The top chatter on Twitter after the announcement this morning was in reference to Lamoriello doing his own thing, not being a fit and, potentially, not being on board with the current situation. The press conference squashed that nonsense.
Brendan Shanahan is the Harvey Spector of the NHL – he’s a closer. He closed Babcock and he closed Lamoriello with an aggressive recruiting approach.
“Brendan said ‘I know you too well this is not gonna last long, I want you to think about something, just think about and everytime you feel you’re not in the fire, or in the line and think about this conversation.