Confirmed with Link: Lou Lamoriello named Leafs General Manager - Presser @ 2pm ET

[Clark4Ever]

Holy crap!

 

[ACC1224]

Guessing they have to pay compensation?

http://www.tsn.ca/

 

[gamer1035]

Thats a real ****ing link, wtf is going on?

 

[Warden of the North]

Whaaaaaaat

 

[Black hat blue eyes]

TSn confirmed on the tsn go app. Lou is in.

 

[Myke]

Uhhh.... What? Where the heck did this come from?


I will process this and return with thoughts...

 

[Kamal007]

Good mentor for young execs Dubas and Shanny

 

[TNCHL]

Stupid

 

[hfdshdh]

 

[Warden of the North]

Dubas' mentor for a couple years i guess

 

[dubey]

WOW

This is unreal. What an offseason Shanahan is having.

 

[gamer1035]

It mustve taken half an hour to write that article, why wasn't it leaked?

 

[Daisy Jane]

Holy smokes. I need time to think about this.
.....how is this going to work?

wow. We have Uncle Lou...wow..

 

[ULF_55]

Terrific move.

http://www.quora.com/Adam-Rifkin/Po...ng-at-the-top-of-a-hill-overlooking-a-pasture


Should have been what to expect.

 

[stakesishigh]

That is pretty random.

 

[timlap]

I guess this really is happening. Or maybe I crossed into another dimension while I was sleeping. Maybe I should go back to sleep and try waking up again.

Not sure I care for this plan. Lou seems to come from the (very) old school of General Managers. But I guess he is a mentor for Dubas for a few years and then Kyle can take over? Makes some sense from that point-of-view, I suppose.

 

[Judge Smails]

Another one of those American college guys.

 

[francis246]

good signing, probably there to mentor the mangement team. He will probably be a better negotiator when it comes to deals. Dubas has his plate full with the AHL this year. l'm liking what is going on here.

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

This would have been great news in 2003.

 

[Vexed]

He 100% fills the one real need this management team had; experience and savvy.

 

[Jackothy]

Ha ha aint nobody seen that comin

 

[Canada4Gold]

Not who I expected at all, he's not going to stand for a rebuild

he wouldn't have been hired if he wasn't going to go along with the plan. So unless Shanahan and company aren't going to stand for a rebuild then he will.

 

[CDN24]

Love this move. One of the best GM's to ever grace the NHL.

That is a bit of a stretch- only if he brings one of the best goalies to ever grace the NHL with him.

No doubt he is a decent Gm but its still hard to figure out what the leafs are trying to do. Who is in charge (certainly not the GM who was the last one hired) Not sure what type of relationship babcock and Lou have if any. Both are defense first kind of guys.

Still think the Gm should have been hired before the coach/scouts etc and let the GM put his plan in place. Doubt there is much real authority in the GM role.

 

[carko32]

I'm shocked, had to refresh my TSNapp twice, to make sure I saw correctly.

Well, here you got your experience.

 

[BertCorbeau]

What is going on?!