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Lou Lamoriello named Leaf GM

That’s the play here, all right. Lamoriello isn’t here for the long haul; he’s 72. It’s a three-year deal, and you can bet there’s an option to be a senior advisor after that, and either Dubas or Hunter could become the GM. If Lou can teach them how to see the poker table of the NHL, with all its corners, that’s an organizational win. As one league source put it, Lou doesn’t just know where the bodies are buried, he may have dug some graves.
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http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2015/07/23/lamoriello-just-the-latest-strong-voice-for-the-leafs-arthur.html

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IrishWolfman said:
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2015/07/23/lamoriello-just-the-latest-strong-voice-for-the-leafs-arthur.html

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Quote I hadn't seen before in that article:

“He’s much more nimble than people think. He’s much more flexible than people think,” Shanahan said. “I’m not afraid of very talented, strong-willed individuals. I actually think it’s an asset to have that in the organization. I think as long as the leadership is right, it can work.

“I just don’t see the logic in saying, just hire less competent people because they’re more likely to get along. I want winners. Winners know how to adapt to win. Will it be a challenge? Yeah, sure. It’s a challenge to have a great hockey team. It’s not easy to have a team full of superstars.”
 
Just another guy to make sure our prospects stay focused and hungry. We can see the roots of a team identity being formed.

Quote from Sheldon Souray -

"Lou Lamoriello: Thank you for pulling me into your office when I was an out-of-shape 20-year-old kid at his second New Jersey Devils training camp and saying, “If you ever embarrass this organization again by coming in overweight, you will never pull on a Devils sweater.” That was just the ass-kicking that I needed, and the tone you set for the Devils organization is why it is one of the most respected in hockey."
 
If Lou's willing to listen to Dubas and Hunter then he's a pretty ideal candidate. He fills in their shortcomings perfectly, and he's wily and experienced enough to deal with the heat from this city's media (and get some respect).
 
In that Dubas talk at the analytics conference someone posted Dubas said that recency bias was one of the things you have to avoid. Thats basically where you judge a player based on recent performance. He specifically used the example of players having a good training camp as an example of a recency bias that should be avoided. They need to have larger sample sizes.
 
From perusing HFboards, looks like nearly every fanbase thinks this is a terrible hire for the Leafs. It'll be interesting to see this play out.
 
Shanahan on the chain of command:

"I don't know how other people imagine things are going to go, but I spelled it out and I can't be more consistent and more clear about how I think this organization can be successful. And Lou bought into that. And he will certainly be a leader, I would ask any general manager to be a leader. He will make decisions, but he will make them with us. He will have a very strong presence. It's not unlike when Mark Hunter comes to me and says "I want to draft this player." And I just simply say "tell me why." And if he gives me a good reason I say "great lets draft him." Because thats his expertise and not mine. And if Kyle Dubas says "I want to sign this player". We all get around, and we get Brendan Pridham in there, and if it fits into the cap and makes sense tell us why. And we have a debate."
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I don't understand the bad spin on this. It isn't like Shanahan is just blindly adding his cronies and old boys club types. He has managed to put together the most progressive front office in the league, stacked with outsiders (Hunter, Pridham) and unconventional thinkers (Dubas and the stats gurus), while adding two of the very few hockey institutionalists who have achieved consistent, perennial success.
 
Interesting, but not surprising that Dubas was the guy put in charge of raiding the UFA bargain bin.

It'll be fun to see what kind of results he gets.
 
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