from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,
In a Maple Leafs dressing room too often stuffed with inflated egos, personal agendas and a greater concern for personal stats rather than the overall standings, the arrivals of Mike Babcock and, now, Lou Lamoriello, are a sobering reality check for all concerned.
In being introduced as the 16th general manager in Maple Leafs history on Thursday, Lamoriello was candidly clear about that as he stated his mandate in this, his new hockey home.
He doesn’t care about how many points you accrue. He couldn’t give a rat’s rump over how many individual awards are shoe-horned into your trophy case. If you aren’t contributing to the greater good of the team, there really isn’t any room for you.
As an analogy, Lamoriello, 72, compared the makeup of a hockey team to that of a successful symphony orchestra.
“It’s all about music,” he said. “If the music isn’t good, no matter how good each and every instrument is, everybody leaves.”
from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
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