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Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor [message #852218 is a reply to message #852216 ]	Tue, 05 May 2026 10:57

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Adam wrote on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:51

smyth260 wrote on Mon, 04 May 2026 23:10

That was the ballsiest question I have ever seen in a sports conference. I hate that it was Steve Simmons, but credit for not holding back. The Edmonton media are toothless.

The problem with Steve Simmons is that he has zero credibility. He’s telling a story that Chayka had 6 computer screens in his Arizona office and five of them were fake. Great story if true but this is a guy who ran with a fake Phil Kessel hot dog story that got completely disproved. He’s lazier and more vitriolic than Mark Spector - which is really hard to accomplish. So is Chayka a con artist? I mean, I’d need to see more evidence. More likely Simmons just hates analytics so anyone considered an analytics guy is a sham in his mind. Worth noting - if he was one of the Team Canada sexual assault crew, Simmons probably doesn’t say boo.

Not that he’s a great hire of course - I'd have thought hard on Chayka for character questions. This is the guy who got Arizona to lose all their top three draft picks in a draft because he was cheating in getting extra access to prospects. It was the stupidest cheat ever because the extra info from an extra interview or two is minimal and yet his chances of getting caught were so high.

He then used his top remaining pick to select a complete scumbag. He and the coyotes had not planned for the fallout from that though so rather than just take the heat over that dreadful pick, they rescinded it, in essence forfeiting their fourth round pick too that year.

Then he gets caught talking to another team about leaving the coyotes - who he's under contract with - and joining them. He gets himself suspended and fired.

That's a lot of poor judgement from a guy and I think it's fair to say he hasn't shown tremendous character. He's also super young and what has he ever really done in any field?

Not sad that the Leafs got him!

Sundin with zero management experience in any capacity is a great add too.

Feel like this is all set up so Pelley can ensure he has a big say in everything going forward. Better hope ChatGPT gives him good advice!

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John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: Kr55 on Mon, 04 May 2026 13:45
Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: Kr55 on Mon, 04 May 2026 17:35
Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: smyth260 on Mon, 04 May 2026 23:10
Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: Adam on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:51
Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: Kr55 on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:57
Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: Dragon_Matt on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:39
Re: John Chayka hired as Leafs GM, Sundin as advisor	By: Skookum Jim on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:42

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