IN A NUTSHELL: Dubas played ‘hard to get’ and his strategy miserably backfired. ✔️

A part of me wanted Spezza to stay because I think he has a lot to offer, both to the troops and also to management. Never say never, may be he and the new GM can come to term. I hope, but I know that new management always likes to bring in their own people. It’s just life.

That was quite the presser from one Brendan Shanahan. Pressure firmly on his shoulders now.

If Matthews does not commit to signing a next contract before July 1st, the Leafs management must trade him. There are no buts.

The moment Dubas said he wasnt sure he wanted to continue as GM red lights should have been going off for Shanahan.

Someone said to Friedge something someone said to him. He heard something he’s hearing, at least

Regarding Mark Hunter, if you are good your good, if there is hurt feelings he is not for the Maple Leafs.

What an up and down wild ride for the Leafs and their fans. This team is so unpredictable not just in the playoffs but the aftermath... Not finished either. It's easier to just expect the unexpected.

Of course Matthews and Nylander will try to drag out their decision as long as possible whether to resign with the Leafs. The new GM better set a hard deadline say mid-June 2023. If he’s certain the two won’t resign, you have two weeks to trade them. That’s no problem if there are plenty of interested teams.

You don't go into next season with out Mathews contract.. If he does make it to July 1st. its a the biggest Organizational failure in team history.

I wonder how many people stopped listening/watching after the Shanahan and Dubas bit? ✋🏼

It is going to be interesting to hear Dubas' side of this some day. What does Shanahan have left on his contract? Two years? How much of this decision was him thinking for a few days of bringing in a veteran GM, maybe even one who's won a cup - to try and make adjustments on the fly here to try and help Shanahan prove his case for his own contract extension in two more years with some playoff success? I was already looking forward to an incredibly interesting Leafs off season, watching with keen interest to see if Marner or Nylander gets traded. And the Matthews extension. Now as I wait for a new GM to be named it might be the most interesting off season I can remember. Even more so than 94' and the Clark-Sundin trade fallout. Or the summer we waited for Cliff Fletcher to join the organization.

Bing back Burkie. Wasn’t he the one who said Truculence and Tenacity is what wins you the Cup. He had that part right at least. 💪😏🙃

"Sorry, it's 3 o'clock on a Friday." Gimme a break!! Give us management that CHARGES

Kyle was good but not great. Moving on, lots of smart ppl out there. Definitely time for a new direction.

The whole Leafs timeline is wild.

To be GM of the Leafs you can't be wishy washy or give signs that the pressure of the market is troubling for you and your personal life.... you have to embrace the pressure and as Shanahan said it's what you sign up for as a member of that organization - They are the Yankees of hockey minus the championships which just places even more pressure on them.... it is not an easy job or market but that comes with market's that have passion - Some love that others don't. Dubas dropped hints it's not for him - Combine that with just one playoff round win in his tenure and blindsiding Shanahan with a counter offer (not by phone but email at that!) for a contract raise and Dubas holding that Monday presser against Brendan's wishes made the decision for Shanahan to reach that new place he got to with Dubas and letting him go a very easy one.

Elliott just loves to focus on the reporter side, who cares. Talk about the hockey inside stuff. Other agents and teams told him they never seen anything like it. Elliott we, 55 year followers of the Leafs, already knew that without your expensive opinions

Matthews Nylander don’t sign on that dotted line by July 1st you can plan on them being traded. Just saying

Marek is the Dana Carvey of sports

As somebody who works on a lot of contract negotiations, major corporations do this to each other all the time. MLSE acting like this is beyond the pale from Dubas is ridiculous. They hung him out to dry all year and then expected him to kiss their feet and thank them for the opportunity to get overruled and abused by their coterie of hangers-on. Were I in Dubas's shoes, I would have done the exact same thing. You made me look stupid all year -- now I'm going to return the favor. I hope Dubas lands on his feet. He deserves the chance to actually run a team and not have a middle-man overruling his hockey decisions and an entire network of a major stakeholder trashing him on a daily basis.

