On where things sit with the Toronto Maple Leafs and their front office
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman, on the Toronto Maple Leafs and where their GM/front office search sits. The timing doesn’t seem right for Doug Armstrong to affix the Maple Leafs. Sunny Mehta is one name to keep watch over.
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“Okay, so let’s just type of reset where we’re within the Toronto search immediately. Initially, no asked for permission. Yet, they’ve not asked anybody for permission to refer to anybody under contract with one other team.
After the change on the GM spot, Keith Pelley held a zoom call with the members of the hockey operations department, and just from talking to a couple of people after it was over and within the last couple of days, it’s pretty clear that they predict major change.
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You’ll keep in mind that Brendan Shanahan got here in in 2014, he watched for a yr, after which he made changes after the ’14-15 season. Now I asked like, did Pelly say anything specifically about change in there? And it wasn’t a lot the word Ron, it’s about how he talked. And , considered one of the things he type of mentioned was, ‘we’re going to use our resources to the fullest capability we will.’
They usually were type of left with the impression that he felt that they hadn’t been doing that. And in order that’s why I believe a variety of individuals are expecting that there’s going to be much more changes than the one we already saw. And so we’ll see how that plays out to the top and after the season.
Now about, I mean, there have been a ton of names thrown out this week. I used to be just as guilty as anyone else. Just just a little bit more harder stuff that we will type of tell.
You recognize, Doug Armstrong’s name, and I discussed Doug Armstrong. It just doesn’t look like the timing is true for the Blues and the Maple Leafs for Doug Armstrong. So , anything can change, and I reserve the fitting that I might be incorrect now and or, after which, immediately after which incorrect later. Nevertheless it just doesn’t look like the timing is true for Doug Armstrong and the Maple Leafs.
But one name I do think goes to be a part of Toronto’s search, and he’s been type of discussed this week, is Sunny Mehta, the Assistant General Manager, considered one of the assistant general managers of the Florida Panthers. I do think he’s going to be an element.”
MacLean: “You probably did mention on the podcast with Kyle, Brandan Shanahan, because, consider it or not, there was a thought a reversion. Because when Shanahan swept house, it was to get into the brand new age and the AI and the info that Keith Pelley spoke about.”
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Friedman: “One in every of the people I spoke to said, ‘You’re thinking that there’s any likelihood he could come back?’ And I just don’t think that that’s going to occur.”
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