{"id":314580,"date":"2026-04-07T02:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=314580"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:10:53","slug":"the-st-louis-blues-may-not-stand-in-doug-armstrongs-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/the-st-louis-blues-may-not-stand-in-doug-armstrongs-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues May Not Stand In Doug Armstrong’s Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doug Armstrong often is the ideal candidate for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but \u2026.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sportsnet 590 The FAN<\/a><\/strong>: Frank Seravalli last week when asked if Doug Armstrong is the best candidate to show the Toronto Maple Leafs around, and would he actually be available?<\/p>\n

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Alish Forfar: \u201cYou mentioned Doug Armstrong. Like, is he the, is he the best candidate in your perspective of who could turn this team around? Has the proven history of doing said, form of turning around, and the way available is he?<\/p>\n

Seravalli: \u201cWell, there\u2019s so much to unpack there. I\u2019ll say that the provision part stays to be determined. However it\u2019s my belief that the work that he\u2019s done in St Louis over the past decade and a half, that he\u2019s put this team in a spot to succeed, and he has found the successor that he\u2019s coached and guided to taking on the team on July 1st.<\/p>\n

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The whispers behind the scenes are that if a possibility got here up that appealed to Doug Armstrong, that St. Louis Blues ownership, led by Tom Stillman, isn’t going to face in the way in which of him wanting to depart and go chase that based on the service that he\u2019s provided so far.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not set in stone, and that also presumes that Doug Armstrong would need to tackle a challenge like this. I feel as you\u2019re in case you\u2019re in search of the primary head of the two-headed monster, I\u2019d be hard-pressed to search out a greater fit than Doug Armstrong. And again, I\u2019m not saying that this can be a fait accompli, but he checks all of the boxes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And I feel one in all the most important things that the Toronto Maple Leafs need, and it was sorely lacking at times in Brad Treliving\u2019s tenure. Brad Treliving is involved in all the things however the hemming and hauling that comes with a number of the decision-making process. Doug Armstrong knows the way to put a stake in the bottom, and he knows what he wants and the way to go chase it.<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s also pretty convincing too in his thought means of how he worked himself to that time. So all the things has reason, all the things seems to come back together, and there\u2019s a plan. Now, it doesn\u2019t all the time mean that what you\u2019re attempting to execute works, but most of the time, he\u2019s been pretty successful in doing that.<\/p>\n

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So I feel he\u2019d be an incredible guy to start out with when it comes to the resume, track record and experience. Also to have the option to handle a market like this. He\u2019s just passed through being Team Canada\u2019s GM on the Olympics. He knows what it\u2019s prefer to be in the fireplace, and he also knows what it\u2019s prefer to construct a winner. And I feel those things matter.<\/p>\n

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