The Toronto Maple Leafs chaos is spreading like wildfire since they surprisingly fired Brad Treliving on Monday – the timing of it, and never that he was fired. They aren’t in a rush to call a substitute or announce how they are going to structure a part of their front office. Will hiring only a GM, or will they appear at doing a GM and a president of hockey operations?
Sportsnet 590 The Fan: Elliotte Friedman doesn’t think there’s a rush to call a GM, but they’ve already been doing to work. Would the Blues grant permission to speak with Doug Armstrong? Mike Gillis is a reputation that might be of interest.
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Cuthbert: “Is there reason to rush on this decision?
Friedman: “I don’t necessarily think there’s reason to rush. Like, it’s very clear to me that they’ve been doing work already.
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That Doug Armstrong thing
Okay, so just like the Doug Armstrong thing. I don’t think anybody here really knows yet what his availability actually is. , Nick wrote this yesterday, and I’ve heard the identical thing. There may be lots of conflicting information as to how available he really is.
The last time the job opened up, when Treliving got it, I feel there have been people within the organization who a minimum of desired to refer to him, and Tom Stillman, was the owner of the St Louis Blues said, ‘Nope. Doug Armstrong is under contract, and he’s our GM.’ And it was shot down. Doug Armstrong has a contract to be, I don’t even know, I can’t remember what it’s, but principally, Alex Steen’s mentor for the subsequent two years.
- NHLRumour Report: Nick Kypreos on Sportsnet: “There are conflicting reports on the market if Doug Armstrong actually has an out window this summer; there’s buzz that St. Louis ownership has bored with the Toronto rumours. We could have to maintain an in depth eye on this case in the approaching weeks.”
Cuthbert: “And this is sort of a reworded contract?
Friedman: “Yeah, it’s not the GM, VP, GM, whatever president, whatever he was. He’s, like, principally a mentor.
Cuthbert: “Okay, hard to place in writing, but I suppose…
Friedman: “Don’t get caught up Justin. Don’t get caught up within the title.
Cuthbert: “But that’s, that’s the one thing that might prevent it.
Friedman: “No.
Cuthbert: “It’s a contractual obligation.
Friedman: “He has a signed contract. Okay? He has a signed contract. So let’s not get this to, make this harder than it must be. He has a signed contract. The query is, does he have an out? Would St Louis let him go? And no one seems to have a straight answer to that immediately. That’s what we got to search out out.
JD Bunkis this morning, James (Mirtle) was on. He talked about Jim Nill. Jim Nill doesn’t have a contract beyond the season, but now he does. They’re, I just reported they’re, they’ve got an extension coming for him. I don’t know once they’re announcing it, but they’ve got an extension coming.
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Mike Gillis might be a candidate
I feel one among the names that has type of been floating around because they’re fascinated by what he did in his past job, I feel potentially, is Mike Gillis. I feel that’s the name that they’ve type of checked out, and I can see why.
He took a team that was really struggling and took them to the sting of the Stanley Cup final. I don’t know that it’s going to be Mike Gillis, but I feel that he’s the type of person who they’ve been taking a look at thus far.
And we’ll also see what shakes loose. Who else shakes loose? Justin, there are going to be people lining up for this job. Lining up for it. I don’t care what anybody says.
- Cam Robinson: “Growing buzz around Mike Gillis as a possible slot in Toronto. If the Leafs are serious a couple of philosophical shift, he’s one of the interesting names on the market. Daring decision-maker. Proven track record. Ought to be at the highest of the list.”
- Taj: Thomas Drance on Canucks Talk on Mike Gillis: “A part of the rationale his conversations for openings with Caps, Sens, FLA and various other teams went a certain way and I do know this for fact, Gillis is a my way or highway guy. Mayor of Oak Bay lives a superb life and has earned lots of money over his profession. If he’s coming to a job it’s going to be his way or not and he’s going to inform you before you hire him and lots of people don’t like hearing it. It’s not a superb interview strategy however it is perhaps what a situation in Toronto needs.”
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