Hi Jeff . I used to shoe shine,s in front of the Gardens back in the day. Well as fate would have it . I was looking down Crarltant st and this great big caddy comes around the coner and stop,s in front . King Clansey comes out of the pasager side and ask me for a shoe shine. Now i was 12 years old and of couse knew he was. I used to walk from Batherst and Harbord ever game day. Couse i Loved the Leafs. I shined his shoes while he talked to me . Clansey and Ballard used to Shoppies all the time on Spadina and Qween . Anyway The King asked me if i was hunger and invited me to go with them, As God as my witness. And we went there for lunch, I Had never had a better lunch in my little life. At the end Harold said to me do you have two dollors and i said no. King started laughing so hard we went back to the Gardens and King Clansey ask me if i wanted a job and i was so so floored, He said just tell the usher,s you in conseshions . I worked there under Pop,s section at that time . I know every inch of the old Gardens to this day. Im 65 now. and saw a lot of life since those wonderful day,s And i miss them. I HATED the way that Bill Water.s would make you feel and am SO proud of you for enduering those years. son. Go LEAFS Go.

Kyper for GM

When you're Bob, you're Bob. When you're not, you're not. Jerry Reed.

It's this holding out for money that started with Nylander that became the problem.....if the guy up top does the same thing every player under him is going to try the same crap.....they put it out in public so the players and agents realize they are either here to win or get rich pick one....

Leafs should be working on contingency trades with or without a GM

It was so beautiful to see complete truth through media real-time. So rare. This is going down in history.

i said last week that this was the last game for Marner as a leaf. now im pretty sure the core4 will be gone by the end of the year. Tax-free states babyyyy

Not sure right person is gone, not sure situation was all that rosy to begin with; we may see more 'drama' planned or not planned

Never forget, there is 3 sides to every story. In this case, it's Shanny's story, Kyle's story and the truth.

All this is by the by. Thanks leafs for a great season.

Talk about sucking up to sponsors. Three times he said The Ford Performance Center like anyone cares where they met. Just wringing dollars out of the sponsor

Flames would let Trelivin to talk to Leafs cause the Leafs draft after the flames....Leafs are not a threat to the flames draft wise.

Toronto Maple Leaf will never get to the serry final of the standly Cup if they are still keep Manner, Tarvare,

Audio quality from Elliot is so bad. Y'all should try and improve that imo.

Marner has to stay a Leaf, im sorry no trade clause or not. Tavares and$11000000 has to go. Hes a winger now, good soldier sorry time to force him out to get a stud defencman, 3rd line center.GO LEAFS!!

Это что то с чем то! Боб как Бог!

My guess would be that the agent probably went to later ask other teams what they were willing to offer and took that price back to Shanny. Shanny probably felt slighted that on one hand Dubas says he wants to stay but still turns around to ask for more money leading him to feel that his heart is not with the franchise anymore. My 2c

Happy Dubas is gone for the greater good of this team. But also looking forward to hearing his side of the story.

Holl, kerfoot, gone other bit players gone, i think tj brrodies time is up! GO LEAFS🤜🤛

He has the Penguins job-was likely on par with salary offered to him by Toronto. So he staged this entire week… playing family card… then coming back with an outlandish request for higher salary. It he got the salary request then he won having a high pressure job but getting paid a king’s ransom. If it got rejected and then let go-well it gives him the “right” to go get another job that he already had lined up and didn’t have to say I am choosing this other organization. Instead he had to go since Toronto fired him. Dubas is not a good general manager, but he is an excellent Machiavellian individual.

