Pronger on the Maple Leafs' front office future, Matthews' next steps and the impact on the team's future
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What insights does Chris Pronger share about the Maple Leafs' organizational future?
Stanley Cup champ and most importantly author. Here he is, Chris Pronger, joining us on the Maple Toyota Hotline.
Is noodles in the book, Pronger? I may have left you out on purpose, noodles. Okay. I'm going to be honest with you, I can't remember. You didn't give me a hundred bucks, old dog. I don't know. He couldn't get it in the book.
That's right. That's why I would send an email to my friends. You give me a hunch, you can get a paragraph. I love that idea.
Pay for playing the book, man. That's great.
That's great.
How's this experience going for you? I mean, that's a pretty – there it is. That's a pretty cool site, man. That's got to be really cool.
Yeah, it's been quite the process. It was a lot of fun actually writing the book and kind of picking out the stories and the life lessons I learned through the course of minor hockey, NHL, and then post-playing. But there's some cool stories, some of which you can't Google, which is nice. They're all from up here in the vault. But, yeah, it's obviously a lot of work promoting a book, but it's a cool experience.
Awesome. Awesome. With Chris Pronger.
What else is going on? Well, I mean, you can imagine.
You can imagine there's a lot going on up here.
Hey, you know what, Prongs? You got to just – you got to – You've got to show us your call history. Just flash it up for Canada because we want to see what's going on. Is there anything we should see on there or what? Just fire that thing up to the screen and let's have a peek.
I do have an Apple iPhone, so that alone will not get you the history because Apple will not give it to you.
Well, I mean, listen, you're... Look at those numbers. Yeah, how about that? People can bet on Chris Pronger running the Leafs.
Would you put money on yourself, Prongs, insider trading, or what? Not from what I heard today, but you never know.
Okay, well, what are you hearing? What do you make of this? Is this a job that people should covet around the league? We're trying to figure that out. Where do you stand on it?
I think they'd covet it because it's the Toronto Maple Leafs and it's an opportunity to hopefully one day have a parade. But I think there's been a number of people that have tried to do that. And they've gotten like Berkey. I remember being in Anaheim and Berkey left because he wanted that job. And... I think he initially had good intentions of rebuilding and whatnot, and then immediately pivoted and went out to get Phil Kessel and went out to make some of those blockbuster moves. And I think that alone, giving up those high picks and not following through on the development process and guiding a team into where they got to the last 10 years probably set him back. But if you're talking about a rebuild, if you're talking about anything like that, there will be a little pain and suffering, but I don't think it has to be nearly as bad as people portray.
Well, Prongs, what would your answer be? And I don't want to kind of give away your interview if you do have one for this position. My secret? Yeah, like if somebody sat down and said, you know, you get a couple surrounding pieces for our foundational pieces, which are Matthews and Nylander, because after that I don't really see any, and we think we can contend.
How does Chris Pronger view Auston Matthews' impact on the team's direction?
What would your answer to that be? Because mine is not a chance in hell.
I don't think they're that close to contending with those guys. I think you have to go to those guys first. I think first and foremost, the first call is to Judd Moldaver and Matthews. What are your intentions in two years? And if they want to leave, you have to expedite it now to get the most value out of the player. With two years of his current contract, so a team acquiring him has... A little less of a cap hit than maybe what the expectation might be after those two years. And they're also getting the player and probably signing him right away because that's where he wants to go. So you should be able to get a pretty good haul if that is the direction that he wants to go. Ultimately, with a no move clause, the player has all the power.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What insights does Chris Pronger share about the Maple Leafs' organizational future?
0:00–3:25
2
How does Chris Pronger view Auston Matthews' impact on the team's direction?
3:25–6:39
3
What challenges does the Maple Leafs' front office face in the upcoming season?
6:39–13:08
4
What role does the president of hockey operations play in team strategy?
13:08–15:29
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