Speculation: Claude Loiselle to be named Head of Department of Player Safety

[Daisy Jane]

Hee. the Circle of life. Shanahan leaves, comes in, and fires everyone, and Claude takes his old job. Bets on how many Leafs get suspended?


(I kid - even though he did not do a good job here, I'm glad that he was able to get a job quickly). It's not 100 percent confirmed - but here are the rumours here and here

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[gamer1035]

Didn't Colin Cambell make sure his son didn't get suspended. Whats stopping Loiselle from giving the leafs harsher punishments for firing his stupid ass?

 

[Swervin81]

Didn't Colin Cambell make sure his son didn't get suspended. Whats stopping Loiselle from giving the leafs harsher punishments for firing his stupid ass?

"If I'm unable to comprehend basic math enough to manage the cap, then I'm sure as hell unable to determine proper suspension lengths using that same methodology".

 

[Morbo]

Well, figuring out one number to apply to something might be easier for Claude than the mathematical sorcery required to manage the salary cap I suppose...I have no reason to think he'll be any better at this job than his last one though.

 

[share]

All I will say is that I wish him all the best if he do get that position with the league. In every interview I have ever seen Claude Loiselle in, he always comes across as a gentleman. Good luck Claude..

 

[Stephen]

I wonder if he'll be liberally giving out seven and eight year suspensions?

 

[Suntouchable13]

Didn't Colin Cambell make sure his son didn't get suspended. Whats stopping Loiselle from giving the leafs harsher punishments for firing his stupid ass?

Well, if he is that unprofessional and takes a firing personally then maybe somebody in the NHL would pick up on that before hiring him.

 

[realgoodleafs]

Well, if he is that unprofessional and takes a firing personally then maybe somebody in the NHL would pick up on that before hiring him.

Why? Its an old boys club.

 

[diceman934]

"If I'm unable to comprehend basic math enough to manage the cap, then I'm sure as hell unable to determine proper suspension lengths using that same methodology".

He did not sign players to those contracts. Nonis and Burke did.

He managed the cap like a genius last year, allowing us to call up players, using Long term injury to give us cap room to call up players as Nonis spent to the cap and left little room to allow the team to run.

As far as other areas of his job, I have no idea if he did it well or not as I was not aware of his additional responsibilities.

 

[Morbo]

He did not sign players to those contracts. Nonis and Burke did.

He managed the cap like a genius last year, allowing us to call up players, using Long term injury to give us cap room to call up players as Nonis spent to the cap and left little room to allow the team to run.

uh...you do know that the Leafs tried to call up a player at one point last year and couldn't because they didn't have the cap space right?

 

[tmlfan98]

Great, now Phaneuf will get 10 games every time he looks at someone the wrong way.

 

[diceman934]

uh...you do know that the Leafs tried to call up a player at one point last year and couldn't because they didn't have the cap space right?

They had to wait a day..until they could as a result of players go on the long term injury list. Look at all the players we had injured last year....Remember it was Nonis who put us in cap He'll blaming the person who got us through the season is wrong.

I get it he is gone but the person in charge of signing players to deals is the responsible party.

 

[Morbo]

They had to wait a day..until they could as a result of players go on the long term injury list. Look at all the players we had injured last year....Remember it was Nonis who put us in cap He'll blaming the person who got us through the season is wrong.

I get it he is gone but the person in charge of signing players to deals is the responsible party.

look, you're the one who specifically said he managed the cap like a genius allowing us to call players up. Nonis has nothing to do with Loiselle's mistake.

It's not even that big of a deal, but I've seen nothing to indicate the Leafs have lost anything here. I'm fairly sure Dubas is handy with Excel.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Why? Its an old boys club.

So should the NHL employ people that have a certain bias against a team? Why would he take it so personally to that extent? People get hired, people get fired. It's a business.

 

[Teeder9]

You can guarantee Shanny had something to do with the hiring to soften the blow of leaving this winning atmosphere.

 

[diceman934]

look, you're the one who specifically said he managed the cap like a genius allowing us to call players up. Nonis has nothing to do with Loiselle's mistake.

It's not even that big of a deal, but I've seen nothing to indicate the Leafs have lost anything here. I'm fairly sure Dubas is handy with Excel.

He did a great job managing the cap.....I just do not see the sense in blaming him for the contracts that Nonis signed is all. I could care less that he was fired....the only bad thing is that Nonis was not included as that Dough head signed Clarkson and Dion to some of the most horrendous deals in hockey!

 

[francis246]

You can guarantee Shanny had something to do with the hiring to soften the blow of leaving this winning atmosphere.

This exactly. Also when Shanny got hired didn't they say he would be directly involved in finding a replacement. I don't think that the result would be more Toronto players getting suspended