The Panthers game was a game of beauty, I hope they have a nasty and bruising 7 game series and I still feel that Panther will make it to the cup final, I love my team

I have a feeling we will see a purge and reset of the Leafs. I can see Matthews in ARI, Marner to LA, and Willy to ANA. Krouse from ARI to start, Buyfield from LA to start, along with at least 3-4 picks and/or prospects. Allows for a reset and hit the ground running to maturity in 2-3 years

This does distract from ultimate 'reality' that change just has to happen in leafland

" James Mirtle in The Athletic on Friday Multiple sources close to the team said that Shanahan had blocked transactions that Dubas wanted to make at key points in the past several seasons, creating frustration in parts of the management group. Shanahan had also at times dictated certain moves he wanted made that Dubas didn’t agree with. The president, as per his place in the hierarchy, typically won out in those battles. And, in some cases, the moves that weren’t made could have improved the Leafs’ ability to advance further in the playoffs. " Nope this is Dubas saying ... ok .. im done being your whipping boy & doing what YOU'S want me to do ... give me some more money & atominity to do thing or im gone .... and well ... they told him to walk cause he was unwilling to be there little simp.

Kyle lost trades, lost players to free agency. Some could argue wasted money on John Travarse. Money could have gone to 3 other players to fill out your line better. The way he believed his team could win on skill alone. Etc etc he wasn’t infallible. Let someone else in the kitchen

Are other teams interested in hiring Dubas? Yes. Are other teams interested in hiring Shanny? No.

All I know is I’m nervous for my Maple Leafs

Organization is soft top to bottom who's responsible for that ...I mean shanny shouldn't be let off the hook should be on a tight leash

Shanahan see the negative in the player's who don't work hard instead of help out the goalkeeper in the playoffs . Player's get to much money for playing hockey.

At the end of the day highly likely it was all about power within the organization. Dubas made alot of mistakes but I always thought there was interference from ownership. Still believe so. You have a franchise with no cup since 67 and very little playoff success but there the wealthiest franchise in the league...been that way for a very long time. Them and the Rangers most wealthiest. These telecom companies only care about the money. Leafs will never win a cup with this ownership group. I don't even believe Shannahan has alot of power. Both him and Dubas seem like good people but I do not believe they run the show. No way.

I’m sorry but habs fans, Leaf fans and Boston Fans have more passion then Arizona fans… now there are some really passionate Arizona fans I don’t doubt that. I’m sorry but they don’t compare to the 3 greatest hockey organizations Montreal, Boston and Toronto it’s just different.. Because there is so much history and there are generations of passion even me as a kid The Habs we’re everything in my household…. Arizona doesn’t have that to the extent of Montreal, Boston and Toronto.

Like Shouke Demer,s i can,t spell neither.

58 years old and a life long Leaf fan. I'm done, will be burning my Leaf sweaters and officially changing allegiances to whichever team has the privilege of hiring Dubas as GM.

Only the Leafs could author such a ridiculous narrative.

What a tiring, repetitive stream of "this is just one side of the story" caveats to start this video. Yes, it's one side of the story. Just like it is in 99% of all the news stories you report on.

The next gm will take some time to clean up this mess ,the leafs probably will not have a competitive team that will make the playoffs ,5 more years coming and it's going to be a failure

Is Elliotte speaking into a can from a bathroom? Sounds very unprofessional. Do love the Pod though.

Please please do not let Dubas anywhere near the Ottawa Senators. Actually I wish TO whould try to lure Pierre "Proudest Day Of My Life" Dorion away from Ottawa. That would be the funniest thing I could hope for. Matthews has no intention of staying in Canada where he will never be recognized as the greatest hockey player the universe has ever known. I can just imagine him thinking "Those barbarians in Canada actually talk about things like winning puck battles on the boards and, if you can believe it, they even talk about throwing body checks." I think he will not sign any deal with TO because he wants to walk for nothing to an American team of his choice and doesn't want it to have to cost them. He will be the saviour. Good luck trading him.

When is Edward III going to step in and pop Shany's head?

