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2025-2026 Off Season Thread - The Rehappening

zeke said:
I think eventually the Leafs will name another President, and have a GM working under the president, again.

But I wonder if Pelley is looking at the Leafs' front office and seeing too much 'bloat', and thinking a more streamlined front office might be more effective. This might apply to the Jays too.
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All teams have undergone layoffs and now its time at the sr level.

I dont think its much beyond $$ saving
 
Jeremy said:
Even if he somehow stays, how can he try to get every penny he can from his hometown organization who did everything they could to develop him and put him into a position to succeed? We’re trying to end a 60 year Cup drought, why do you need to squeeze everything you can out of the org?
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Because the NHL is a business and Mitch is a businessman with a short career span in which to make his bag.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
You complain about guys, but you always pin all the ultimate blame on one guy because they paid him $11m (just like the other guys) and gave him the C (before giving it to the other guy who then promptly went and led the team to its worst defeats to close out a series). Like there was no way for any of these other guys to become leaders and step up, and they would've, if they weren't foiled by the arrival of an awesome player who performed exactly as expected all the way through the final year of his long deal.

I mean, just look at your statement. The kids needed to have a different captain in order to become leaders themselves. Absurd obviously.
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Well Auston learned how to be a captain from Tavares and, by all accounts, he learned well because he's exactly the same kind of leader Tavares was: tepid, ineffectual, and comfortable with losing.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
I got a feeling ROR at least tried some of the psycho stuff, but the bitch like atmosphere killed him and he decided to get paid and die in Nashville instead.

Or literally every leaderbean Shanahan set a 1st rounder on fire for was a faux or broken shell of a man
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They were all losers.

Jumbo never won anything before. Marleau never won anything before. Tavares never won anything before. How were any of these career underachievers supposed to teach anyone else how to win when they didn't know themselves? The three of those clowns couldn't teach a pig how to get muddy, let alone teach younger players how to win or lead. Shanahan would have been better off signing Corey Perry than any of those three dummies.
 
They do have a ton of people. They have 5 AGMs and a special assistant to the AGM. And all these people were "hot shots" brought in by Dubas and literally not one has gotten any interest in a GM job despite a lot of success for the Leafs.

They could probably shake that up.
 
Eliminating the President position is a good move if you dont want to fire Tre/Berube, because hiring a President and not letting him make changes is a fucking terrible idea and look, and frankly so is promoting anyone to the position internally. Pelley can do all the suit shit and do it quietly cause the average fan doesnt know who the fuck he is.
 
There are 6 NHL teams that play in states with zero state income tax

Stars, Panthers, Lightning, Predators, Kraken, Golden Knights

Since 2017, they make up 9 of the 16 total appearances in the SC finals (with a real possibility of that becoming 11 of 18 in a week or so) and of course 4 of the last 8 titles over those same years....If Florida or Dallas wins this year, that will make it 5 of the last 6 SC winners being from a tax free state.

So either some sort of incredible coincidence is going on here, or it's an unfair advantage in a system designed to promote parity and needs to be addressed.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
I mean they will spend the money.

I just think they are too scared to take a risk and go with a non traditional hire, and instead stick with trusted "hockey guys" with experience because the Toronto market is too tough
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Is it though?

Does any decision that a GM of the Leafs makes change the math in terms of expected revenues for MLSE? Treleving could trade Matthews to the Bruins for a 3rd rounder and the Leafs wouldn't sell one fewer ticket next season. Fans and media may complain but the paying customers never stop coming. MLSE doesn't care if fans boo so long as they pay for the privilege by buying a ticket.

A tough market is one where a GM's bad decisions start a chain reaction of events that ends with people deciding not to buy the product anymore. Kyle Dubas is in an actual tough market because if he fucks up, people stop buying Pens tickets and the team goes bankrupt. That's actual pressure. But nothing Treleving does or doesn't do is going to stop Leafs fans from paying a king's ransom for tickets and merch. It may get Treliving himself fired, but it won't impact negatively on MLSE's bottom line because Leafs Nation is a cult.
 
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