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couple of points I want to make, first about the Babcock situation, there was never a point where the Media was saying Toronto no longer had interest in Babcock or that they pulled there offer, when the media said/thought the Leafs were out of the running for Babcock it wasn't because the Leafs gave up interest it was because they thought Babcock wasn't interested. that has nothing to do with the information coming from within the Leafs Organization at the time. everyone knew they really wanted Babcock and had offered him a big contract, that's not being tight lipped.

also you can say w/e you want about the Kessel situation, we all knew they wanted to move Kessel, we all knew Pittsburgh was interested and were negotiating on a trade with Toronto and then in the week prior to the trade heard we were willing to retain salary, all these things came from within the Leafs organization, just because one or 2 guys were saying the opposite doesn't mean these didn't come from the Leafs organization it all clearly did, it was all correct and when the trade went down, it was hardly a surprise that Kessel got trade, and that it was to pittsburgh and that we retain salary. also just because the insiders were talking about a hybrid rebuild doesn't mean Kessel was no longer going to be traded.

thirdly you talk about Lou being a tight lipped type of guy and while he might be, it's not like he was dealing with the type of media we have here in Toronto, he might have talked to 1 or 2 people during his time in NJ because that's all that would have followed that team.

since Shanny has taken over the only 2 moves that were made that seemed to come out of no where were the Clarkson deal, and signing Lou. nothing else that's happened has been like this. and one signing like this doesn't show a new trend imo. this management team even leaked there plan to the media in that we were going into a rebuild like at the end of January before the trade deadline. that's not being tight lipped about what your doing, there exactly the same as the past regime, the only difference is there not coming out and making Bold statements like Burke use to do.

hi simmons!

 

[The Apologist]

If you live in a dirty house, vermin will come.

Certainly, you'll have dumpster divers but you'll also have journalists.

Watch the news, mostly about tragedy, but you'll also get reports of success, in sports, in medicine, in engineering, in quality of life improvement.

There is a market for positive reports, but you have to be willing to consume it.

And this market is not that market whether the team is good or bad. This city thrives on the Jerry Springer garbage. There is no such thing as too much information. Bad news is good news. It's not false unless you prove it is.

Hell, there were some on here defending the clown who posted the Lupul and phaneuf thing as probably accurate.

The Raptors are another example. A team that appears to be on the up and up. What was Simmons writing about again?

Nothing will change here. Whatever news they can't get, they'll make up like they always have. 99% of it will be way off. 100% of it will be used as factual proof by someone on these boards.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

And this market is not that market whether the team is good or bad. This city thrives on the Jerry Springer garbage. There is no such thing as too much information. Bad news is good news. It's not false unless you prove it is.

Hell, there were some on here defending the clown who posted the Lupul and phaneuf thing as probably accurate.

The Raptors are another example. A team that appears to be on the up and up. What was Simmons writing about again?

Nothing will change here. Whatever news they can't get, they'll make up like they always have. 99% of it will be way off. 100% of it will be used as factual proof by someone on these boards.

 

[The Man with a Plan]

I think that's fair and you raise good points. TSN and Sportsnet clearly had their secondary guys covering the Lamoriello hiring, and it's true that new relations will need to be made between the media and new office people since a few sources were probably fired.

I'm hoping that the Leafs can contain on leaks moving forward. Shanahan says he doesn't like leaks, and Lou ran one of the most tight lipped organizations for quite a while. We'll see how effective they are in the media hotbed that is Toronto.

I doubt many people anywhere in the NHL would like to get called into Shanny's office and seeing Shanny, Lou and Babs all sitting there with scowls on their faces.
That alone should keep people adhering to the "loose lips sink ships" way of doing business

I think we will see a huge change this year in how the media handles the leafs and it couldn't come soon enough.