I will drive to Toronto and burn that arena down myself if they try to poach Doug Armstrong from the Blues.

Shaman should be gone to,along with Mattews,Marinar,Travars

Now that Dubas is gone, the Leafs could go back to being a more respectable team in the league where there is accountability when needed. I can’t wait to see that cry baby in Marner try anything when the next GM and head coach joins the front office

You guys are late to the show....old news!

When I think of "deep thinkers" of hockey,Shanny IMMEDIATELY junps to mind... #1967

I hope to god keefe isnt back

shannys a numpty, what’s with firing gm after a single term 😭 you can’t expect them to get everything done coming off a rebuild in just a 1 term. dubas did more than enough to make this team a powerhouse the “core 4” just doesn’t have the heart or strength to win in playoffs they showed that in every scrum round 2

Dubas is gone. Seems to have overplayed his hand. Shanahan was a warrior class player. After losing a playoff round and publicly whining about how tough the job is and deferring to your wife as the decision maker, that would have had to be the end for Dubas in Shanahan's eyes. Not reading the room and having your agent inflate an ask that already accommodated months of negotiated 'must haves' is, in any business, interpreted as bad faith. Sports is big business but at the end of the day it is just hockey. Anything other than Dubas stating "Tough to stomach the loss but instead, I focus on the awesome organization we have built, which anybody lucky enough to be a part of, knows is 1st class. We have a strong core of character guys who like me, want to win. We make moves to add depth and talent and I believe each year we have gotten better. We will continue to do so and if the leadership of MLSE continues to have faith in me, I am committed to doing anything I can to bring home a Cup to Toronto". #1 priority IMHO is goaltending. The young guy Woll looked good when called upon and might have the secret sauce but Samsonov was often caught out of position and gave up too many weak goals. Move Samsonov. Defense was outmatched with both Florida opponents and the Leafs need their Coffey, Leetch, Lidstrom anchors to transition up ice without turnovers. Emphasis on a combination of speed and nastiness. In terms of trade bait up front I think you need to shake things up. Not necessarily wholesale changes but certainly a blockbuster with at least one of Tavares, Marner or Mathews needing to go. A Losing attitude is a virus that needs to be cut out. Edmonton went all in this year and are also out in the 2nd round to Vegas, so perhaps there is a blockbuster McDavid and or Draissaitl for Mathews and or Marner. An explosive move that could shake up both rosters. Another move is Mathews and Samsonov for the #1 pick with Chicago. Do something bold to grab a potential generational talent and clear cap space. Is a coaching change warranted? Perhaps. Keep in mind NHL coaches earn their chops through experience and just blowing the coach out does not change a losing culture. A change could be positive and candidly now more likely but only if a world class guy is ready to step in. Joel Quenneville comes to mind. He took a bullet for what happened in Chicago but is a proven winner. Now it gets interesting because Stan Bowman, who won 3 Cups in Chicago (with Quenneville a former Leaf) could come in as a package deal. Shanahan with his relationships with the NHL HO could smooth things over for re-reinstatement for both. Thoughts? 1

Trade Marner and Mathiews. Its both thier faults, everything went bad the day they signed those overpayed contracts.

Give me money and my family will be fine ?

Shanny held a presser to exposed himself as being a massive A-hole. Dubas has an agent and instead of dealing with Dubas' agent, as required, Shanny drove directly to Dubas to tell him he wasn't accepting his offer.

There were no details in Shanahan's statement. No terms were made public, no financial compensation was made public, no deadlines were made public. Just shows you guys have no business experience. Shanahan gave an overview of what happened without the details. Dubas is probably under an NDA and is why he isn't talking now.

Bring back brian burke

Shanahan should be fired

Clearly Dubas was calculating his future ( deal ) when he spoke to the media... 😏. It wasn't the Leaf's winning , first. 🫠. Shanahan see's his agenda and motive, and says goodbye. 🙃

This was all bad.