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We all know what Chayka needs to do to win the hearts and minds of hockey media and executives: * create and beat a sexual assault allegation, or * have a dead parent(s)

MLHS Transcripts Keith Pelley Mats Sundin John Chayka

I won't be able to watch live, but I'm sure I'll be able to see every statement repeated 14 times by the Leafs/NHL beat tweets

Ramping up to conference time Why does it look like a hostage video :(

He was the one that claimed Chayka was a Glasberg client, which was refuted later. Simmons evidently will write columns from single-sourced anecdotes. He's not always wrong (Hakanpaa knee), but he's also been wrong plenty (hot dogs). This is the story he wrote and shared Chayka left office in...

Whoever was hired was always going to have to report to Pelley, the President of the MLSE board representing ownership. If Chayka is someone Pelley respects and isn't constantly second-guessing, there shouldn't be much meddling from that direction. This is what I'm hoping for as well. Pick a...

Leafs should probably just hire Babcock at this point.

My question is, are those Chayka qualities not available in other AGMs that aren't Chayka specifically? Because the baggage (fair or unfair) and the reputation around the league of the publicized situations sort of put him and the Leafs on the backfoot for every interaction going forward. Like...

‘Sup, Jon? Wanna try coaching up here? Toss around bon mots with the media? Get the inside scoop on Olympic stars you’ll be up against? Don’t even need to change your wardrobe to colour match… And money? Do you like money?

Sundin is here as the enforcer; no actionable title power, but tremendous soft power in his role, reach, and reputation. Whatever decisions are made in hockey ops, be it play on ice or off ice organizational practice, it will have Sundin’s doleful stare behind it. The superstars basically...

Ouate de phoque

5-1 going into 2INT Gotta get Tverberg and even Alex a look with the big club, with its dearth of right shots

What the shirt kind of goaltending is happening

Can’t wait to attribute the decisions I like to the executive I prefer and vice versa!

—- Today is announcement day probably by 5 is my guess John Chayka will be GM and head of hockey ops, supported by Sundin as Senior Executive Advisor, Hockey Operations.

Let’s see if Simmons is correct