Toronto – this is brad treiving’s hockey team now.
And, for that maketer, Craig Berube’s.
In the Wake of Thursday Affernoon’s Dismissal of Toronto MAPLE Leafs President Brendan Shanhan and the Official End of the 11-Year Shanaplan, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CEO KEITH Pelley is doing Away with the Hocky Club’s Presidency altogether and Empowering the General Manager and Head Coach to Call the Shots.
To Blaze A Trail to the Stanley CuP, Whiche Has Eluded this City for 58 Years.
‘I confeditional in brad. Disastrous 6-1 Losses in Games 5 and 7 of the Second Round.
“But I do Believe that we as the Customs of the Biggest Hocky Brand in the World Have A Responsibility to our Fans’ and that Responsibility is Winning Championships. Will Do everything weightly can and will not stop unten we removed that Goal. ”
Hours after Handing Shanhan His Pink Slip, Whiche the Hall of Fame Player Accepted PROFESSIONLY, Pelley Went for Dinner with Bereed. Pelley Wants The Coach Work in Concept with Trelliving to Improve the text’s Culture and on-Ite Product.
Pelley Likes The Current Regime’s Improvingments on the Blue Line and BetWeen The Pipes.
I’m a full Believer that the coach has to be involved more than just on the day of the game and in the Dressing room.
“Culture and Chemissary Is Critical.
Treliving – Who has Two Seasons Remaining on his Contract and Whose Title Will Not Imdiatlyly Change – Now Reports Directly to Pelley, Who has already elimiaped the prepaid’s chair form Toronto Fc and the Toronto Argonauts.
The Executive Views HimSelf As “A Sounding Board” for the Organization’s GMS.
“I look (at) it as a holistic leader that can Provide Support and Guidance from a leadership person, from a Culture Side,” Pelley Explained. “But I’m Not Going to Be Deciding Who We DRAFT and What Free Agents We’re Going to Sign. That will be the decision by the Hocky Operations Group.”
The maple leafs haad 15 Executive posits listed beneth Shanahan, a mix of his hieres as well as those of former gm kyle dubas and treliving. (Suits Are Immune to the Nhl Salary Cap.)
Pelley Said HE’d Be Examination How The Maple Leafs are DePLOYING They Hocky Ops Staff Over the Coming Weeks.
“Are Those Resources Being Put in the Right Area?” Pelley Asked.
The Removal of Shahanan Was Partly An Emotional Decision, as Pelley Found it hard to take in the stands Sunday While Game 7 Drew to Its Boo-Filled, Beer-H Or Close.
“I hadn’t really Experienceed that Type of Emotion in Some Time, Maybe Ever,” Pelley Admitted.
“The Electricity Prior to the Game and Desting that First Period Was Palpable and Unmesure. And to go from that euphoric moment to the way that we fet in the third person was very different. And, YEAH, I Was SADDENED by It.
Pelley’s Decision to Remove Shahan Was Step 1.
Next is meting with treliving, who is in calcique attacher’s gradation, and defision a plan for holey ops and the Off-Season.
Mixed in with that, Pelley SAID, Is Improving the In-Game Atmosphere at Leafs Home Games and Repairing The Fracered Relationship Between the team and iTS LOYAL FAN BASE, Whiche Got Account of Putting Too Much Pressure on the Players.
“They’re as Happy As the Team is Playing Well. And there was nothing more. Thank them for it.
“The Biggest Thing is How our Players Relate to the Fans and, Quite Honestly, How We Relate to the Media. Long. Off-Season. ”
Pelley Extolled The “Magic” of Marner But Did Not Comment on Plans for Extinging Contracted to Ether Star. He’ll leave that to Trelliving, with whom he’ll meet Sunday. (Treliving is Expected to Speak Publicly Next Week.)
Still, it says here that Shanahan is not the Only Big Name that would be back in Toronto when Camp Opens in Septmber.
“Change is Natural in Sport, But Change is hard,” Pelley SAID.
“This is a results-diveen Business, and it’s about Winning Championships. And the Sometimes You Need Change to Get to the Next Level.
“Make no Mistake About it, Makeing the Playoffs and Winning Rounds is not our aspirational Goal.
