TOMapleLaughs Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Report: Leafs granted permission to interview Coyotes Burke Brendan Shanahans search for a new front office executive in Toronto will include one of his former teammates. Per TSN, Shanahan has received permission to interview Arizona goalie coach and assistant GM Sean Burke. The news comes just days after Shanahan cleaned house in Toronto, turfing GM Dave Nonis, the entire coaching staff and the majority of the Maple Leafs scouts. Burke, friendly with Shanahan from their time together in New Jersey, is believed to be in high demand across the league, largely because of his versatility as a coach and executive. Hes has knowledge of and contacts throughout the NHL, having suited up for eight different organizations over a 19-year career, and is viewed as something of a goalie whisperer after reviving the careers of Ilya Bryzgalov, Mike Smith and Devan Dubnyk in the desert. Burke has plenty of hockey operations experience as well. Hes worked under Coyotes GM Don Maloney since 2012 and recently served as part of Hockey Canadas management team for the 2015 World Juniors. Last month, Burke in the final year of his deal with the Coyotes confirmed he was granted permission to interview elsewhere and explore his managerial options. I wanted to manage from the moment I retired, he said. Coaching is good because it gives you an additional avenue of experience, being in that dressing room every day, but when you stay in that role too long, it becomes more difficult to get where you want to go.http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/17/report-leafs-granted-permission-to-interview-coyotes-burke/Burke has been credited with helping resurrect goalies such as Devan Dubnyk and he is currently a member of the Team Canada management team for the upcoming World Championships. Prior to taking on his two current roles with the Coyotes, Burke was the team's director of prospect development. And while he's not a traditional candidate, with experienced GMs like Joe Nieuwendyk, Ray Shero, and Peter Chiarelli all available, but Brendan Shanahan has made it clear he wants someone who fits in, not stands out. This attitude in the search for the next general manager may lend itself towards a younger talent that doesn't have the baggage of a previous management team to bring along. Kyle Dubas and Mark Hunter are going to be with the Leafs for the long haul, and the next general manager will be someone who is comfortable with that team, and the analytics-driven direction they appear to be taking. At the end of March, Burke told Fox Sports Arizona that he had already spoken with seven or eight teams, so the Leafs aren't the only suitor for the former NHL goalie. Burke is a veteran of 18 NHL seasons, with nine NHL teams. He's also a three-time Gold medalist (1997 and 2003 World Championships, and 1991 Canada Cup). In 1997, Burke's history with domestic violence was made public. Consequently, when he was with the Vancouver Canucks, he was required to attend a six-month domestic violence program after pleading guilty to charges for abusing his wife. He was sentenced to 18-months probation.http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2015/4/17/8443869/leafs-gm-search-sean-burke Interesting choice. However, Dubnyk didn't do anything in Arizona and he became a much better goaltender in Minny. And Mike Smith's successes, such as they are, are mostly due to the coaching style of Dave Tippett. The same systems that made Marty Turco look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hire a guy from a struggling team? Only Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMm2HJg8bLw I think this has some potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hmmm, interesting choice if it happens. I guess it's good to have friends in highish places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Makes no sense, so it makes perfect sense for the Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Burke has pretty good respect around the league so he'll be on good terms with every GM to be able to deal. I'm still thinking this would be a long shot though and they'd go with someone more experienced. Who knows though?!? It's the Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Because Arizona is doing so much better than the Leafs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Because Arizona is doing so much better than the Leafs? Arizona has certain constraints that Toronto will never have. In fact, I can't think of two more different franchises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter_74 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Because Arizona is doing so much better than the Leafs? They did. They have a better shot at getting McDavid than Toronto does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMm2HJg8bLw I think this has some potential. 0:14 Very left of the video, Naslund #19 and the guy he's fighting seem like husband and wife. 0:21 To prove it, they walk through the obstacles of life together and somehow make it through never letting one another go throughout. 