we keep Pridham as an assistant. I think the two working together can do some good things.

 

[TMLAM34]

I was just looking at the trades Treliving has done throughout his career, not nearly as bad as I thought. I’m honestly warming up to this idea but like I said above, hopefully if it is Treliving we go with that Pridham stays as an assistant.

 

[hockeywiz542]

SIMMONS: Maple Leafs' Brendan Shanahan should pay attention to Florida Panthers success

The Florida Panthers management has turned the team around while the Maple Leafs seem stuck in the mud.

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Should the Maple Leafs go on and win a Stanley Cup — or maybe more than one — Kyle Dubas will understand what it is to be Dale Tallon.

More than Dubas was with the Maple Leafs, Tallon was the chief architect of three Stanley Cup championship teams with the Chicago Blackhawks. He just wasn’t around with the club to celebrate any of them, to take part in the parades when they won three Cups in a five-year span, ending in 2015.

Tallon was first the director of player personnel when the Blackhawks drafted Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook, goalie Corey Crawford and forward/defenceman Dustin Byfuglien — all huge elements of their semi-dynasty years.

He was general manager when the Hawks hired Joel Quenneville to coach, when Chicago drafted future Hall of Famers Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, and when the club added championship parts like Marian Hossa, Nick Hjarmalsson, Patrick Sharp, Kris Versteeg and Dave Bolland.
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In fact, just about every player on the first of three title teams in Chicago was acquired in one way or another by Tallon. He just didn’t get the chance to be part of what should have been a life-changing experience for any hockey executive.

Tallon was pushed out by the Blackhawks for a variety of reasons and landed on his feet with the Florida Panthers. Why does any of this matter today? Because Dale Tallon is once again a factor in the Stanley Cup playoffs, even if he has nothing to do with the Panthers anymore.

As GM in Florida, Tallon drafted Sasha Barkov and Aaron Ekblad, he signed Sergei Bobrovsky to a long, large contract as a free agent. In between all that, he drafted Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Vincent Trocheck, Anton Lundell, Lawson Crouse and Samuel Montembeault. He built the team that mostly won the President’s Trophy a year ago after he had been pushed out as general manager.

This is where the Maple Leafs and president Brendan Shanahan need to be paying attention: When the Panthers went looking for a GM to replace Tallon, they hired Bill Zito from the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he had previously worked in the front office. It wasn’t exactly big news at the time.

Zito was best known for being a player-agent. Among the many he represented were Boston goaltenders Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask. He hadn’t worked as a GM, except in the American Hockey League, where he ran Columbus’ minor-league club.

The Panthers didn’t have to outbid anybody to hire Zito. His signing was barely news around the hockey world.

And here are his Panthers, on their way to the Stanley Cup final for the second time in their history, only making the playoffs because Pittsburgh couldn’t beat Chicago on the season’s final days. This season, not unlike the first championship run of the Los Angeles Kings, is once again proof that making the playoffs is what matters most from an NHL regular season. It’s how you perform once you’re in that eventually matters the most.

 

[Rare Jewel]

ffs...

 

[ACC1224]

It's at least a better idea to make judgements while the person is actually conducting business in the role. Otherwise, it has the potential to be the equivalent of immediately analyzing a trade that's likely to include long-term ramifications (fun to do, but probably ill-advised).

Sure as long as you have all the information. There is so much that goes on that fans aren't privy to.

 

[Buds17]

ffs...

Perhaps only if the organization has morphed into an "open book" from the previous "cone of silence"?

I'm not sure?

 

[thewave]

Guy from BC going to run our team, we're done. May as well drink Kokanee now. I'm going Brian Wilson, bye.

 

[Rude Dog]

 

[The Masters]

ffs...

That's a St Louis reporter lol wants us to go with him to we stay away from Doug

 

[Petrus]

Maybe the solution is co-GMs with Treliving -+ Tuskly/Pridham.

 

[TheRumble]

I'm low on Treliving as well.

But he hasn't been so awful in Calgary that he doesn't at least deserve the benefit of the doubt.

I'm better than most of the Dubas doomers on this forum in that I'll give him that. So lets welcome Brad Treliving to the Leafs I guess....

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

I really like Tree. Think he’s be a good hire

 

[Rare Jewel]

That's a St Louis reporter lol wants us to go with him to we stay away from Doug

I'm not really that keen on Armstrong either TBH.

 

[Mitch nylander]

This is disgusting

 

[Squiffy]

Tallon is an interesting thought no?

 

[ULF_55]

Please put Campbell in net!

 

[hockeywiz542]

Lining Up Dubas’ Replacement | Real Kyper & Bourne - May 24

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Real Kyper & Bourne

Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne discuss the latest news and notes surrounding the Toronto Maple Leafs.

 

[GardinerTheForward]

Not Brad f***ing Trevling. f***

 

[thinkblue]

 

[The Masters]