Is Brad Treliving the Right Choice For the Toronto Maple Leafs?
By Gordon Munro
Brad Treliving had a tenure in Calgary reminiscent of a roller coaster.
There is plenty of blame to be passed around but he was the ultimate face of the decision making and bears the brunt of that role.
He was the one who endorsed contracts, made trades, and signed off on draft picks.
Many people pointed to an ownership that had a hands-on approach to hand wave his failures but that likely isn’t much different than the situation he faces in Toronto with Brendan Shanahan, Larry Tanenbaum, and the MLSE board.
Another wrinkle as well that has been pointed out is the difference in either team’s financial might.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have no shortage of money to invest in their hockey operations department.
It will be interesting to see what Treliving can do with a budget that MLSE affords him.
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He has also shown the ability and willingness to pull off bold moves and given the stakes of the 12 or so months in Toronto, he will need to use that when he takes over as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.