We disagree, there is nothing more to add to this discussion. If you cannot see how Shanahan was handed a Vice President role with the NHL straight from retiring as a player to being handed the President job of the Toronto Maple Leafs with zero Team Executive experience, we can't have a conversation.
I am not sure why you are defending he earned his jobs. Let's just call it as it is, it's not like he was Yzerman who put in 4 years under Holland, paid his dues assembling 2 Team Canada teams before earning the TB job.
paying his dues
Shanahans 18yrs with the NHLPA is not paying dues?
I like StevieY but lets get real!
Going from captain of the team to Senior Vice-President is not exactly paying your dues, and then under the tutelage of Holland and Rutherford(the real team Canada GM's 1st time around) given the thankless and oh so difficult task of picking an all-star team of Canadians to play in the Olympics
funny I picked the exact same team both times just by watching a few games, it wasn't that difficult selecting Crosby Getzlaf and Toews and didn't get any more difficult when it came to picking Perry, Marleau, Nash, Iginla, Bergeron, and Erik Staal to round out the top 9
It must of gotten tough though I suppose when it came to picking the D when the choices are Niedermeyer, Pronger Keith, Doughty, Seabrook and Weber
Canada could of iced 2 teams at both games and finished 1st and 4th, so please no deification when it comes to the games
No doubt the guy ahs done well in Tampa, but he had lots of building blocks to start with there