We could have picked someone worse. Unfortunately that’s the best thing I can say about it.
6ix_TDot
Meh. Not a fan of this.
Hopefully I turn out to be wrong.
Reggae4Triceratops
Officially official?
wageslave_999999999
Let’s see what happens. Cup or bust.
JTG81
I am whelmed.
justmememe55
BRING ON THE BRAD ERA
Rowdy_Roddy96
Time to start Tre Leafing in Treliving
JimNillTML
Guess Jim Nill wasnt our guy 🙁
BigMick20
Now onto trading Marner. Only have a month to swing a deal so let’s go.
082832
Well at least the news is going to pick up.
I think he keeps Keefe so he can fire him part way through the year if the team struggles. Gives him an easy person to put the blame on.
DeathEater91
Could have just stuck with Dubas.
Idiotic organization.
mikesully374826
Im convinced Shanahan literally just looked at his age and how many years experience he has.
“Well Lou was 120 and Dubas was 16 so yes! We need someone in the middle!”
Deluxechin
Did they interview anyone else? I only ever heard evidence of them interviewing Treliving, there was speculation of other candidates being interviewed but nothing else was ever reported, like it’s felt like MLSE has been foaming at the mouth for Treliving since the second he became available
AfterAd7618
Like what’s this guys ever done other than get fleeced on the Tkachuk trade, lose Gaudreau for nothing and hire the mummified corpse of 90s hockey and keep him around waaaay too long after the players came to HATE him. So lame. Fingers crossed but this has ‘not good’ vibes all over it
Krazier
Hello Darkness my old friend
treetimes
What a dark and terrible timeline
losveratos
I’m supremely ready to be disappointed. I did not want this outcome. I would not have chosen this direction. I would not have also kept Keefe.
However… I’ll wait til July 1st (maybe a day or two afterwards) for my actual initial judgement of this. Maybe he re-signs the people worth keeping and adds some excellent value UFA targets to flip the script for me. Here’s hoping… because this is my team, ride or die. He’s the new boss. I wish him all the best. Please exceed my very shitty expectations, step over the pathetically low bar I have set up for you, and deliver us a great performing team this coming year.
artwarrior
Great. Are we going to see even more Boston Pizza ads or gambling ads ? But seriously , good luck Brad and welcome !
kongartist
Maple Leafs hire formee Flamea general manager Brad Treliving as new lapdog for Shanahan
DougFordsGamblingAds
It’s kind of ironic – the big knock on Dubas is that the roster might be good on paper, but couldn’t get it done in the playoffs. You could say the same of Treliving.
BUT Treliving had much less to work with. Worse coaching, worse ownership, less desirable city, worse core, worse front office staff. Hopefully he does better with more tools available.
Paulhockey77
Look as a flames fan coming in peace Brad isn’t that bad. The people saying that he “ruined the flames” are just uneducated asf
The Johnny situation was bad but he had no choice when it came to tkachuk. He didn’t want to sign long term and we got very good assets for him.
Brad’s biggest issue are contracts. He either signs guys for way too long and for too much money or he doesn’t sign players for long enough (tkachuk). He also like to go out and sign players that either have no need to be there or that on the older side (Neal, Brouwer, Rooney)
His biggest plus is drafting. He’s found a bunch of gems in later rounds (Mangiapane, Wolf, etc). He also drafted Gaudreau, Tkachuck, Bennett and Fox (not our fault that he didn’t want to play anywhere but New York lol)
His biggest mistake was no doubt the tkachuk bridge deal. I have no doubt that if he signed chucky long term he would’ve still been in Calgary. Brad had his work cut out for him in Matthews and nylander.
Philthey
Old boys club Hire your friends even if they suck at their job.
Dubas wasn’t immune to this either. Soo Greyhounds cough cough
I have zero expectations other than losing players for zero or lesser value than what they’re worth.
slashthepowder
So we let go a gm because he couldn’t get a cup to get another person who (checks notes) has never won a cup.
real_gud_pro
finally – a grown up
Sammydaws97
Imo, he was one of if not the best option available.
That being said, i think this is a downgrade from Dubas.
Split_Finger19
I gave Dubas the benefit of the doubt. I’ll do the same with Treliving
FromDwight
I think when Dubas gets hired as Penguins President and GM this will all make sense. Dubas probably knew he had the Pens presidency waiting for him and told MLSE he’d only stay on as “just GM” if he had the power and pay of a president.
