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Does the End of Leiweke = the End of Shanny? CBJ's Jeff Rimer on Podcast

August 22, 2014, 11:19 AM ET [132 Comments]
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Today is my last day of vacation before returning to the Rumor Mill full force. I have absolutely loved the time away, but also really starting to get pumped for next week and the fact that September winds, come a blowin' in, from across the sea.

And that can only mean one thing-- Hockey is coming kids!

So with all the news over the past few days out of the normally docile town of Toronto that team president Tim Leiweke looks to be leaving yet another NHL team (a year from now) there is a definite buzz in the air from my sources who are curious if Tim's reign will also mean an end to the reign of Brendan Shanahan a year from now.

Many I talk to are feeling it will. That the new president will want his own guy...I am not so sure at all. The people I trust who are close to both the Leafs and Shanahan feel he was aware of this possibility when Shanny left the NHL to take the job and also believe that Shanahan has some assurances from MLSE that he is safe and many speculate that should the season going poorly GM Dave Nonis would be replaced by Shanahan.

Get this one part straight. From long before Shanahan was a part of the Leafs organization the word was out in the NHL that Shanny wanted to be a GM in this league. That he left the NHL for a different position was surprising given there were teams willing to make him a GM. All the weirdness regarding Shanahan's job and Nonis' job weren't just part of the normally over speculative Toronto media. Nonis know Shanahan wants to eventually be a GM as well.

Either way, I don't see Shanahan as Leiweke's guy as much as I see him wanted to be part of the Toronto Maple Leafs....and those I talk to feel the other top dogs at MLSE are committed to Brendan Shanahan as well

Today's Hockey BuzzCast

On Today's Podcast we are truly lucky to have legendary play-by-play man, future broadcast hall-of-famer, and father of our co-host, Josh, Jeff Rimer to talk Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey! Enjoy

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