McKenzie on possibility of Kings' Blake as Leafs' next GM

Bob McKenzie was on Toronto’s TSN 1050 on Friday afternoon.

As part of a larger discussion on the future of the Leafs, as well as the future of Dave Nonis:

“There’s always been speculation about the future of Nonis and whether he’s Shanahan’s guy and what he’s going to do here.

“Yeah, when Mark Hunter got hired I think there was a widespread presumption he could be a general manager in waiting, if and when Brendan Shanahan makes a move to terminate or put Dave Nonis out to pasture, whatever the case may be.

“But I’ve also heard, over the course of time, that Brendan Shanahan’s first choice if he were to hire a general manager other than Dave Nonis would be Rob Blake, who worked with Shanahan at Player Safety, and now of course works for the Los Angeles Kings under the Dean Lombardi regime.

“I personally don’t think Rob Blake has any interest in leaving Southern California. He’s a surfer. He likes working with the Kings. And as much as maybe one day he wants to be a general manager, I’d be absolutely shocked if he wants to do it in Toronto. Even though he’s from Simcoe, Ontario.”

Source: TSN 1050/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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