Eight years to the day after hiring Mike Babcock to coach the Maple Leafs, Brendan Shanahan has the Original Six club in state of disarray.
At some point, Shanahan is going to have to get it right with his hirings, isn’t he? How many more presentations have to be made to the MLSE board before someone peers over their reading glasses and realizes that with Shanahan running the show, the Leafs haven’t won?
At some point in the coming weeks, Shanahan will announce he has hired a new general manager in the wake of the firing of Kyle Dubas on Friday. That person, whether it’s Brad Treliving or Mark Hunter or Mathieu Darche or Stan Bowman or someone else, has to be given the freedom that Dubas apparently was seeking. And the hiring has to happen relatively quickly, considering the roster decisions that will have to be made.
Time was Shanahan had Lou Lamoriello as the GM and Babcock as coach. It was a combination of formidable hockey knowledge that was supposed to bring the Cup to Toronto.Article content
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