Leafs part ways with Berube
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Didn't Chayka say they spoke to something like 50+ candidates?
Chayka said there were 55 people either spoken to or reached out to in the preliminary stage. I'd imagine these were just brief introductory conversations to see if there was any mutual interest in the position. From there the first stage of actual interviews consisted of about 20 people.
herman
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Round 2 interviews are down to a shortlist of single digits (~5 per EF, LeBrun)
I'm thinking there's probably a Round 3 of the top 2 shortly after this. If the previous GM hire was anything to go by, they might take a forked approach: the best (experienced) traditional vs the best outside the box option and evaluate which one they envision bringing the team and organization to the next level.
While I appreciate the outside-the-box idea, I still think giving Pavelski, at this stage of his (currently non-exist) professional coaching career, the head coach job would be kind of insane.
Woodcroft as HC with Pavelski as an assistant would definitely be a banger though.
That's where I've landed on too. I really don't want anything to do with Patrick Roy though, but I wonder if his junior resume helps his cause. I personally wouldn't let it.
That's a good thought
I've seen a few coaching candidates ideas kicked around where the prospective coach gets some assistants that help to make it more attractive
For example (and I do not know enough about Giordano's effort to endorse this): maybe Giordano gets consideration for how he's helped the Marlies D or Gruden, etc, etc etc
Friedman talked about MLSE being concerned to have some experience in the coaching to help Chayka & Sundin. Hiring a good team of them would achieve that.