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All of your coverage from the past few days in one spot:
- Brendan Shanahan well aware of past managerial downfalls
- Brendan Shanahan’s Media Address: Notable Passages
- Brendan Shanahan’s Media Address: Video
- Bob McKenzie: Mike Futa could be perfect fit as Leafs GM
- Leafs fire Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper and Director of Player Development Jimmy Hughes; Director of Amateur Scouting Dave Morrison expected to stay on
- Leafs fire Dave Nonis, Peter Horachek, Steve Spott, Chris Dennis, Rick St. Croix
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- Kyle Cicerella: Kyle Dubas, Maple Leafs implementing a new vision for player development (Kyle The Reporter)
“I think to pigeonhole a player with the Marlies as a bottom-six forward or bottom-pair defenseman, my personal opinion is that that would only serve to limit their development,” said Dubas. “We may be blocking out a player who has a lot of promise.
I - Pierre Lebrun: Brendan Shanahan says Maple Leafs’ rebuild will ‘take as long as it takes’ (ESPN.com)
Whether his actions will match his words, time will tell; at the very least Shanahan sounds like someone who understands what needs to take place here.
I - James Mirtle: It’s not sexy, but the Leafs’ ‘Shanaplan’ makes sense after disastrous season (The Globe and Mail)
What’s far more important than job titles for the Leafs right now is that smart and innovative people are hired to replace the 20 or so staffers let go in Sunday’s purge. For too long, the richest team in hockey has lost games not because of a lack of effort or heart or leadership on the ice, but because they’ve simply been outmanaged in the front office, with franchises such as the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings lapping them several times in the competence department.
I - Jonas Siegel: Shanahan promises patient, unconventional rebuild (TSN.ca)
According to Brendan Shanahan, the board of directors at Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment understand what lies ahead for the Leafs and it won’t necessarily be quick or painless. “They understand that there are no shortcuts,” said Shanahan in a 20-minute debrief of the club’s most recent season, one that saw them miss the postseason for the ninth time in 10 seasons.
I - Michael Langlois: An empty feeling as the Leafs change the deck chairs yet again (Vintage Leaf Memories)
Doesn’t it feel as though those decisions had, in truth, already been made from the day Shanahan was hired? Yet he insisted on playing out the charade. The prize, I guess, is a lottery pick. But the cost was allowing a coach and GM to stay where they were clearly not wanted (witness all their hand picked assistants being axed by Shanahan) and fans enduring a season that was unnecessarily excruciating.
I - Luke Fox: Possible candidates for Toronto Maple Leafs GM (Sportsnet.ca)
Citing Fenton’s excellent track record as part of both the Anaheim Ducks and Nashville Predators brass, Sportsnet’s Glenn Healy suggests the Preds’ assistant general manager could move north.
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