Mat Sundin
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I could still play though.
And really, he was kind of... He was done.
But you don't expect athletes to do that.
But Shane Doan was an advocate for the Coyotes, big on outreach, lived and died by the Coyotes brand.
And he's now in Toronto because he accompanied Brad Treliving as a part of his staff.
And he's like he's kind of like he's got the Dwight Schrute title, the assistant to the regional manager thing going on.
He would have worked or he would have been Brad's captain.
You also have to remember that Shane Doan used to take less money regularly on his contract negotiations to make sure that the Coyotes were OK.
And and also just worth mentioning, Chayka did do the Oliver Ekman Larson deal that was traded to Vancouver and promptly bought out.
I should mention that.
Yes, he signed the deal.
He wasn't the one who fleeced Vancouver, though.
That was Bill Armstrong.
Now, when Chayka got the GM job, the story goes that he called Donian, asked him to go for lunch, and they sit down to lunch, and Chayka apparently fired him, got up, and walked out of the restaurant.
Like Jonah Hill in Moneyball.