Toronto going crazy with the rumors
Toronto’s rumor mill is having a field day with the GM position. Who will take the wheels of the MLSE from John Ferguson Jr.?
Red Wings’ fans are no stranger to these Toronto rumors as they invariably contain one of the Wings’ management people including Scotty Bowman, Jim Nill, and Steve Yzerman.
As for Yzerman, Devellano said he has settled nicely into his vice- president’s role and has repeatedly said how much he enjoys apprenticing under Holland. The Wings are also compensating Yzerman handsomely.
Devellano dismissed the threat of a Toronto raid on the Wings’ front office as being more the product of a hyperactive media market.
“Our people are sexy, who wouldn’t want them?” Devellano said “But they all have contracts and I don’t think they want to go anywhere.
“The media in Toronto are dreaming in Technicolor.”
How much do I love that snippet from the article? A lot. As GM Ken Holland tells us, those guys aren’t going anywhere, but we’re happy to share some other characters according to Abel to Yzerman.
The article also notes that Assistant GM Jim Nill was interviewed for the Toronto job a few years back, but the team decided not to hire him. Nill said he has turned down multiple offers from other team’s wanting him to be their GM over the years.
Kevin, of the always entertaining Barry Melrose Rocks blog, has a new gig with FanHouse and today he offered up pointers on how to start a Toronto rumor.
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November 28th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
“Dreaming in technicolour” is pretty good, but I think the prize goes to Brian Burke’s “drug-induced haze”.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Haha. Yeah. My favorite line from that snippet though was that “Our people are sexy, who wouldn’t want them?”