Leafs extend Sheldon Keefe

[Voight]

These are all extremely marginal upgrades at best that don't solve the Leafs fundamental issues: 1) Morgan Rielly is not a #1 defenseman you can win a Cup with 2) Their bottom six and overall organizational depth is not up to the standard of a serious contender.

Neither is Brian Dumolin, yet Pittsburgh won the cup in 2017.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Expected, doesn’t mena he’s safe though. Just how things are done with coaches.

seriously the only thing this does is make sure he gets paid regardless if he's coaching or not.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Neither is Brian Dumolin, yet Pittsburgh won the cup in 2017.

Yes. It’s always wise to follow a strategy that worked once in modern history. Now all the Leafs need is a generational player and another almost generational player as their top two centers.

 

[Hodge]

Neither is Brian Dumolin, yet Pittsburgh won the cup in 2017.

Matthews and Tavares aren't Crosby and Malkin. That Penguins team was also so deep up front they were running Kessel and Bonino (when he was still good) on their third line. Leafs bottom six is trash.

I do think there was a brief window for the Leafs to build a team similar to those Pens teams though. It would have required keeping Kadri and having him, Matthews and Tavares each center their own line. Instead Dubas made that horrible trade for Barrie and Kerfoot.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Well, they just pre-empted Dubas's next move.

 

[BallardEra]

Treliving mentioned that there are some things Sheldon will need to adjust, it could be playing more with hitting/checking more.

We will see if that is part of the solution.

This reminds me of when Boudreau had his own offensive style and George McPhee wanted him to do a 180 and start using a trap style instead.

Don't think Boudreau lasted too long after that.

 

[The90]

They absolutely should have done that, and should have done it years ago. Trade one of the core 4 for D and depth. The fact that that was never the plan is precisely why they can't win in the playoffs.

They’ve struggled scoring in the playoffs not keeping the puck out. You guys really need to actually watch the leafs before commenting.

This guy got outcoached by Ducharme.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Hahahaha great news

 

[Shane Diesel]

Hell yeah. Keep the core and coaching staff together as long as possible.

 

[John Price]

Why? What has he done?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

This guy got outcoached by Ducharme.

Not hard when you just put Danault on AM34 and he dissapears

 

[FinlandPanther]

Makes sense. They won 1 round in 6 years so makes sense to award that kind of proficiency.

 

[JKG33]

Same shit core, same shit coach.

What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Treliving can still fire him at anytime this is just so Keeefe and Treliving don't have to answer any questions during the year. If there is any reason that Treliving wants to make a coaching change he will do so without any hesitation.

This.

There are plenty of coaches who have been fired after signing an extension.

This is to avoid questions about his status during the year. But if they go on a ten game losing streak or something, he is gone.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Treliving doesn’t want to rock the boat by making big changes. Ta loco doesn’t want to rock the boat! Leafs should have rocked the boat after that Montreal abomination of a series.

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Good move for the rest of the league.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

This.

There are plenty of coaches who have been fired after signing an extension.

This is to avoid questions about his status during the year. But if they go on a ten game losing streak or something, he is gone.

I disagree. He’s safe for this year. Maybe next year he could be let go.

 

[Hockeyholic]

I disagree. He’s safe for this year. Maybe next year he could be let go.

The level of respect in last year’s handshake line must have been off the charts!

If they go on a 12 game losing streak or something, you don't think he would be fired?

 

[WetcoastOrca]

If they go on a 12 game losing streak or something, you don't think he would be fired?

Sure but realistically the Leafs will never go on that long of a losing streak.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Sure but realistically the Leafs will never go on that long of a losing streak.

Unlikely sure. I agree

But Treliving did not hire Keefe. So I can't see him being unable to pull the plug.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

This guy got outcoached by Ducharme.

Outcoached by a group of player that coached themselves

 

[WetcoastOrca]

The level of respect in last year’s handshake line must have been off the charts!

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Might as well have just kept Dubas around at this point, y'know?

Seeing as how they're running it all back, AGAIN.

Dubas wanted out too He went all high and mighty on them

 

[BallardEra]

Dubas wanted out too He went all high and mighty on them

Maybe so but to me it now looks like Dubas might have wanted to make certain changes this offseason that Shanahan didn't agree with. I think the heat moves to Shanahan if the Leafs have another mediocre post season.

 

[kevsh]

Yeah, people need to stop blaming coaches for poorly constructed teams.

Coaches do have a say in how a team in constructed.
Which for Keefe means that he's had a say in the past 4 years on the construction of this team.