Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Jeff Marek Present on Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving’s hiring course of for his or her subsequent head coach and who’re the potential candidates to exchange Sheldon Keefe.
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Marek: “Sheldon Keefe out. Who’re the main candidates? Are you aware if there’s a most popular candidate that the Maple Leafs have their eyes on, Brad Treliving and so forth?
Friedman: “I, look, I feel there’s gonna be lots of, lots of that is gonna go round Craig Berube and the way in which that Treliving thinks about hockey, you’ll assume that Berube would sort of match that.
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It’s not Brad Treliving’s strategy to simply hand the job to any individual. I can at all times be shocked, however I feel, I anticipate that except he feels that there’s any individual who’s his man, who he’s not going to get except he simply palms them the job.”
Marek: “Proper.”
Friedman: “I might anticipate he’s going to undergo a course of. And I feel he’s going to speak to individuals like Berube. I wouldn’t be shocked if he interviews Todd McLellan. You recognize, somebody jogged my memory this morning that you realize, we noticed lots of Jay Woodcroft they usually wouldn’t be shocked if he wished to speak to him, both.
I feel I’m like lots of people and pondering that if I used to be doing, if I used to be wagering, I’d have Berube on the prime of the checklist. However it’s not like Treliving to hurry into an individual except circumstances pressured him to take action. And we must always point out that that might occur right here.
You recognize, like there’s a bunch of openings proper now. The New Jersey one I feel is fairly coveted by individuals. I feel there’s individuals who that assume that New Jersey is on the way in which up and Berube is a really severe contender for that job.
However I might prop this too, and I heard it’s potential McLellan may get a second interview there.
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So I imply, like, I feel it most likely comes right down to a few issues. He most likely desires to do just a few completely different interviews, but it surely additionally may come right down to who he thinks he may lose somebody too.