Pete DeBoer is getting linked to the Toronto Maple Leafs, but would he be interested in the position?
Nick Alberga: David Pagnotta on The Leafs Nations talking about the Toronto Maple Leafs coaching situation and if Pete DeBoer would even be interested in the head coach position if the Leafs decide to fire Craig Berube.
** NHL Rumors.com transcription
Alberga: “Dave, I want to circle back on Pete DeBoer. Do you have any sense of what this guy’s thinking? Because I think it’s one thing to talk about Pete DeBoer potentially taking over Craig Berube, but does he even want Toronto?
Like Zach and I talked about earlier on, like the prospects of a couple different teams, namely Winnipeg, maybe LA, that you’re close to, that could be contemplating a coaching change as well. So, do you have any idea what DeBoer is thinking right now?
Pagnotta: “Yeah, sidebar, LA’s not thinking of a coaching change. So, I know that gets hyped up a lot, and the LA fans just can’t stand Jim Hiller for whatever reason. But he’s not getting fired anytime soon.
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With respect to DeBoer, what I was told was, he’s comfortable right now, and he’s still getting paid by Dallas for the rest of the season.”
Alberga: “Nice.”
Pagnotta: “And he spoke, he’s focused on Canada. So, yeah, he’s chilling. So he’s, he’s in, he’s in good position. But what I was told was, if he does consider joining an NHL club, it’s, it’s a team that’s right there. It’s a team that you guys touched on it a little bit earlier, he’s, he’s the finishing piece. He’s the one that’s going to put you over the edge by bringing him in, in order to get to a cup final or to win the whole thing.
That’s, that’s the type of team that he would consider going to and joining from, from what I’ve been told, is a team that’s right there, and they need that finishing piece to kind of lead them along the way. That’s not here.
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So I’d be a little bit surprised unless they’re throwing, you know, 5, 6, 7, $8, million his way per season, I would be a little bit surprised if he would consider this based on what I’d heard a couple of weeks ago, about his scenario.”
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