Obviously Leafs already have a president, so MLSE chose Shanahan over Dubas for the presidency and the rest is history. He was never going to stay as a GM when he had more comfortable and lucrative situations waiting for him out there.
a1cd
I’m excited to see what he can do with the resources that MLSE and the Leafs have.
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We could have picked someone worse. Unfortunately that’s the best thing I can say about it.
Meh. Not a fan of this.
Hopefully I turn out to be wrong.
Officially official?
Let’s see what happens. Cup or bust.
I am whelmed.
BRING ON THE BRAD ERA
Time to start Tre Leafing in Treliving
Guess Jim Nill wasnt our guy 🙁
Now onto trading Marner. Only have a month to swing a deal so let’s go.
Well at least the news is going to pick up.
I think he keeps Keefe so he can fire him part way through the year if the team struggles. Gives him an easy person to put the blame on.
Could have just stuck with Dubas.
Idiotic organization.
Im convinced Shanahan literally just looked at his age and how many years experience he has.
“Well Lou was 120 and Dubas was 16 so yes! We need someone in the middle!”
Did they interview anyone else? I only ever heard evidence of them interviewing Treliving, there was speculation of other candidates being interviewed but nothing else was ever reported, like it’s felt like MLSE has been foaming at the mouth for Treliving since the second he became available
Like what’s this guys ever done other than get fleeced on the Tkachuk trade, lose Gaudreau for nothing and hire the mummified corpse of 90s hockey and keep him around waaaay too long after the players came to HATE him. So lame.
Fingers crossed but this has ‘not good’ vibes all over it
Hello Darkness my old friend
What a dark and terrible timeline
I’m supremely ready to be disappointed. I did not want this outcome. I would not have chosen this direction. I would not have also kept Keefe.
However… I’ll wait til July 1st (maybe a day or two afterwards) for my actual initial judgement of this. Maybe he re-signs the people worth keeping and adds some excellent value UFA targets to flip the script for me. Here’s hoping… because this is my team, ride or die. He’s the new boss. I wish him all the best. Please exceed my very shitty expectations, step over the pathetically low bar I have set up for you, and deliver us a great performing team this coming year.
Great. Are we going to see even more Boston Pizza ads or gambling ads ? But seriously , good luck Brad and welcome !
Maple Leafs hire formee Flamea general manager Brad Treliving as new lapdog for Shanahan
It’s kind of ironic – the big knock on Dubas is that the roster might be good on paper, but couldn’t get it done in the playoffs. You could say the same of Treliving.
BUT Treliving had much less to work with. Worse coaching, worse ownership, less desirable city, worse core, worse front office staff. Hopefully he does better with more tools available.
Look as a flames fan coming in peace Brad isn’t that bad. The people saying that he “ruined the flames” are just uneducated asf
The Johnny situation was bad but he had no choice when it came to tkachuk. He didn’t want to sign long term and we got very good assets for him.
Brad’s biggest issue are contracts. He either signs guys for way too long and for too much money or he doesn’t sign players for long enough (tkachuk). He also like to go out and sign players that either have no need to be there or that on the older side (Neal, Brouwer, Rooney)
His biggest plus is drafting. He’s found a bunch of gems in later rounds (Mangiapane, Wolf, etc). He also drafted Gaudreau, Tkachuck, Bennett and Fox (not our fault that he didn’t want to play anywhere but New York lol)
His biggest mistake was no doubt the tkachuk bridge deal. I have no doubt that if he signed chucky long term he would’ve still been in Calgary. Brad had his work cut out for him in Matthews and nylander.
Old boys club
Hire your friends even if they suck at their job.
Dubas wasn’t immune to this either. Soo Greyhounds cough cough
I have zero expectations other than losing players for zero or lesser value than what they’re worth.
So we let go a gm because he couldn’t get a cup to get another person who (checks notes) has never won a cup.
finally – a grown up
Imo, he was one of if not the best option available.
That being said, i think this is a downgrade from Dubas.
I gave Dubas the benefit of the doubt. I’ll do the same with Treliving
I think when Dubas gets hired as Penguins President and GM this will all make sense. Dubas probably knew he had the Pens presidency waiting for him and told MLSE he’d only stay on as “just GM” if he had the power and pay of a president.
Obviously Leafs already have a president, so MLSE chose Shanahan over Dubas for the presidency and the rest is history. He was never going to stay as a GM when he had more comfortable and lucrative situations waiting for him out there.
I’m excited to see what he can do with the resources that MLSE and the Leafs have.