"He will spend time in the New York office, he will spend time in the Toronto office. He will attend general manager meetings, board meetings in an advisory capacity, another experienced voice as part of that process. He's following a path that Ken Holland went down not that long ago, en route to becoming the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings. If an opportunity presents whereby a team decides it's going to make a significant change atop its hockey department, I would suggest Brendan Shanahan would be a leading candidate for a job like that as well."
"I came here 11 years ago and I had really two goals: I wanted to rebuild the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, on and off the ice, and I wanted to win a Stanley Cup."
"I'm disappointed that I wasn't able to finish the job, but I think we've rebuilt the Toronto Maple Leafs."
Brendan Shanahan will join the NHL's hockey operations department in an advisory capacity, splitting time between the New York and Toronto offices. He will attend general manager meetings and board meetings as an experienced advisory voice. The role follows a path similar to Ken Holland's trajectory toward an NHL general manager position and positions Shanahan as a likely candidate if teams pursue major hockey department changes. Shanahan was considered for the New York Islanders general manager job and previously served as the NHL's senior vice president in charge of player safety. He led an 11-year rebuild of the Toronto Maple Leafs but did not achieve a Stanley Cup.
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