Never thought I'd see this.

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Just got the notification.. Bizarre to say the least. Just when I thought the leafs were trying to go with a younger group up top and maybe were about to name Kyle Dubas GM they go and steal Lou from Jersey. In Lou they trust no more I guess for the devils..

He's 72. My guess is they didn't think Dubas was ready just yet and want Lou to come in as kind of a "caretaker" for a couple of years and groom Dubas.

In related news, it was determined the Leafs tampered with him while he was still under contract with New Jersey. As punishment the NHL has decided the Blues must give New Jersey 5 number 1 draft picks.

This guy hated the media and tried to keep everything from them in NJ. Good luck in Toronto, it's about to be a complete shit show.

wizard pork sword wrote:He's 72. My guess is they didn't think Dubas was ready just yet and want Lou to come in as kind of a "caretaker" for a couple of years and groom Dubas.

I wonder if he's also going to be a caretaker in the sense of helping Shanny get his feet on the ground over the next two years.

barcthespark wrote:In related news, it was determined the Leafs tampered with him while he was still under contract with New Jersey. As punishment the NHL has decided the Blues must give New Jersey 5 number 1 draft picks.

I posted this over in the Asylum......can't wait to see how many over there think it was a serious comment!

So Shanahan hires Lamoriello, 24 years after leaving New Jersey to sign with the Blues, costing the Blues Scott Stevens.

I think it's obvious now Shanny and Lou were in cahoots from the beginning, and this is the final payoff for a long running conspiracy! We need a crack reporter to follow the money trail and see if Lou takes some of his crisp, new Maple Leaf money and buys Judge Houston a sweet new Cadillac!

So I'm guessing Lou must have had some sort of "out" clause in his contract with the Devils. This is really interesting stuff from a sports business perspective.

I can't recall an instance where an executive who is still under contract to a team has taken a job which is a step down from his current position. In a league like MLB that would be tampering.

If I'm the Devils I'm livid. I wonder if David Conte will surface in Toronto.

BluesSK wrote:So I'm guessing Lou must have had some sort of "out" clause in his contract with the Devils. This is really interesting stuff from a sports business perspective.

I can't recall an instance where an executive who is still under contract to a team has taken a job which is a step down from his current position. In a league like MLB that would be tampering.

If I'm the Devils I'm livid. I wonder if David Conte will surface in Toronto.

Rutherford did something someone similiar leaving the Canes for Pittsburgh.

Leafs are sending a 3rd rounder to the Devils for LouLam

Fred Garvin wrote:

BluesSK wrote:So I'm guessing Lou must have had some sort of "out" clause in his contract with the Devils. This is really interesting stuff from a sports business perspective.

I can't recall an instance where an executive who is still under contract to a team has taken a job which is a step down from his current position. In a league like MLB that would be tampering.

If I'm the Devils I'm livid. I wonder if David Conte will surface in Toronto.

Rutherford did something someone similiar leaving the Canes for Pittsburgh.

Yes, that's right. What a shitty memory I have.

Did not see this coming. Whoa is right.

If they bring in Stevens to coach this just confirms that Shanny, Lou and Stevens were in cahoots all along....bastards

Really surprising move, but this gives the Leafs another smart hockey mind in the fold, at least for a few years. He can help groom Shanny and Co. a bit.

Well that was from left field. Maybe Lou is going senile like Fletcher was when he traded us Steen and we can get JVR for a song...
Something tells me that Lou is still sharp though and I don't want Army dealing with him.

No more robbing Toronto

Martin Brodeur is in Saint Louis, Lou Lamoriello is in Toronto...

Who stole the XBox controller?