{"id":327753,"date":"2026-05-02T05:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=327753"},"modified":"2026-05-02T05:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:31:41","slug":"the-toronto-maple-leafs-asked-and-were-denied-permission-to-confer-with-julien-brisebois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/the-toronto-maple-leafs-asked-and-were-denied-permission-to-confer-with-julien-brisebois\/","title":{"rendered":"The Toronto Maple Leafs Asked, and Were Denied Permission to Confer with Julien BriseBois"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why not swing for the fences? The Toronto Maple Leafs asked, and were denied by the Tampa Bay Lightning, permission to talk with current GM Julien BriseBois.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sportsnet 590 The FAN<\/strong><\/a>: Elliotte Friedman reports that the Toronto Maple Leafs asked the Tampa Bay Lightning for permission to talk with GM Julien BriseBois, and were denied the request. Are there every other names that we\u2019ve missed<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Marchese: \u201cYou said it on the pod today, they requested to interview Julien BriseBois, and so they got the Heisman from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Do we predict that there\u2019s every other names which can be, which may come through here that it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, they interviewed that guy as well.<\/p>\n

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Prefer it seems like it\u2019s late in the method for these names to return through, but what have you ever manufactured from what\u2019s gone on currently and after we may need a solution here?\u201d<\/p>\n

Friedman: \u201cSo I credit James Myrtle for that. He was the primary person to say that they interviewed a current, or asked for permission to talk to a current NHL GM. My initial thought was that it will be Eric Tulsky, because, , he mentioned the media conference, right?<\/p>\n

But I heard that was not the case, and it was BriseBois. And I\u2019m not, I mean, hey, like, throw a Hail Mary, right? Like, why not? Why wouldn\u2019t you ask to talk to him? But I don\u2019t think anybody is surprised that the Lightning said no. And I feel he\u2019s, might imagine he\u2019s a very smart guy.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I, the reply is, the straightforward method to answer your query, I don\u2019t know. Like, I at all times assume that there\u2019s people on the market I don\u2019t see. I don\u2019t know every part, and while I feel I even have an honest handle on who they talk over with, on who they talk over with, Maddie, I can\u2019t sit here and promise you in good faith that I don\u2019t have, I haven\u2019t missed someone who either they interviewed or asked permission to talk over with. These items are inclined to occur .<\/p>\n

As for the timeline, I don\u2019t have one. So long as no one involves me and says their pursuit of Sundin has fallen apart, I’m still under the idea that it\u2019s going to be him and John Chayka.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marchese: \u201cOkay, so okay, so now here\u2019s my, I just wanted to only loop back on the BriseBois thing. So should you\u2019re asking for permission to interview Julien BriseBois, why, why stop there? Like, possibly they didn\u2019t, but why stop there? Why would you not only, like, run the gamut here? Ask everybody that, that may very well be available.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friedman: \u201cI don\u2019t know that they didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marchese: \u201cNo, I\u2019m just saying, like, do you think that that that’s the process, or that might be a thought of their process?\u201d<\/p>\n

Friedman: \u201cI don\u2019t know. Like, I can\u2019t, I, possibly, I mean, I, I’d assume that he isn\u2019t the one guy they asked for permission, but I don\u2019t know that. You already know, there\u2019s not a whole lot of people coming up for air without delay, Matt, so it\u2019s tough to talk. Loads, a whole lot of my texts and phone calls are going unanswered, even greater than normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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