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Leafs part ways with Berube

I am starting to think the Front Office has dedicated 'leakers' for feeding misinformation to non-Rogers insiders and state-sanctioned solid information to the Sportsnet guys. Actual leaks are seeping through the admin-chain and only going to the nobody-adjacent folks or through other involved orgs.

If you can't stop things from getting out, you can make it a mess quite easily, and feed the Corporate Overlords in the meantime.
 
herman said:
I am starting to think the Front Office has dedicated 'leakers' for feeding misinformation to non-Rogers insiders and state-sanctioned solid information to the Sportsnet guys. Actual leaks are seeping through the admin-chain and only going to the nobody-adjacent folks or through other involved orgs.
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Interesting theory but I'm not sure that MLSE is this organized. There are so many people in the organization you can't really control leaks unless you are only sharing info with a small, small subset of people. I suppose they could keep the zoom calls "secret" and only Chayka, Mats and Pelley know who's been invited, but I doubt it.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2061814615906947216

Tough to take Frank's word over Friedman's, but in this case I hope he's right.
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Friedman has cautioned on the coaching rumours that he is not infallible and he doesn't have time or ability to get or chase down every rumour. That makes it a little easier to take Frank's word.

Where they're at with the roster - the uncertainty of Matthews longer term, Chayka inexperience and their aging D with shallow prospect pool, etc is probably causing them some difficulty closing a deal with an experienced NHL coach who knows his window is pretty short and wants to win. I'm still expecting an up and coming coach who see this as a path to get into the fraternity of NHL coaches while realizing in an average 2.3 years, he'll probably be looking for another gig.
 
cw said:
Friedman has cautioned on the coaching rumours that he is not infallible and he doesn't have time or ability to get or chase down every rumour. That makes it a little easier to take Frank's word.

Where they're at with the roster - the uncertainty of Matthews longer term, Chayka inexperience and their aging D with shallow prospect pool, etc is probably causing them some difficulty closing a deal with an experienced NHL coach who knows his window is pretty short and wants to win. I'm still expecting an up and coming coach who see this as a path to get into the fraternity of NHL coaches while realizing in an average 2.3 years, he'll probably be looking for another gig.
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An experienced coach would ask for a CRAP LOAD of money, so I don't think the roster construction would have any bearing on whether they accept the job or not. Money makes a lot of issues go away.
 
Am I the only one who is finding Seravalli increasingly insufferable? He's coming across like whining windbag lately.
 
Look: this is from May 30 from a former Rogers employee who is pretty tapped into the media side (not hockey ops), so it's fringe-ish.
https://twitter.com/x/status/2060887590048260150

Around that time there were mainstream insiders saying MacFarland has not interviewed or whatever with Nashville (who have known they'll be needing a new GM since the trade deadline).

Today:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2061825295137591622

Same goes the Matthews off-season saga: TSN and TSN adjacent insiders say one thing, Friedman/Kypreos come in later with a different take.
 
Zee said:
An experienced coach would ask for a CRAP LOAD of money, so I don't think the roster construction would have any bearing on whether they accept the job or not. Money makes a lot of issues go away.
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There seemed to be some hesitation by Pelley to cut Berube loose. They were allegedly not too happy about paying him for another two years. Chayka has to sell this to the board and he can't fire that coach without board approval (according to Pelley)
The MLSE board have to know this effort to get Matthews back to the playoffs is going to be difficult to keep going longer term. They probably budgeted for playoff revenue this year and want it made up next spring. Going to blow that short term playoff revenue on Berube & another short term coach? I have my doubts.

Laviolette has apparently made (gross) $44 mil. He's 61. $5 mil/yr for a few years in a cause that is unlikely to win anything is attractive to him at his age? He'd probably be looking at a shot to win more than the $. He can't wait the 6-8 years for draft picks to hit their prime.

Woodcroft has only made $6? mil or so (not lots). Money might help attract him. But he might see that as shortsighted for his career. You only get so many shots.

To me, the likely scenario is Matthews bails after next season and they're in rebuild. No playoff revenue after next season and paying a fired coach a bundle of $ for a few years? Pelley won't like that. Grab an up and comer. Cut him loose after Matthews bails. Hire a development staff for the rebuild.

I do not see rolling a Matthews-less roster over into a contender any time soon. - even with McKenna. Look at Bedard's team after 3 years ...
 
Zee said:
May as well get Mats to earn his money

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That's quite a few Matthewses on the team.
 
Mats Sundin is not hiring a Finn to coach his team. And believe me, Mats is totally driving this shuttle bus.

What you can expect is the return of The Torpedo. It absolutely works if you don't have Tommy Salo in net.
 
Outside of Pelley being a dolt at press conference and Chayka being a bit too happy to use Corporate phrasing I can't say that I'm frustrated with any of the moves the team has made so far.

I would have liked to see Pridham stick around, but I'm also not really that devastated that he's gone. I'm glad Berube is gone. I'm glad that Sundin is back with the organization. I like the Brackett hiring. We won the draft lottery (I know that has nothing to do with the team).

I'm going to sit back and judge the team on who we hire after we actually hire someone. If we come out of this with John Gruden or some completely out of left field guy as our head coach...I'll be frustrated. But until they actually start making mistakes with their moves, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that there is some media deception at work for why we don't have a clear picture of who is/isnt being interviewed.
 
Joe S. said:
Screw that. Get Boudreau for 2 years. Dude would love to be here and I bet the players would love him.

It's not gonna happen but just spitballing.
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Under the circumstances of Matthews pretending to hang around, Boudreau could be perfect for next season.
There's a fair chance he could get them back to the playoffs - a last hurrah for Auston.
They might even win a round or two.
Bruce wouldn't cost them tons of dough. He could transition to help teach the kids during the rebuild.
It would probably be fun - emotionally inspired hockey
I wouldn't mind it
Probably won't happen but keep spitballing :)
 
While I don't think it's a possibility, I would 100% support a Boudreau hiring. He wouldn't be a long term solution at coach but he'd be enthusiastic and have nothing left to lose. I could see him being the right motivator for this team and inspiring the team unlike previous coaches have done.

Honestly, if it's not one of Carle, Cassidy, or Woodcroft are the any better options out there?
 
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