Toronto Maple Leafs

[foxman]

John Ferguson Jr Finally gone!!
Fletcher as their interim general manager.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=227906&hubname=


http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL...786917-cp.html

[Big Johnny69]

About time. Regardless of the performance on the ice, this guy made some bad decisions which will hurt the Leafs for seasons to come.

[foxman]

The Score and the Globe and Mail are reporting the Maple Leafs are set to announce Fletcher as their interim general manager.

[Hacker]

I'm glad that they finally cut him free.........it was getting painful to watch the public flogging that Jr. was taking on a daily basis.

Now all the leafs need to do is set-up some ice-level cameras and steal the other teams coaching strategies. This is sure to make them winners and in all likelihood result in a perfect season - well at least there are some in the football threads who'd have us believe that success can be attained that easily

[Pinshark]

Woooohooooooo!!!!!!

[sillywilly]

someone told me doug gilmour is the new GM?? that can't be right!!

[Pinshark]

someone told me doug gilmour is the new GM?? that can't be right!!

In Toronto anything is possible.

[nhwott5]

fletcher has made soem heavy requirements for hm to come back, and rightfully so.

you never know what that board wil do, but the long term seems lie they woudl wnt to bring in fletcher to helop groom gilmour the way detroit is grooming yzerman

[Pinshark]

Fletcher is a great step in the right direction IMO. Gilmour would make a great addition to the MLSE in any way.

[nhwott5]

well i never woudl have gotten rid of fletcher in the first plac,e however now, i think it might be past his time, gilmour, who knows, bu what te leafs ned is simple, 2 things,

one get ride of the interference by the board, ( a la raptors)

and 2, get a real true to life hockey man in the GM chair, ( agai a la raptors with colleagelo)

now is fleth\cher that guy, probably not but yes not a bad sto pgap whiel search i on for right guy, shoudl have someone in place ofr june and then giev them free reign. wonder what hitchcocks GM ability woudl be like

[LobWedge]

Not Gilmour. Not yet anyway. He should be Assistant GM at most.

Fletcher will likely be used as a "head hunter" for the next GM.

If there was ever a time to aggressively pursue Scotty Bowman, it's now. Pay him what he wants, and let him have 100% control. He has the potential to wield the same sort of power as Colangelo with the Raptors, and tell the board to "screw off".

[Chambokl]

Hacker, you are hard on those poor anti-Pats fan...

[Hacker]

Hacker, you are hard on those poor anti-Pats fan...

I can't let em dis the best team in History

[jvincent]

If there was ever a time to aggressively pursue Scotty Bowman, it's now.

Scotty is 75 years old and already has 9 Stanley cups. He has nothing to prove in the world of hockey and I doubt he would be interested in embarking on what will probably be a 3 year re-building process.

[Indio]

Scotty is 75 years old and already has 9 Stanley cups. He has nothing to prove in the world of hockey and I doubt he would be interested in embarking on what will probably be a 3 year re-building process.

I'm not so sure about that John. Scotty was ready to sign on the dotted line last August but Petty and the board never got back to him after all the negotiations! (at least that is the way Scotty tells it)

[jvincent]

Yeah, I just saw that.

I'm not sure if that would piss him off or not.

[Indio]

Yeah, I just saw that.

I'm not sure if that would piss him off or not.

When they interviewd him, it sounded like he was still interested.

[jvincent]

I guess we'll see.

If the leafs to get him to join, then they might actually be a contender one of these days.

[Indio]

I guess we'll see.

If the leafs to get him to join, then they might actually be a contender one of these days.

I think they are afraid of his condition that he, and he alone be the one to make all hockey decisions without any interference whatsoever from the board.

[Indio]

Holy cow, the media is already asking if Fletcher is the right man for the job or has he just been brought in to appease the masses as a PR jesture?

[Hacker]

I guess I can turn Sportsnet Connected off now - Indio is giving a blow by blow recount of the goings on

[Indio]

ROFLMAO..... did anyone else see the Fletcher - Peddie news conference. I was just watching Molson, Thats Hockey and they replayed it and if you watch closely, every word that Fletcher is saying into the lmicrophone is also being lip sync'd at the exact same time by Peddie. They said it was on you tube but I can't find it. It is soooooo funny to see it.

No, it wasn't rehearsed and he wasn't told what to say by the board at all

[jonf]

ROFLMAO..... did anyone else see the Fletcher - Peddie news conference. I was just watching Molson, Thats Hockey and they replayed it and if you watch closely, every word that Fletcher is saying into the lmicrophone is also being lip sync'd at the exact same time by Peddie. They said it was on you tube but I can't find it. It is soooooo funny to see it.

No, it wasn't rehearsed and he wasn't told what to say by the board at all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M0KR...eature=related

watch from 4:45 onwards

[Pinshark]

Soo funny 5 minutes into this clip.
too slow. LOL

[Indio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M0KR...eature=related

watch from 4:45 onwards

Thanks Jon! That is just waaaaay to eerie. I guess Peddie is a savant

[jonf]

Thanks Jon! That is just waaaaay to eerie. I guess Peddie is a savant

What can I say...I'm always looking for an excuse to hop on youtube. Best way in the world to avoid doing real work.

[Fallys0820]

Alright, I'm preparing myself to get grilled by the Leafs haters....again!

It's funny as hell, don't get me wrong, but thanks to the nuances of internet posts, I can't tell if you noticed Bob, the youtube guy fudged the tape.

If you did notice and made the post under that context, then hahaha

Fallys
aka Scott

[Hacker]

Alright, I'm preparing myself to get grilled by the Leafs haters....again!

It's funny as hell, don't get me wrong, but thanks to the nuances of internet posts, I can't tell if you noticed Bob, the youtube guy fudged the tape.

If you did notice and made the post under that context, then hahaha

Fallys
aka Scott

I'm not following you Scott

[Indio]

Alright, I'm preparing myself to get grilled by the Leafs haters....again!

It's funny as hell, don't get me wrong, but thanks to the nuances of internet posts, I can't tell if you noticed Bob, the youtube guy fudged the tape.

If you did notice and made the post under that context, then hahaha

Fallys
aka Scott

Scotty me boy, I didn't see it on you tube, I saw it on the sports news