Not Spezz. Sure hope Leafs execs know what they are doing. Lord help whoever is next GM.
urasmisis
it’s all falling apart lol
guess spezza really believes in dubas and will follow him to his next job. i expect keefe to resign some time next week.
nomdreas
I think this actually speaks more about the state of the Leafs more than anything else.
Spezza is a veteran of the league who came here on league minimum and then told other teams he would retire before playing for anyone other than the leafs.
Immediately after retiring he gets a job working directly with Dubas. If that doesn’t show you the amount of respect players have for Kyle Dubas idk what will. This is not a player that came from the Soo, or a leafs prospect. This is a very well respected vet of the league who gravitated to an amazing GM.
Spezza not wanting to be a part of the Leafs future is very troubling. It basically says that what’s going on behind closed doors is not desirable.
Kreedor1
He was Assistant TO the GM, so this makes sense.
VanAgain
This one hurts.
dnaboe
Don’t read into this too much. He was assisting Dubas on his day to day. Would be weird to impose that same expectation on some unknown GM at this point. Makes complete sense for him to step down without making things weird.
something1355
Would he have to resign to get promoted…as president?
skruiss
he was just a dubas bitch
dynozombie
i hope keefe does too, don’t give them the satisfaction of firing
I want ownership to know how much of a bad move this was
skruiss
Dubas pissed off Shanny. I say fire Shanahan and give Dubas his job.
Neighbourhoods_1
Can someone explain why people are so upset over Spezza?
He seems like a great dude, but he’s done literally nothing to make us think he’d be a good coach or some valuable piece in management.
Volderon90
Well. What can I say. I said a nuclear bomb would drop after that series and it has. You can go through my comment history after the game 5 loss.
This is what happens when you double down and refuse to change the core team year in and year out. I guarantee if Dubas had changed the core and made a major shakeup after Montreal we wouldn’t be here. But it’s been loss after loss after loss with no change and then now it’s just all one big bomb just going off.
JustOneInMyLifetime
This sucks
turtle_shock
What a dumpster fire. This is how they want to send this era off, just awesome.
reggierock2010
He’s going to be joining Dubas in Ottawa lol. His loyalty was to Dubas and not shanny. He’ll follow Dubas wherever he goes.
goleafsgo13
Sounds like trouble is with Shanny and above… wonder if Ryan Reynolds is still in the market.
hammer_416
Edmonton ot Calgary about to hire dubas Spezza and Keefe
Showtime98
Off-season already off to a terrible start
Due_Entertainment_44
I’m not surprised at all. He’s Dubas’ guy. I think there will be a wave of departures in the next few weeks.
howsshegoin
I am fucking livid
seeing shanny degrade everything dubas has built should be investigated immediately
if keefe goes next I am DONE
kingex11
Who cares.
footwith4toes
I was a fun 8ish years can’t help but feel we’re gonna be another terrible franchise within 2-3 years.
cornflakes_01
My boy! Nooooooo
DevryMedicalGraduate
That Game 3 is gonna go down in Toronto sports infamy for real.
3/4 best players on the team – not Nylander, played their worst games of the season and it ended up cascading into this. If they had lost 5-4 in OT with Tavares, Marner, Matthews getting 4 points combined, it’s probably a different story but not even the XG stat heads could have defended that performance.
Make Willy the captain.
richarm87
He was an assistant to the GM (Dubas) . That GM no longer is here. So it could be as simple as they couldn’t tell him a role yet and he decided to leave die to that uncertainty.
12xubywire
See.
This is what we get.
Fuck Brendan Shanahan.
Waiting for Auston to ask for a trade.
Only chance in hell we had at getting Auston for less than max dollars was Kyle.
radicallyhip
Just fucking burn it all down now, fam, let’s get all the pain over with in one huge blow.
JRB2000
After this latest collapse I expected Dubas to be gone, but I did not expect the end to be this surreal/messy.
WWGFD
Fuck we are fucked
mazzysturr
I mean if you already have dozens of millions of dollars it’s pretty safe to quit and follow a kid that will be here longer than Shan…
931634
My heart …
skygrunt
Smells like things are imploding at HQ. I think more drama incoming.
Matsuyamarama
Shits gonna get worse
ArthasCousland
I am so worried for the future of this team.
Torcal4
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OFFSEASON!
Seagal_Bullshido
Nooooo!
Bobbyoot47
Do you really think that? MLSE would want to know what Dubas is thinking and they’re not prepared to wait weeks for him to sort it out. The club has to move forward now with contract negotiations, planning for the draft and quite probably getting the coaching situation sorted out. To characterize Shanahan as being all emotional about this I think it’s wrong. This is a multi billion dollar organization that operates in a business like fashion. With all due respect to Kyle Dubas there’s no way MLSE is going to wait for him to make up his mind. They obviously did it for him.
