Dave Nonis

IN ANY DIVORCE…THE FIRST THING THAT GETS PACKED IS THE EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE…
ONCE THAT’S DONE…
IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THINGS BLOW UP…
FROM THE MOMENT THE CANUCKS FIRED GENERAL MANAGER DAVE NONIS…
THERE REMAINED ONE UNASWERED QUESTION…
WHAT WAS THAT DEFINING MOMENT THAT ENDED THIS RELATIONSHIP…
BOTH AND NONIS AND OWNER FRANCESCO AQUILINI HELD THEIR OWN PRESS CONFERFENCES THIS WEEK AND NEITHER WERE WILLING TO GET INTO THE REAL NITTY GRITTY…
ON TUESDAY AQUILINI WAS TO SAY THE LEAST VAGUE…
POINTING TO THINGS SUCH AS…”LEADERSHIP AND VISION”…
ON WEDNESDAY NONIS ALSO TOOK THE HIGH ROAD…
BUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES…HE DID GIVE SOME INSIGHT…
QUOTE…
“I WOULDN’T TRADE AWAY OUR BEST YOUNG PLAYERS TO SAVE MY SKIN.”…
WHAT NONIS REFUSED TO SAY…WAS...WHICH PLAYERS…
TODAY TSN MAY HAVE PRODUCED THE ANSWER…
ACCORDING TO THE NETWORK…
AT THE TRADING DEADLINE…NONIS AND AQUILINI WERE AT ODDS OVER MAKING A DEAL FOR BRAD RICHARDS…
NONIS HAD OFFERED TAMPA BAY…LUC BOURDON…CORY SCHNEIDER…AND A FIRST…SECOND AND THIRD ROUND DRAFT PICK…
THE LIGHTNING WANTED RYAN KESLER AND ALEX EDLER…
NONIS REFUSED…
COMBINE THAT WITH MISSING THE PLAYOFFS…AND THE EMOTIONAL BAGAGE WAS COMPLETELY PACKED…
UNFORTUNATELY IF WHAT TSN IS NOW SAYING IS INDEED TRUE…
THEN IT WOULD BE A SERIOUS RED FLAG FOR ANY QUALIFIED PERSON WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE JOB…
IN THE MEANTIME…IT DOES NOT LOOK AS IF NONIS IS GOING TO BE OUT OF WORK FOR LONG…
WORD OUT OF TORONTO IS…ONCE THE ANAHEIM DUCKS ARE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS…
BRIAN BURKE WILL BECOME THE LEAFS NEW GM…
ACCORDING THE GLOBE AND MAIL…BURKE WILL BE OFFERED A 5 YEAR DEAL WORTH $25 MILLION DOLLARS…
BURKE IS NOT TALKING…
HOWEVER IF IT’S TRUE…THEN NONIS WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC CHOICE AS THE LEAFS NEW ASSISTANT GM…
THAT’S THE GREAT THING ABOUT FRIENDS…YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU NEED THEM…UNTIL YOU’VE GONE THROUGH A DIVORCE…