Hmmm, Interesting...
Mile High Hockey —
For those of you who hadn't heard yet, the Toronto Maple Leafs fired their coach Paul Maurice today. Now, on its face, it wouldn't seem to have much of an impact on the Colorado Avalanche. But it might. We bloggers have use for actual journalists (even those disguised as bloggers), because journalists keep track of crap we usually forget---or don't even notice in the first place. For instance, Dater posts today a few interesting tidbits of info I hadn't previously thought about: Well, what do you know, the ...
Leafs: 'We're Proactive. We're Looking Three Firings Ahead...'
PuckUpdate :: The Hockey Blog —
... a name as a possible GM (David Nonis, fresh off of his victorious tour through Vancouver).
Float another name (Brian Burke of the Ducks), who'll replace the previous name, when the third name's contract expires.
Basically, the Leafs have not hired anyone yet and are already looking to replace them. Not only that, they're canning a coach without a GM. What if the new hire was content to let Maurice finish out the year on his contract?
Adrian Dater is already floating Colorado coach Joel Quenneville as a good coaching option for Toronto ...
Maple Leafs rumor mill churns out some lunacy
Puck Daddy —
... was coming to Toronto as a team president and that his former agent/general manager in Phoenix Mike Barnett would be the GM; partially so Gretzky can be closer to his father. Again, we claim no inside knowledge on this or any other facet of the Leafs' managerial search; we just find it interesting that this Gretzky rumour seems to be bubbling under the surface and has yet to be addressed by the MSM. On the coaching front, there are going to be many names floated -- Denver's talking about Coach Q heading to T.O. -- but Steven Ovadia had a great take on this and ...
Maple Leafs rumor mill churns out some Gretzky lunacy
Puck Daddy —
... was coming to Toronto as a team president and that his former agent/general manager in Phoenix Mike Barnett would be the GM; partially so Gretzky can be closer to his father. Again, we claim no inside knowledge on this or any other facet of the Leafs' managerial search; we just find it interesting that this Gretzky rumour seems to be bubbling under the surface and has yet to be addressed by the MSM. On the coaching front, there are going to be many names floated -- Denver's talking about Coach Q heading to T.O. -- but Steven Ovadia had a great take on this and ...
