Sportsnet: Leafs looking at Tocchet?

[trellaine201]

He would be great in the playoffs.

 

[fahad203]

He would be great in the playoffs.

We need Rick Tocchet more the player than the coach

I really wish they bring someone veteran. Someone with experience and keep things calm

 

[mcleafs]

We’re never going to get a competent assistant coach here unless Dubas pays them more than Keefe. Imagine playing second fiddle to the worst coach in the league?

Who will sign up for that?

 

[darrylsittler27]

Bring in Tocchet for defense. Boudreau for Offense. Keep Malhotra to work faceoffs, special teams, and be an eye in the sky. MacLean continues to be our coaching consultant.

Let's spend that MLSE money

Don't say Maholtra and special teams unless you use the word not in the sentence.

 

[Magic Man]

A little past his prime.

 

[ULF_55]

Always looking to bring guys in to help kick these guys in the arse. Preparations A through G were complete failures. I give you - Preparation H

Yes, maybe it is going to take preparation H?

Something has to change on / off the ice.

 

[Menzinger]

Sort of smells like a guys media friends are trying to get his name out into the news cycle.

Doesn't particularly strike me as a guy Dubas' would have interest in

 

[deprw]

Bring in Tocchet for defense. Boudreau for Offense. Keep Malhotra to work faceoffs, special teams, and be an eye in the sky. MacLean continues to be our coaching consultant.

Let's spend that MLSE money

From where this love for Boudreau comes from? Honestly, I want to know. Was he top secret head coach of Lightning last two years or something.

All I've heard from Ducks is that he was main reason they couldn't contend. His tongue was glued into rear ends of Perry and Getzlaf. We want same treatment for Matthews and Marner? At same time he throws Spezza under the bus, so he seems tough in the media.

If we want more accountability and less choking Boudreau is odd candidate.

 

[Antropovsky]

So would this mean the end of Paul Maclean?

 

[Dough72]

he has job experience so pretty sure that disqualifies him

 

[justashadowof]

It's amazing how many compromised individuals still play relevant roles in the NHL. Almost like it's preferred that there are skeletons in the closet.

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[Stonehands1990]

A little past his prime.

Still probably tougher than Engvall, Mikeyhev and Kerfoot though lol

 

[Leaf Fans]

We’re never going to get a competent assistant coach here unless Dubas pays them more than Keefe. Imagine playing second fiddle to the worst coach in the league?

Who will sign up for that?

Yeah, they would sign in Toronto. The Leafs have a good coaching staff. The get head coaching jobs often. There is no reason why he would play second fiddle to the worst coach or any bad coach when he can come to Toronto.

 

[Leaf Fans]

So would this mean the end of Paul Maclean?

Why?

 

[Gabriel426]

Is playing on AM’s wing like Jumbo or is he going to coach the PP?

 

[SniperHF]

He's Phil Kessel's favourite coach, so I don't think he's nearly the ass-kicker as a coach that he was as a player.

He is the complete opposite coach as he was a player. As a head coach it's a recipe for disaster but he can be a very good assistant in the right mix.

 

[jaric1862]

I would love him as an assistant

 

[LaPlante94]

Someone I know who is a Penguins fan said he can run a PP. I'm assuming he was running the Penguins PP during his 3 years there.

 

[LaPlante94]

Sort of smells like a guys media friends are trying to get his name out into the news cycle.

Doesn't particularly strike me as a guy Dubas' would have interest in

He got hired as the Coyotes head coach while that Chayka guy was the GM and he was an analytics guy I believe.

 

[ANDI P IS CUTE]

Bring in Tocchet for defense. Boudreau for Offense. Keep Malhotra to work faceoffs, special teams, and be an eye in the sky. MacLean continues to be our coaching consultant.

Let's spend that MLSE money

you mean the worst pp in like 4ever?

 

[Leaf Fans]

you mean the worst pp in like 4ever?

They weren’t even the worst power play in the league
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[forecheck]

Bring him in to be Head Coach not assistant

 

[Tarmore]

Will this help Marner score goals?

None of these moves matter if Marner continues to fail in the playoffs.

If you are relying on Marner to score goals you are looking at the wrong player. You can expect about 20 over an 80 game season from him any thing else is gravy. Marner's is an assist man, not a goal scorer.

 

[Cor]

you mean the worst pp in like 4ever?

With Boudreau involved, we’d hopefully see improvement.

Also, it’s been 3 different assistant coaches. At what point is it maybe a players issue lol

 

[Mickey Marner]

With Boudreau involved, we’d hopefully see improvement.

Also, it’s been 3 different assistant coaches. At what point is it maybe a players issue lol

The main PP personnel hasn't changed enough for me to believe it's a player issue, though they could be a contributing factor.

Powerplay rank by season.

• 2016-17, 2nd
• 2017-18, 2nd
• 2018-19, 8th
• 2019-20, 6th
• 2020-21, 16th

The two balanced PP unit strategy was definitely more successful, but it still heavily featured 16, 34, 44 & 88 even if they were often split up. I think we miss Bozak's RHS as the hole man, but that really shouldn't be a difficult role to replicate with someone else, Nylander, for instance.