Leafs should hire Sean Avery as a life coach.

40m tied up in 4 players and they had to fire the coach.
Pathetic.

Lets hope keefe can keep these guys going in a few years.

Go leafs
- Fakepartofme

So the organization is supposed to keep him around even when the room is tuning him out?

What good would that have done

Keefe has coached

Nylander
Hyman
Dermott
Holl
Johnnson
Kapenen
Kaskisou
Engvall
Goat
Tamishov
Petan

He knows some of these players already very well.

It isn't like he is a new coach who has never even met 95% of the players.

Nylander and Barrie for McDavid
- TheMussel

Only if they retain.

Im not suggesting they cant take action, you have to change. As babs now knows. He refused to change
- Fakepartofme

The forward lines never changed. The chains are coming off the talent. Playing in AZ tomorrow, Matthews might have 5 goals playing 26 minutes.

I dont know how this is seen as a bad thing. this team isnt built for Babs style.

great, now we have a guy that was tightly involved with people accused of sexual abuse as the new head coach..
- MaximusAurelius

He was a kid, they were adults.

Derp

I just checked. No cap relief with this move. What was Shanahan thinking?

Overpaid Nylander and Tavares
- Reveen

sure, but it's okay because he overpaid mathews and marner by more. so there.

This means tanking is officially off?
- 21peter

Overpaid Nylander and Tavares
- Reveen

You named the wrong two.

Was also Dubas coach while he was GM of the Marlies and they've had continued success there. Quite a few guys he coached down there now on the team.

This was bound to happen
- lonnyBohonos

They had continued success because they had 3X the payroll of any other AHL team.

Leafs fans are all gaga about the "development system of the Marlies" because for the first time in 50 years, we actually have a development system.

Newsflash: it isn't that great. It's just the first time you've ever seen a player successfully come up from the AHL, so you (and that's the collective "you") think it's a great accomplishment.

Here's the truth of the matter:

http://www.hockeydb.com/i...aft/teams/dr00008490.html

The Leafs haven't done anything in terms of developing players in the past few years that would impress anyone.

Selecting the random starting point of 2012, the only guy who "overachieved" was Connor Brown - and many predicted that. It was a case of him being drafted too low.

2013: Johnsson was a 7th round Euro pick. He did the majority of his development in Sweden. Nobody else did squat.

2014: Nothing

2015: Dermott was a high 2nd rounder. Right now, he looks like a 5th-6th guy on the blueline. No miracles from the Marlies.

2016: Too soon to tell, but nothing so far looks promising (maybe Woll).

Please tell me again how the Marlies are giving us a competitive advantage - and explain it to me like I'm a bitter old Leafs fan who is tired of this poop.

The forward lines never changed. The chains are coming off the talent. Playing in AZ tomorrow, Matthews might have 5 goals playing 26 minutes.

I dont know how this is seen as a bad thing. this team isnt built for Babs style.
- lonnyBohonos

Nylander and Barrie for McDavid
- TheMussel

Lol..

Wow

sure, but it's okay because he overpaid mathews and marner by more. so there.
- Steven_Stamkos

Not really

Because it's so franking typical of this current management.

Dubas loves Keefe because he coached for the Greyhounds. Like, don't bother to look around for any other coach - get a guy who you know from the OHL!!!!

You could basically have any franking coach you want - but don't think outside of the box. Just get the guy who never won you an OHL Cup - because you know him!!!!
- Atomic Wedgie

His ahl resume is pretty (frank)ing amazing. So is the number of graduates from his Marlies to this nhl team. Including 2 7th rounders.

- Steven_Stamkos

lmfaooooooooo 🤣

Keefe has coached

Nylander
Hyman
Dermott
Holl
Johnnson
Kapenen
Kaskisou
Engvall
Goat
Tamishov
Petan

He knows some of these players already very well.

It isn't like he is a new coach who has never even met 95% of the players.
- Santo_44

And he hates Nylander..

So this is going to be funny watching Willy get benched.

sure, but it's okay because he overpaid mathews and marner by more. so there.
- Steven_Stamkos

I would trade Matthews and Marner isnt overpaid

Leafs are totally winning the cup.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

you are late, I already said that earlier

11th overall pick here we come!

Leafs should hire Sean Avery as a blow more wieners than lums coach.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

I would trade Matthews and Marner isnt overpaid
- Reveen

For McDavid

40m tied up in 4 players and they had to fire the coach.
Pathetic.

Lets hope keefe can keep these guys going in a few years.

Go leafs
- Fakepartofme

It's weird how Babcock can himself be fired and yet acknowledge that the teams performance is on him, yet other people are still desperate to point the finger elsewhere...

They had continued success because they had 3X the payroll of any other AHL team.

Leafs fans are all gaga about the "development system of the Marlies" because for the first time in 50 years, we actually have a development system.

Newsflash: it isn't that great. It's just the first time you've ever seen a player successfully come up from the AHL, so you (and that's the collective "you") think it's a great accomplishment.

Here's the truth of the matter:

http://www.hockeydb.com/i...aft/teams/dr00008490.html

The Leafs haven't done anything in terms of developing players in the past few years that would impress anyone.

Selecting the random starting point of 2012, the only guy who "overachieved" was Connor Brown - and many predicted that. It was a case of him being drafted too low.

2013: Johnsson was a 7th round Euro pick. He did the majority of his development in Sweden. Nobody else did squat.

2014: Nothing

2015: Dermott was a high 2nd rounder. Right now, he looks like a 5th-6th guy on the blueline. No miracles from the Marlies.

2016: Too soon to tell, but nothing so far looks promising (maybe Woll).

Please tell me again how the Marlies are giving us a competitive advantage - and explain it to me like I'm a bitter old Leafs fan who is tired of this poop.
- Atomic Wedgie

Your prospect knowledge has never been good. Half this team went through the marlies.