1:06-1:12 Despite all the issues life throws at them, they never let each other go. 1:17-1:25 Never That my friends, that is what I call a marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Shanahan looking for a yes man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I'm glad the Leafs kept Shanahan on board, I enjoy his failure as much as theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I'm glad the Leafs kept Shanahan on board, I enjoy his failure as much as theirs. I'd say that judging his tenure starts now rather than when he was hired. Who he replaces Nonis with will aid in defining his success as Team President more than anything that happened over the past year. I was actually quite surprised when he didn't make it his first plan of action to terminate Nonis. As someone who revels in Leaf fan misery, I wasn't disappointed, just surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I'd say that judging his tenure starts now rather than when he was hired. Who he replaces Nonis with will aid in defining his success as Team President more than anything that happened over the past year. I was actually quite surprised when he didn't make it his first plan of action to terminate Nonis. As someone who revels in Leaf fan misery, I wasn't disappointed, just surprised. Yeah, I imagine he'd prefer that judging his tenure starts now - keeping Nonis around may have been useful in that sense - but imo Shanahan is responsible for what happened under Nonis in the last year. The fact he let it transpire, not only digging the team in a deeper hole, and devaluing their assets, but wasting another valuable year of timeline is a real blow to his credibility imo. I would have fired him first, along with Nonis and started with someone who has an actual plan and knows what he's doing, as opposed to learning on the job and using buffers to buy time. They couldn't and can't afford imo to have such indecisive leadership. Anyone who didn't know that what has transpired needed to happen a year ago never should have gotten that job in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beary Sweet Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 He's not a bad consideration for the leafs. If they lure him away from the yotes he can be a great gm plus can help bernier and Reimer get better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah, I imagine he'd prefer that judging his tenure starts now - keeping Nonis around may have been useful in that sense - but imo Shanahan is responsible for what happened under Nonis in the last year. The fact he let it transpire, not only digging the team in a deeper hole, and devaluing their assets, but wasting another valuable year of timeline is a real blow to his credibility imo. I would have fired him first, along with Nonis and started with someone who has an actual plan and knows what he's doing, as opposed to learning on the job and using buffers to buy time. They couldn't and can't afford imo to have such indecisive leadership. Anyone who didn't know that what has transpired needed to happen a year ago never should have gotten that job in the first place. I think you nailed it right on the head with the learning on the job assessment. Shanny was hired in what even casual Panther fans might know to be a miniature Edmonton-esque stretch of disappointment, yet did (seemingly) nothing to remedy it. Thank God (or whoever) for the actions Linden took with the hiring of Benning, but first of all for the completely necessary firing of Torts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I think you nailed it right on the head with the learning on the job assessment. Shanny was hired in what even casual Panther fans might know to be a miniature Edmonton-esque stretch of disappointment, yet did (seemingly) nothing to remedy it. Thank God (or whoever) for the actions Linden took with the hiring of Benning, but first of all for the completely necessary firing of Torts. Exactly. Linden took ownership of his decisions right from the get-go. Leadership. Shanahan let a floundering franchise flounder for another year, witnessing a collapse that actually will cost them dearly - far more than necessary. A predictable collapse even to some of us amateurs.. What Leafs asset is worth what it was at this point last year? I honestly can't think of a single Leaf who'd have retained their value through this. They've nearly all declined - a few young 'untouchables' will have sustained value, but that is irrelevent - they are not the assets to be moved. They started their rebuild when the 'fat lady' was singing and have backed themselves into a no-leverage, sell-low position. If it weren't the Leafs I'd actually be surprised that they haven't taken the appropriate heat for such poor accountability and bad decision making. It's Toronto however - for all they complain about the media and the fans, they actually get more of a blank cheque than they deserve imo. They'd probably have benefitted from a more relentless (if informed) media. Unfortunately (for them,) they've had to settle for dimwits (like Cox) and cheerleaders (like Dreger). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Ex-Canuck goaltender turned NHL GM fraternity. Weekes and Hirsch are in media. Arturs Irbe? Where are you Arturs Irbe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amplified0ne Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 It might help their goaltending at least. Helped Smith until this year and Dubnyk. I'd laugh harder if they hire McPhee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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