LimestoneLeaf
This is just the beginning.
DiscussionBeautiful
Seriously, with Boy Genius gone Spezza’s MLSE shelf life was months if hit weeks.
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Uh oh. It’s all becoming unravelled.
Bruh
Not Spezz. Sure hope Leafs execs know what they are doing. Lord help whoever is next GM.
it’s all falling apart lol
guess spezza really believes in dubas and will follow him to his next job. i expect keefe to resign some time next week.
I think this actually speaks more about the state of the Leafs more than anything else.
Spezza is a veteran of the league who came here on league minimum and then told other teams he would retire before playing for anyone other than the leafs.
Immediately after retiring he gets a job working directly with Dubas. If that doesn’t show you the amount of respect players have for Kyle Dubas idk what will. This is not a player that came from the Soo, or a leafs prospect. This is a very well respected vet of the league who gravitated to an amazing GM.
Spezza not wanting to be a part of the Leafs future is very troubling. It basically says that what’s going on behind closed doors is not desirable.
He was Assistant TO the GM, so this makes sense.
This one hurts.
Don’t read into this too much. He was assisting Dubas on his day to day. Would be weird to impose that same expectation on some unknown GM at this point. Makes complete sense for him to step down without making things weird.
Would he have to resign to get promoted…as president?
he was just a dubas bitch
i hope keefe does too, don’t give them the satisfaction of firing
I want ownership to know how much of a bad move this was
Dubas pissed off Shanny. I say fire Shanahan and give Dubas his job.
Can someone explain why people are so upset over Spezza?
He seems like a great dude, but he’s done literally nothing to make us think he’d be a good coach or some valuable piece in management.
Well. What can I say. I said a nuclear bomb would drop after that series and it has. You can go through my comment history after the game 5 loss.
This is what happens when you double down and refuse to change the core team year in and year out. I guarantee if Dubas had changed the core and made a major shakeup after Montreal we wouldn’t be here. But it’s been loss after loss after loss with no change and then now it’s just all one big bomb just going off.
This sucks
What a dumpster fire. This is how they want to send this era off, just awesome.
He’s going to be joining Dubas in Ottawa lol. His loyalty was to Dubas and not shanny. He’ll follow Dubas wherever he goes.
Sounds like trouble is with Shanny and above… wonder if Ryan Reynolds is still in the market.
Edmonton ot Calgary about to hire dubas Spezza and Keefe
Off-season already off to a terrible start
I’m not surprised at all. He’s Dubas’ guy. I think there will be a wave of departures in the next few weeks.
I am fucking livid
seeing shanny degrade everything dubas has built should be investigated immediately
if keefe goes next I am DONE
Who cares.
I was a fun 8ish years can’t help but feel we’re gonna be another terrible franchise within 2-3 years.
My boy! Nooooooo
That Game 3 is gonna go down in Toronto sports infamy for real.
3/4 best players on the team – not Nylander, played their worst games of the season and it ended up cascading into this. If they had lost 5-4 in OT with Tavares, Marner, Matthews getting 4 points combined, it’s probably a different story but not even the XG stat heads could have defended that performance.
Make Willy the captain.
He was an assistant to the GM (Dubas) . That GM no longer is here. So it could be as simple as they couldn’t tell him a role yet and he decided to leave die to that uncertainty.
See.
This is what we get.
Fuck Brendan Shanahan.
Waiting for Auston to ask for a trade.
Only chance in hell we had at getting Auston for less than max dollars was Kyle.
Just fucking burn it all down now, fam, let’s get all the pain over with in one huge blow.
After this latest collapse I expected Dubas to be gone, but I did not expect the end to be this surreal/messy.
Fuck we are fucked
I mean if you already have dozens of millions of dollars it’s pretty safe to quit and follow a kid that will be here longer than Shan…
My heart …
Smells like things are imploding at HQ. I think more drama incoming.
Shits gonna get worse
I am so worried for the future of this team.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OFFSEASON!
Nooooo!
Do you really think that? MLSE would want to know what Dubas is thinking and they’re not prepared to wait weeks for him to sort it out. The club has to move forward now with contract negotiations, planning for the draft and quite probably getting the coaching situation sorted out. To characterize Shanahan as being all emotional about this I think it’s wrong. This is a multi billion dollar organization that operates in a business like fashion. With all due respect to Kyle Dubas there’s no way MLSE is going to wait for him to make up his mind. They obviously did it for him.
This is just the beginning.
Seriously, with Boy Genius gone Spezza’s MLSE shelf life was months if hit weeks.