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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I'm not going to say confidently that Nonis leaked any information to anyone, but maybe somebody inside the organization would want to leak this information to put pressure on ownership to stop meddling. Or, I suppose to take pressure off themselves for failing to complete a trade.
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There were plenty of leaks around the trade deadline -- more leaks than I've seen in a decade. Much of it didn't seem very strategic.
It kind of makes sense with Conroy shifting to a broader team-based management style, where Treleving, according to Conroy, did everything alone and behind closed doors. With Conroy's style, there are a lot more people hearing things and talking about them, even "in confidence."
It seems to be a pretty significant issue that Conroy will need to get on top of as these types of rumours can wear down an organization's image in the long term -- and potentially create issues with other teams or players who prefer to keep things behind closed doors (we've seen this with Markstrom already).