[Friedman]Kyle Dubas est président de Hockey Ops Pittsburgh
Kyle Dubas is President of Hockey Ops Pittsburgh
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 1, 2023
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FutureAnybody
@Maple Leafs de Toronto
[Friedman]Kyle Dubas est président de Hockey Ops Pittsburgh
Kyle Dubas is President of Hockey Ops Pittsburgh
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 1, 2023
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FutureAnybody
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Colour me not surprised
Shocker
There’s no way Pittsburgh is announcing this now without subtle jab intentions.
Crosby for Marner
So I guess he’ll hire Pridham as GM? It would suck if we lose him.
I’m sure moving his family to a different country with less than 2 weeks notice after thinking they’d be in Toronto indefinitely shows what he was really trying to do with that press conference…
Sink or swim time for dubas. He’s running the show now. We’ll see if we missed out on the greatest gm of our history or dodged a massive bullet.
Good for him. I hope he does well.
pretty obvious what happened. He had an offer from pitt to be pres, told leafs if they don’t give him full autonomy he takes the pitt job. shanny, who was the person making the decision and also the person whose power he was gunning for told him to fuck off. none of the nonsense said in the media is relevant
Of course they announce it right before Treliving speaks lol
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Good for him. Why deal with Shanahan when you can take his position somewhere else
Wish him the best of luck, and that Pittsburgh loses every time against the Leafs
Shanahan: Kyle, do you want to be GM of the Leafs or not?
Dubas: I don’t.
Shanahan: Really?
Dubas: I want to be president.
Shanahan: I think we’re done here.
We literally fired him from GM to have another team poach and promote him. Real good sign for our decision-making.
I’m actually glad he’s gone now
Kyle will make a good President. He was a « meh » GM in my opinion, but he’s got a good eye for talent and a lot of new, creative ideas. I think a President role is better for him and he’ll bring a positive culture into an already storied franchise.
Didn’t he basically say Toronto or nothing when asked if he’ll be back? Good for him and all but don’t make yourself a liar
Right before Treliving’s press conference. How rude.
Cool, because im a leafs fan, I hope he’s the worst president of hockey ops ever, just like I do with all other 31 teams.
To be fair, if I was offered double my salary and more autonomy/promotion, I would probably change my mind on staying too Lmaoo
All the best Dubas! I feel this is the perfect time to jump off our looming shipwreck. Let’s hope Treviling has a plan from the jump.
#pettyking
Good for Dubas, but he’s done absolutely nothing to merit a promotion. He’s being hyped up so much by Pittsburgh fans it’s hard to see him & the team’s performance living up to it.
He’s got his hands full in Pittsburgh, the team is in a completely different situation than Toronto is.
“I definitely don’t have it in me to go anywhere else. It will be either here or it will be taking time to recalibrate, reflect on the seasons here. You won’t see me next week pop up elsewhere. I can’t put (my family) through that after this year.”
-Kyle Dubas
Dubas wanted Shanahan’s job, and overplayed his hand. That’s why he was fired.
So Matt Murray back to the Penguin’s?
Good for Kyle but man, his last press conference is feeling less genuine by the minute.
All this means to me is Dubas is a rat who uses his presser as leverage.
He knew he had the opportunity to be president in Pitt so he tried to get that here in Toronto.
Good riddance bud
It’s clear now – Dubas had no intention of staying here after this season. He knew his career at MLSE was limited as long as Shanahan was there, and made a counter offer in bad faith with a sympathy story to preserve his reputation.
Paint me shocked Shirley
Lot of people in here acting like they’d turn millions of dollars and more power in their field of work because « well I said I wouldn’t »
Guys he got fired. Things changed from his original statement. Why are you all so salty?
Didn’t Dubas say it was Toronto or nothing in his end of year press conference?
Lol, this is like that Seinfeld episode when George needed to get fired from the Yankees because he has a better job waiting for him with the Mets. I feel Dubas was offered this job before and demanded what was already waiting for him from the leafs.
I guess Dubas isn’t worried about his time with his family any more. What a lying little pissant.
I liked Treliving presser. Fan since 84 and this feels good. Good luck to Dubas, and we focus on what matters-TML.
I think we need to relinquish the « Dubas Double Phone » picture for the sticky threads to the Pens sub.
Absolutely hilarious! In my personal opinion Pittsburgh again demonstrated why they are in the business of winning and Toronto demonstrated why they’re in the business of being a mid pack team at the best of times.
Although, I maybe eating my words because it was Shanny that plocked this guy from obscurity.
Fine. He wanted a top-job. Shanny wouldn’t give it to him, so he went elsewhere for it. That’s totally fine!
THAT SAID: In hindsight now, IMO doing the media session where you’re talking about family and the strain the job puts on your little kids…. clearly that was all bullshit. Clearly that was just a calculated crocodile tear jerker to try and build some leverage in his Leafs negotiations.
THAT part of this I think is bush league by Kyle.
It’s fine to be ambitious but don’t use your family as a media prop, that’s lame.
« I definitely don’t have it in me to go anywhere else, » Dubas said. « It’ll either be here or it’ll be taking time to recalibrate, reflect on the seasons here. You won’t see me next week pop up elsewhere. I can’t put (my family) through that after this year. »
He’s inheriting a team with an old core that is due for a rebuild any year now. As much as Hextall and Burke were incompetent I don’t think they were wrong to suggest continuing to build the team around Sid, Geno and Letang wasn’t going to work for much longer. Good luck with that Kyle.
So does he have autonomy now? Or will he let his gm make decisions without his meddling as a president.
There it is. That’s what he wanted.
So essentially Shanahan fired Dubas because Dubas wanted Shannys job, and to protect his own employment (and salary) Shanahan fired Dubas.
Regardless of if you like Dubas or not, his career arc has been pretty remarkable.
Take himmmm