Prediction Contest: When is Keefe fired?

[notdoneyet]

Exactly one week after we get knocked out first round

 

[HamiltonNHL]

A replacement will be found first.

Then Keefe goes.

No replacement has been found.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Leafs PP since March 1, 2024

10% (30th)

That’s quite bad

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

He should be fired already if they really wanted to contend for a cup.

Too bad this franchise is happy to just hit it and quit it. Disappointing for us fans. But that lack of urgency to compete is missing from everyone employed by this team.

They don't have a win at all costs mentality.

Consistent playoffs appearances should be the bare minimum for an organization with as much high priced talent as the Leafs. The standard for a team with a core this good should be higher than one and done every year. Unable to play a single game past the second round.

That's on the man who thinks respect in the handshake lineup is good enough.

Keefe had five years to take this team to the next level and could not. The average tenure of an NHL coach is 2.5 years. Keefe was given the longest leash of anyone else in the league and it went completely unjustified.

I don't care if the players like him or not I want a winning hockey team.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

I would refuse to let him on the team plane in Boston.

 

[hfman]

Monday morning

take Shanahan with him


out with the old, in with the new


ring in the new era boys, the old one is done

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Today.

 

[rojac]

Monday morning

take Shanahan with him


out with the old, in with the new


ring in the new era boys, the old one is done

I agree. And Treliving will go too. You don't bring in a new president to run hockey operations and not let them choose their own GM.

 

[thewave]

I agree. And Treliving will go too. You don't bring in a new president to run hockey operations and not let them choose their own GM.

The correct solution is to fire the president and then make BT President and GM. Simple. WTF did Shanny do? Make some big decisions from his NYC home?

Screw that guy.

This organization has hairdresser for the hairdresser on staff. Its bloated. President is an optional job. Its new

 

[hullsy47]

Monday morning

take Shanahan with him


out with the old, in with the new


ring in the new era boys, the old one is done

Better get berube before ottawa does

 

[Anthrax442]

He should be fired right on the tarmac

 

[Dave92]

Better get berube before ottawa does

Berube will definitly wait to see what his options are before signing with Ottawa

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I agree. And Treliving will go too. You don't bring in a new president to run hockey operations and not let them choose their own GM.

Why would MLSE fire their GM after 1 season?

It's Tre's fault that this team was assembled like this?

I really don't know how things go with team Presidents in the NHL, but they don't always stay for over 10 years. Maybe they do.

Nonis stayed for 1 more season despite many issues with TOR. I Think Tre gets a lot more runway no matter what happens with Shanny.

 

[Racer88]

I honestly don’t think the will fire him or anyone one else for the matter. I think they have deluded themselves into thinking they are “right there”.
Next year will be a lost year because of the horrific cap structure and the drag that Marner and Tavares place on this team. As far as trading Marner ther is almost no chance in hell he will agree to a trade

 

[Nineteen67]

I honestly don’t think the will fire him or anyone one else for the matter. I think they have deluded themselves into thinking they are “right there”.
Next year will be a lost year because of the horrific cap structure and the drag that Marner and Tavares place on this team. As far as trading Marner ther is almost no chance in hell he will agree to a trade

They are right there, but Keefe is holding them back.

If they had just an OK to bad power play they’d be in round 2 now. Possibly other years, as well.

 

[DraftSchmaft]

The biggest mystery is knowing what upsets Keefe more:

1.) We lost

2.) He was unable to get Jarnkrok a goal for his playoff records

The decision making makes me genuinely confused if I forget this is tongue in cheek.

 

[Oilers in NS]

Would Toronto consider Gallant?

 

[Nineteen67]

Why would MLSE fire their GM after 1 season?

It's Tre's fault that this team was assembled like this?

I really don't know how things go with team Presidents in the NHL, but they don't always stay for over 10 years. Maybe they do.

Nonis stayed for 1 more season despite many issues with TOR. I Think Tre gets a lot more runway no matter what happens with Shanny.

The GM likely has to trade Marner and maybe even Rielly and find two top pair D and a goalie. Do you think Tre can do that?

 

[TheGreenTBer]

He gone

Would Toronto consider Gallant?

Would the fans on this board? YES TIMES INFINITY.
Would the corporate f***s that run this team? We don't know.

 

[TMLAM34]

Needs to be fired ASAP. The sooner the better, give us as much time to find the right replacement and allow Keefe to reunite with Dubas in Pittsburgh, you know that’s what’s going to happen lol

 

[TheGroceryStick]

If he isn’t fired (all the bench) I won’t be watching next year.

Their inability to take advantage of home ice and PP is more than enough to see the door. Bye, go coach in Europe, no one will give you a job again.

Edit; I lied, dumbass is a GM in the league.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Exactly one week after we get knocked out first round

Keefe is a dead man walking. The new GM will not hang their job on Keefe’s shoulders.

So Keefe is gone when:

Q is available, hopefully July

 

[BallardEra]

Keefe's career coaching record:


.665 winning % in regular season

.432 winning % in the playoffs

 

[Ianturnedbull]

The GM likely has to trade Marner and maybe even Rielly and find two top pair D and a goalie. Do you think Tre can do that?

If he is a qualified GM then yes he can do the following: hire coaches, fire people, sign free agents, make trades, draft Jr. players, protect players through an expansion draft, sign College players, hire the best equipment managers, talk to Amateur and Pro scouts, sign players to the Marlies, etc.

"Has to"? Do you think all of TOR's issues need to get resolved in 1 offseason? Do you think all of TOR's issues will get resolved in 1 offseason? In my humble opinion it might take 5 or 6 years. What is the hurry? All these players are signed to long-term deals. JT and MM will likely be gone. Tre can use the money to build around winners (hopefully).

Keefe is a dead man walking. The new GM will not hang their job on Keefe’s shoulders.

So Keefe is gone when:

Q is available, hopefully July

The new GM?

 

[Dreakmur]

Keefe is a dead man walking. The new GM will not hang their job on Keefe’s shoulders.

So Keefe is gone when:

Q is available, hopefully July

The NHL almost certainly won't allow him to come back into a large market. If his suspension is lifted, it will be to coach in an obscure market.