Rapport : Keith Pelley et Mike Gillis ont eu des discussions avant le licenciement de Brad Treliving
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JF_112
@Maple Leafs de Toronto
Rapport : Keith Pelley et Mike Gillis ont eu des discussions avant le licenciement de Brad Treliving
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JF_112
9 Comments
This sorta fits with the idea of Gillis as President rather than GM
Well thank you Mike
It makes sense, it’s basically confirmed that Pelley had already decided to fire Tre before he did, and he only fired him when he did because Treliving basically told him if you’re gonna fire me then do it already
I think Gillis would be good as President. He’s been out of the game for a while, so maybe jumping back into the day-to-day as GM can be a lot. But he’s got a good resume, and by all accounts the Canucks fans have good things to say about him as well. Just to recap – he was the GM for 6 seasons, playoffs in all 6, one SC appearance and 2 presidents trophies.
My understanding and reading of several reports/sources is that he also tried to reset the aging team so they could stay competitive by trading away Luongo, but was held back by ownership on other trades (e.g. Kesler and Burrows). Also Torts was hired under his reign, but it was an ownership forced choice as well. Eventually Gillis was just let go, clearly not in sync with ownership.
So this tells me that Gillis is not just a yes man, and if Pelley can buy into some of Gillis’ forward thinking and willingness to make changes, then that should be a good thing. Because he’s been out of the game, letting someone younger cook would be the better choice and he can serve as a mentor/guide. He can also fend off ownership.
Imagine how low class it would be for the Leafs to string along a guy who’s been out of a job for 14 years in every other rumor, and in the end have him find out that he was being used for « misdirection » all along.
Unclassy but also sounds exactly a type of thing Pelley or Ed Rogers would do
I like to think that all of this is big brain high IQ manipulation of public perception, but based on past behavior I have to assume they just have no idea what they’re doing.
Ideally, they have been exceptionally productive in the recruitment process and completed their due diligence with record breaking efficiency. Ideally Mike Gillis was already promised the president of hockey operations job (meaning MLSE isn’t penny pinching POHO & GM into one person), and that Gillis has been secretly involved in a GM search this entire time. Ideally they’re « interviewing » executives across the league to see what they would do as Leafs POHO/GM and getting free high quality analysis and ideas, without any intent to actually consider them. Ideally they’ve already got three slam dunk candidates for GM and they’re just discussing in detail on which direction to go. Ideally they have identified the dead weight within MLSE and who actually contributes positive value, and are ready to make more changes as soon as the new GM is announced this week. Ideally they will then move smartly, purposefully, and decisively to prepare for the draft and the off-season, coming up with multiple plans hinging on various conditions (e.g. lottery results, trade proposals, free agent candidates, etc.). Ideally they only just look like incompetent buffoons and will surprise everyone with genius, unorthodox, and creative decisions.
Realistically, Pelley has been swindled by an unknown smooth confident fraud amateur but Pelley can’t tell becausr he knows nothing about hockey except that Michael Hage exists.
I always like the gm as the leader and don’t really like the separate president role, but hopefully it works out
Gillis…why not bring back Gregory or Gordo. Have they checked with Stormin Norman or Howard Berger ?
I wouldn’t be opposed to Mike Gillis as President and Evan Gold brought in as GM.
Not sure if Rogers wants to go the President route again though.