Treliving brought calm enthusiasm to his first appearance while acknowledging an incredibly busy first month ahead.
general manager quickly proved to be ironic.
“I’ve seen people sit in this seat before and they talk about, ‘It’s Toronto,’ and until you’re here, I don’t think you really understand it,” Treliving said. “As we were going through this process with Brendan and we were talking to my family and my girls and the close network that I rely on and lean on, we kept coming back to, ‘It’s the Leafs.’ There’s a special feeling when you come in as a visitor, when you’re scouting, when you’re young as a fan. ‘It’s the Leafs. ‘It means something.
“We’re not talking about a good player in the league. We’re talking about an elite player in the world,” Treliving said. “Getting to Auston is a priority. But, outside of the contract, step number one is just getting to build that relationship. It’s not walking down and trying to arm wrestle about contracts. It’s getting down and getting a chance to meet him, but more importantly having Auston get a chance to meet me and know what we’re about and just talk a little bit. So that’s a priority.
It stands to reason that, if the Leafs intended to move on from Keefe for 2023-24, it would’ve happened already. Still, any time a new GM comes in, the clock on “When will he bring in his own person?” begins to tick. Speaking on Keefe’s future Thursday, Treliving passed up any opportunity to affirm total job security for his new bench boss but did express a respect for what he’s seen from Keefe so far, most notably Keefe’s ability to get his top forwards to check.
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