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by Smitty-48 » Wed May 24, 2017 1:15 pm
Well they already denied once, but now the kid is being pursued by half the league, you can't keep denying him over and over, you don't want to burn your bridges, he will be a GM, we will be wanting to do business with him in the future, if Dubas goes to the Av's, then we will have a working relationship with Avs, the more of those you have the better.
Right now, the Leafs still need Lamoriello, he runs the tightest of the tightest ships, the cone of silence, the media in check, the whole organization with heels clicked together high and tight, the Capo di Tutti Capi, that's what you need in Toronto, to keep the circus at bay.
I think Dubas is ready to run a team, but I don't think he's ready to run the 6ix, in this market here, respect is not enough, you have to have the juice, and they all have to fear to cross you.
I mean; Lupul? Robidas? Lou just made them go away, $8.25 million in cap room, shifted on to LTIR, he bent the league rules to the limits, and he made people do what the Leafs needed them to do, he turned that liability into an asset, just by having the juice to get people to dance to his tune, you need a Lamoriello to pull these sorts of things off.
The biggest problem with the Leafs, for decades, was that the inmates were running the asylum, and the circus was being permitted to run amok, as soon as Lou took over, things got locked down tight, and that was overnight, nobody leaks, nobody chirps, nobody steps out of line, nobody is so foolish as to think that they can get away with crossing Lamoriello, so they don't even try.
Seriously; Lou Lamoriello should be President of the United States.
Nec Aspera Terrent
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