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Brawndo Posted May 31 Author Report Share Posted May 31 John Hynes fired in Nashville as HC Andrew Brunette expected to be named HC of the Preds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 8 minutes ago, Brawndo said: John Hynes fired in Nashville as HC Andrew Brunette expected to be named HC of the Preds I don't have any idea if Brunette was a good hire or not, but I'm happy Hynes was fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porous Five Hole Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 9 minutes ago, Brawndo said: John Hynes fired in Nashville as HC Andrew Brunette expected to be named HC of the Preds Fired six weeks after missing the playoffs…that’s an oddity. I found out Brunette is an original Predators player under Barry Trotz. I guess Trotz wanted to bring in his own guy? Brunette deserves another chance to be an NHL head coach, but I’m still surprised it is here. The Preds made the playoffs in Hynes first three years on the job, and although they missed this year…Nashville played great after the trade deadline. It is hard to criticize Hynes' record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Confusing and conflicting reports on Dubas. Signing in Pittsburgh, rejecting Pittsburg, whatever it is the drama seems fitting. I really have no idea why some people think he's a good GM at all. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porous Five Hole Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 26 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said: Confusing and conflicting reports on Dubas. Signing in Pittsburgh, rejecting Pittsburg, whatever it is the drama seems fitting. I really have no idea why some people think he's a good GM at all. Well, in the last three years the Leafs won the Covid Canadian division in 2021, then put up 115 & 111 points in the regular season in 2022 & 2023. That’s pretty good, right? Does he not get credit for building those rosters? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 (edited) 2 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said: Well, in the last three years the Leafs won the Covid Canadian division in 2021, then put up 115 & 111 points in the regular season in 2022 & 2023. That’s pretty good, right? Does he not get credit for building those rosters? I guess for some, but not from me. imo he focused too much on offense and not enough on defense and handicapped that team forever (unless they trade away some of the big 4) by overpaying the big 4 and leaving not nearly enough to build a team. Leafs will never win with that structure and that's his team. So I guess if you want to make the playoffs every year and lose early every year it's success but I'd call it failure. Edited May 31 by PerreaultForever 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 11 hours ago, PerreaultForever said: I guess for some, but not from me. imo he focused too much on offense and not enough on defense and handicapped that team forever (unless they trade away some of the big 4) by overpaying the big 4 and leaving not nearly enough to build a team. Leafs will never win with that structure and that's his team. So I guess if you want to make the playoffs every year and lose early every year it's success but I'd call it failure. This is my analysis of Dubas. He had 7 years to build up the defence. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eleven Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Treliving is the new Leaves GM, which is good for the rest of the division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 34 minutes ago, Eleven said: Treliving is the new Leaves GM, which is good for the rest of the division. Hard to say. He may have learned from past mistakes. See if he is allowed to make big changes or not. Shanahan said the big 4 are staying, but he might have been lying. I'm going to love it if the Leafs get screwed by Matthews the same way Tavares screwed the Islanders. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 24 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said: Hard to say. He may have learned from past mistakes. See if he is allowed to make big changes or not. Shanahan said the big 4 are staying, but he might have been lying. I'm going to love it if the Leafs get screwed by Matthews the same way Tavares screwed the Islanders. The eyebrow raiser is that supposedly Treveling’s dad is a part of MLSE already 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 13 minutes ago, thewookie1 said: The eyebrow raiser is that supposedly Treveling’s dad is a part of MLSE already Not a good look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 18 minutes ago, thewookie1 said: The eyebrow raiser is that supposedly Treveling’s dad is a part of MLSE already So the pizza at their arena just got worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GoPuckYourself Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 President of hockey operations for Kyle Dubas. Is President higher than GM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 2 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said: President of hockey operations for Kyle Dubas. Is President higher than GM? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPuckYourself Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 Just now, Marvin said: Yes. Interesting, so he's given the keys to the castle. Not sure that is a great move for Pittsburgh or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 Also interesting in that they still need a GM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPuckYourself Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 7 minutes ago, Doohickie said: Also interesting in that they still need a GM. Botterill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 2 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said: Botterill? That'd be fine. Hopefully not Karmanos or Ventura. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 12 minutes ago, Doohickie said: That'd be fine. Hopefully not Karmanos or Ventura. I hope those guys remain here for a bit. He’ll probably poach a few guys from the Leafs that Treliving doesn’t care about. These guys often have a posse that they move around with. Interesting that he gets a promotion after only 1 stint as a GM. It sounds like he didn’t like Shanahan meddling in his trades and such. I wonder how much real power the new GM will have. This always makes me wonder if the hockey Czar is really just a GM while the GM is really an assistant GM with a better title. Depends on the tandem I guess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 3 hours ago, Doohickie said: Also interesting in that they still need a GM. I'd assume Dubas gets to hire his own underling? Spezza? Dubas apparently didn't like the power structure in Toronto. How each decision went up the food chain and then back down, so I think his new title will create something different to that and give him more control. He has the same problem in Pittsburgh as Toronto, only with an older star group and still a lack of money for the bottom along with iffy goaltending. Good luck with all that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said: I'd assume Dubas gets to hire his own underling? Spezza? Dubas apparently didn't like the power structure in Toronto. How each decision went up the food chain and then back down, so I think his new title will create something different to that and give him more control. He has the same problem in Pittsburgh as Toronto, only with an older star group and still a lack of money for the bottom along with iffy goaltending. Good luck with all that. Yep. He made a bad choice for winning but probably a good choice for the Dumbass family bank. Either way, welcome to the conference, Dubas. Edited June 1 by Eleven 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 Good hire for Pittsburgh I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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