Maple Leafs Name Craig Berube Head Coach & 4 Prospects Ready to Boost Lineup
Plus, team has three options to replace Tyler Bertuzzi, the latest news & rumours and more
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Buds Breakdown Weekly: What to Expect With Berube as Head Coach
May 19, 2024 by Anthony Testaguzza (Substack Premium content )
The team completed a massive first step to restructuring: finding a new head coach. On Friday (May 17), the Leafs hired head coach Craig Berube as the 32nd head coach in Leafs history and hopefully to snap the team’s playoff deadlock.
McMann & Knies Add Size, Power & Work Ethic to Maple Leafs
May 18, 2024 by The Old Prof
Enough of the doom and gloom in Leafsland. Once again, the Toronto Maple Leafs were good enough to make the playoffs and come back from a 3-1 deficit to take their first-round series to a seventh game. However, they needed to be better to get past that point. Yes, they made mistakes at crucial times that cost them games. Yes, they had players underperform in the playoffs. But you know what? They aren’t alone. At least 24 other teams are either in the same boat or worse.
4 Young Maple Leafs Prospects Ready to Boost Lineup
May 18, 2024 by The Old Prof
In a recent “Kyper and Bourne” podcast discussion, hockey analyst Jason Bukala joined hosts Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne to evaluate the young talent in the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ system. The conversation focused on the potential of four promising prospects: Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten, Nick Robertson, and Matthew Knies. With the Maple Leafs looking to infuse their lineup with youthful energy and cost-effective players, Bukala provided insights into how these players might fit into the team’s plans for the upcoming season.
Maple Leafs Have 3 Options to Replace Bertuzzi
May 18, 2024 by Peter Baracchini
Not only do the Toronto Maple Leafs have tough decisions to make on the trade front in attempts to shake things up with the core, there’s also talk of what to do about their many impending unrestricted free agents.
Toronto Maple Leafs Name Craig Berube Head Coach
May 17, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced they have brought in Craig Berube to be the team’s 32nd head coach. He was heavily rumoured to be joining the Leafs bench, and the move has been made official. He succeeds head coach Sheldon Keefe who was fired on May 9 following Toronto’s Round 1 loss to the Boston Bruins. While Keefe is not entirely to blame, it is clear the team needed a new leader behind the bench.
Maple Leafs Name Craig Berube as New Head Coach
May 17, 2024 by Jim Parsons
Multiple NHL insiders, including TSN’s Darren Dreger, are reporting Craig Berube is set to be announced as the next head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Dreger said while a guest on 1st Up, “I’d be surprised if something wasn’t announced as early as Tuesday.”
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Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Berube, Pesce & Marner’s Security
May 17, 2024 by The Old Prof
The Toronto Maple Leafs have a head coach to hire and some rebuilding to engage in during the offseason. Also, the rumours about Mitch Marner continue to spin. Some are likely facts, but some are also obviously fiction. Which is which? Who knows for sure?
Maple Leafs Better Get More for Mitch Marner Than Seth Jones
May 17, 2024 by Hunter Crowther
When a talented team bows out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs early, the rumour mill goes crazy with trade proposals, with some looking more absurd than usual. Maybe it’s out of desperation, or a chase for “the perfect deal.” Or maybe hockey fans are just bored.
Maple Leafs’ 4 Worst Seasons in Team History
May 17, 2024 by The Old Prof
The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the oldest and most iconic franchises in the NHL. The team, although it was not called the Maple Leafs at the time, began its journey in 1917 as the Toronto Arenas in the league’s inaugural season. In 1919-20, because it wanted to appeal to the large Toronto Irish population, the team it’s name to the St. Patricks. That name stuck for eight seasons.
Is Brad Treliving the Right Person to Lead the Maple Leafs?
May 17, 2024 by Karine Hains
In 2014, Brad Treliving became the Calgary Flames’ general manager (GM). He had never held the position before in the NHL, but he had learned the ropes working with Don Maloney in the now-defunct Arizona Coyotes’ organization as his assistant GM. Treliving was, however, also acting as the San Antonio Rampage’s GM. He held both roles from 2003 until April 28, 2014, when the Flames came calling. He would stay in the role in Calgary until the end of the 2022-23 season when his contract expired and both parties agreed it was time to move on.
More Maple Leafs Must Reads
Why Marner Trade Talk to Predators Has Picked Up Steam - May 16, 2024 by Jim Parsons
Maple Leafs’ Coaching Candidates: Craig Berube vs. Todd McLellan - May 16, 2024 by The Old Prof
Predicting Maple Leafs’ RFA Connor Dewar’s Next Contract - May 16, 2024 by JP Gambatese