Sheldon Keefe is a pretty good coach.

[bert]

It's almost like everywhere he has coached he has won... All seriousness he is the biggest reason in my opinion the leafs are having the dominant success they are having. A few of my friends played for him. Nothing but praise. He is very demanding, incredibly detailed oriented. He gives every player a job and makes everyone feel like they are a part of it. He is alot harder than he looks or comes off as through the media. He is also fair and understands the modern player.

The Canadian Division is a joke. Toronto is going be swept in their first round with a US-based team.

I'm not a leafs fan and this is some hot garbage. However I'd love to see an Islanders Leafs conference or Stanley cup final. The story lines would be amazing and the teams are built so differently. Would be alot of fun to watch.

 

[The Podium]

Shelly is good at his job

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

I will never forgive Mike Babcock. I wanted him fired after the playoff loss to the Bruins. Hopefully he wasn't fired too late.

You're gonna have to be more specific.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

You’re a hero until you’re not in large markets like Toronto and Montreal. It’s just a matter of time until the Leafs fanbase and media turn on Keefe as well. Not much to see here.

My guess is it will be a while, if his track record is any indication. He's also Dubas' boy and based on Dubas' body of work, he isn't going anywhere for a while, so neither is Keefe.

CCHL: 303-96-20
OHL: 134-55-15
AHL: 200-89-31
NHL: 45-19-6

 

[WillTheThrill]

Kyle Dubas is a pretty good GM, too. Despite what HF says.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

He's an elite coach, has improved the leafs in every aspect since he took over

Should probably be the Adams favourite at this point

 

[BruinsBtn]

This guy hit the panic button in an elimination game and loaded up on 1 line and put a guy at centre who wasn't there all year, who went onto take a too-many-men penalty. The team also got scored on during a bad line change in part because he went with a lineup he hadn't used all year.

His Game 5 performance vs Columbus was one of the all-time great coaching own-goals.

 

[shaner82]

This guy hit the panic button in an elimination game and loaded up on 1 line and put a guy at centre who wasn't there all year, who went onto take a too-many-men penalty. The team also got scored on during a bad line change in part because he went with a lineup he hadn't used all year.

His Game 5 performance vs Columbus was one of the all-time great coaching own-goals.

So what you're saying is that in his first year as an NHL coach, a job he got part way through the year, he wasn't perfect after a long, unprecedented break in the middle of the season; therefore, he isn't a good coach?

All the evidence we have is that he's a good coach. He's won at every level and that's continuing so far in his pro career.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

This guy hit the panic button in an elimination game and loaded up on 1 line and put a guy at centre who wasn't there all year, who went onto take a too-many-men penalty. The team also got scored on during a bad line change in part because he went with a lineup he hadn't used all year.

His Game 5 performance vs Columbus was one of the all-time great coaching own-goals.

....and one time, in band camp.....

 

[X66]

This guy hit the panic button in an elimination game and loaded up on 1 line and put a guy at centre who wasn't there all year, who went onto take a too-many-men penalty. The team also got scored on during a bad line change in part because he went with a lineup he hadn't used all year.

His Game 5 performance vs Columbus was one of the all-time great coaching own-goals.

Panic button?

That was the line that brought them back from the 3-0 hole the game before, he just stuck with the hot hand.

If you also look back to that game 5 they got eliminated, that super line dominated.

But you're right that the Nylander at center didn't work, but if that top line had a bit more luck in that game it wouldn't even have mattered.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

The Leafs deserved everything from Babcock given all that chest pumping after hiring him.

So our players deserved the mental abuse?

 

[Unspecified]

Anyone with the last name Keefe has to be good...

 

[RobBrown4PM]

There is no doubt that poorly-run Canadian teams will lobby Bettman for this to be permanent.

Did you reply to your own quote?

 

[bert]

This guy hit the panic button in an elimination game and loaded up on 1 line and put a guy at centre who wasn't there all year, who went onto take a too-many-men penalty. The team also got scored on during a bad line change in part because he went with a lineup he hadn't used all year.

His Game 5 performance vs Columbus was one of the all-time great coaching own-goals.

Yet he has forgot more about hockey than you know about it in the same time span it took you to write this post.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Yet he has forgot more about hockey than you know about it in the same time span it took you to write this post.

I know enough that putting a guy at C who hasn't played there all season and going with a lineup you've never used is a stupid idea.

I also know that fans will defend anything, even that indefensible coaching performance.

I also know that the results speak for themselves in that game and in that series.

 

[Pyrophorus]

You’re a hero until you’re not in large markets like Toronto and Montreal. It’s just a matter of time until the Leafs fanbase and media turn on Keefe as well. Not much to see here.

Its a matter if time for everyone
However; success wards that off.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

I know enough that putting a guy at C who hasn't played there all season and going with a lineup you've never used is a stupid idea.

I also know that fans will defend anything, even that indefensible coaching performance.

I also know that the results speak for themselves in that game and in that series.

I know enough to know that BruinsBtn will take any shot he can at the Leafs and then go into hiding any time the Bruins lose a game to the Leafs. Fun fact.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

This guy hit the panic button in an elimination game and loaded up on 1 line and put a guy at centre who wasn't there all year, who went onto take a too-many-men penalty. The team also got scored on during a bad line change in part because he went with a lineup he hadn't used all year.

His Game 5 performance vs Columbus was one of the all-time great coaching own-goals.

What's Tuuka's record in the stanley cup finals again?

 

[ER89]

The Canadian Division is a joke. Toronto is going be swept in their first round with a US-based team.

Nah you know what a joke is? Komarov's contract. That is pretty funny.

 

[BruinsBtn]

I know enough to know that BruinsBtn will take any shot he can at the Leafs and then go into hiding any time the Bruins lose a game to the Leafs. Fun fact.

I've been right about the Leafs every year. It's not hating when your track record is perfect. Sorry.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

The Canadian Division is a joke. Toronto is going be swept in their first round with a US-based team.

At least we won't have to go through Boston, Washington and Philly to get there! Enjoy your division

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

I've been right about the Leafs every year. It's not hating when your track record is perfect. Sorry.

Anyone else picture him saying this in a high pitch voice, almost mean girls esque?

 

[Pyrophorus]

Panic button?

That was the line that brought them back from the 3-0 hole the game before, he just stuck with the hot hand.

If you also look back to that game 5 they got eliminated, that super line dominated.

But you're right that the Nylander at center didn't work, but if that top line had a bit more luck in that game it wouldn't even have mattered.

Game 5 centered around Tavares' post. He scores into the empty net and its 1-1 and a different game.

 

[hockeeyyy]

Anyone else picture him saying this in a high pitch voice, almost mean girls esque?

I feel second handed embarrassment for him.

 

[GOilers88]

I know enough that putting a guy at C who hasn't played there all season and going with a lineup you've never used is a stupid idea.

I also know that fans will defend anything, even that indefensible coaching performance.

I also know that the results speak for themselves in that game and in that series.

And last year currently matters why?

He has the Leafs firing on all cylinders. I'd say these 21 games outweigh the 5 play in games. I might not like the Leafs but he is absolutely doing a solid job.