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Leafs announce Shanahan not returning


Shanahan has to own their failings in particular, as he was the Leafs’ biggest advocate for keeping that group together, year after year. In fact, when he fired former GM Kyle Dubas in April 2023, he immediately reached out to his top players and assured them they were safe from being dealt.

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That decision to back all of his core players without a GM in place was emblematic of how Shanahan ran the team behind the scenes, however. Multiple executives said he had final say on everything and had, over the years, nixed key decisions made by those under him. That was part of what ultimately led to a falling out with Dubas that became public when the GM was offered a contract extension and then subsequently fired.

Over time, as the playoff disappointments piled up, the organization became a dysfunctional place, according to multiple members of the front office. Different departments felt siloed off from one another, and Shanahan hired his own staffers whose roles were unclear to others.
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Knives out!
 
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I'd think Tre will simply report to Pelley. Nothing further there needed, Tre is an experienced GM that shouldn't need any hand holding.
 
I think all the Dubas haters probably owe him an apology. He never actually got the make the decisions, it was Shanahan overseeing everything the entire time.
 

Treliving is attending his daughter's graduation in Calgary, hence his absence.
 
I think going without a President seems fine. I think President makes sense when you have a mentor GM and that's not what we have right now with Treliving. When asked about whether this was a results decisions Pelley gave kind of an odd "I don't deal in hypotheticals" answer that makes me think they are going to get rid of Masai with the Raptors eventually too.
 
Will someone ask why replacing Shanahan makes a difference now? If Treliving oversees the team, shouldn't he be able to shape the roster with or without a president? He said they made great strides under Shanahan - 9 straight playoff years, - so why is moving on from Shanny the right move now? Will he just admit that Shanahan was the defacto GM?
 
herman said:
Why is Rosie DiManno here?
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She asked the one question nobody else had the guts to: What exactly did Shanahan do wrong? If his role was truly just “President,” then isn’t it the GM who should be accountable for the roster? You don’t blame the figurehead when the ship hits the iceberg—you blame the captain. But Pelley won’t come out and say it: Shanahan was clearly blocking or vetoing the GM’s moves. That much is obvious. So firing just the President? That’s not accountability—that’s scapegoating. What they’re really saying is the lack of roster change was Shanahan’s call all along. Doesn’t matter what the GM wanted
 
cabber24 said:
Dubas’ small, fast, skilled hockey was 100% the wrong direction and his contracts were off the charts bad. Then came the only prerequisite to work/play for the Leafs was at some point in your life taking a dump in Sault Ste Marie. What a garbage hire.

The pivot never came and here we are.

I hate that we hate the players right now and that’s on the management. Shielding them at all cost and never holding them accountable.
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Small players like Matthew Knies? Or is Jake Muzzin one of those?

Reality is that Dubas was never all about any one type of player. He brought in and traded both types of players throughout his tenure.
 
GhostofPotvin29 said:
Small players like Matthew Knies? Or is Jake Muzzin one of those?

Reality is that Dubas was never all about any one type of player. He brought in and traded both types of players throughout his tenure.
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And Dubas was ready to make a splash and trade Marner 2 years ago, and wasn't' allowed to. We'll never know if he could have improved the team with that trade, but here we are 2 years later no further ahead.
 
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