Was Craig Berube the right choice as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs?
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- The Toronto Maple Leafs officially hired former St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube. Was this the right choice? Bryan Hayes joins 7-Eleven That's Hockey host Gino Reda to discuss.
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Berube and Rick Tocchet were best friends and roommates when they played in Philadelphia and they remain best buddies today. Both have championship pedigree and are winners. He will motivate the Maple Leaf softies. Good luck Craig, you'll need it Bro.
You can only lead a horse to water. Leafs are hopeless
Craig will be the savior, the toughness will be instilled === Best Fantasy, next Lord Stanley visit - Leafs vs Canucks !!!
Babysitting is a hard job, good luck Berube!
As a lifelong Leafs fan I can confirm his job is damn near impossible. Not with the core 4 and a lack of ability to fill out the roster with a proper d line and #1 goalie, though if healthy I love Wolls game.
1 of my all time favorite enforcers!! The game is better when he's a part of it.
I honestly don't think it matters who coaches unless the team dynamic in the dressing room changes to drastically that means accountability team toughness
Leafs management hasn't quite grasped that yet, sadly
They had toughness. They'll trade marner and that'll help
I think Berube`s take no shit approach will convince some players to waive NMC and then a balanced core with skill and grit can be built
Utah will probably win the Cup long before Toronto does.
Yup
Utah is the future…
Detroit will for sure .
With marner winning the conn smythe. Genuinely wouldn’t be shocked
That's a very stupid comment.
Flyer fans would love the Chief back in Philly but he will kick ass in Leaf Nation!
Fun fact, only one coach in the expansion era has won cups with multiple teams, Scotty Bowman, and that ain’t about to change..
I’m so glad leaf’s hired Craig Berube
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Don't expect too much.
@@jonfreeman9682 bam son
I bet u probably said u glad they hired the other 10 coaches we had since 1967 also lol😂 😂😂👎👎👎
Berube is not a miracle worker…and a miracle is required.
2 year contract then hire Queneville when he is released from NHL limbo
As a blues fan and a fan of Berube, this will be a disaster for the leafs
Horrendous hire
It will be disruptive, uncomfortable, and intense. Which is exactly what this group needs.
@@DPHPGF leafs need a full rebuild bud. Year after year, failure after failure and its not the players fault? Lol you are hopeless
@@polarisoutdoors3105yeah, this St. Louis arm chair GM has the right answers.
Let’s be real, no one is a real St. Louis fan.
Coaches are more effective with different groups.
I think the problem was the team. No necessarily the coach. Not saying CB is gonna be great but you have no idea.
Worm regards
@@EnahsFurm you sit down to pee don't you
Who would wanna coach in Toronto?
Great hire!! Get these babies some true heart and grit for the game!! Love it
You honestly think a coach will change how these pussies play?
A huge step up from Keefe and he will add some grit to the mentality to the team. Not sure Matthews will be happy about it though.
Matthews is up for a Selke. My concern is the April ghost, Mitch Marner.
Funny you call out Matthews when he's the one who actually has heart and soul.
Where was Matthews postseason 😂
Take that Selke and shove it up you A
Don't think he's gonna make any difference. O'Keefe did a good job producing best results in franchise history. Yes they fell short again in playoffs but fought back down 1-3 and last season they made round 2. They don't produce enough goals in playoffs but they also have goalie problem.
Can’t wait t see the top four guys crying on the bench when he raises his voice 😂
You do understand the Leafs top 4 will also represent their countries at the 2026 Olympics right? So coaching at the Olympics will be more intense and will demand more of players than whatever Berube will throw at them.
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It doesn't matter who coaches the leafs the team is jinxed since 1967 we had so many coaches and haven't won 💩 so all now Berube is our saviour lol 😂😂😂
Keef tried that a few years ago but had to retract his comments after Doobass slapped his wrists
@@s.m.4460 Doofus aka Dubas lol 🤡🤡🤡😂😂😂
With this hire I guarantee the core4 stays intact
If the Leafs ever win a cup again all we be forgotten as they celebration will be historic in sports. I would just like to see one more this time in colour. Yes I am that dam old I actually saw three.
They won't win. The team isn't good enough and they have a goalie problem.
Welcome back Chief!! Let's F'n Goooooooo!!!
Bryan is top notch. Smart and hard to disagree with ever since he was broadcasting alone on TSN.
Great news
Who had the final say in this decision to hire Berube not Treliving
As a Nucks fan I really like this hire for the Laughs.
Well said Hayes!!!!
Exactly!!!👍
Does the hiring of Berube slow down the talk about the core four as an excuse to keep the core 4 together.
Never changes have to happen n will happen .
I think it might speed it up.
Haysie just traded Marner, mentions all the Leafs stars except Marner. Reminds me of US news networks of when they want someone out and damn be the people.
If Berube does not advocate modern hockey, it is not the right choice. Does not matter what the fans want. Nylander is the only one that stands up and tells everyone to not be babies.
What is modern hockey?
Agreed you must use the NewAge Hockey System in todays game or you cannot compete with those who do. Vancouver and NYR and every Playoff Team left is using a variant of the NHS. If Tocchet uses it Berube will use it, the Blues used the early original version from 2012 it to win their Cup.
@@fraz2983
Putting the puck in the net, as opposed to putting the puck in the net but in a less modern way. 🤪
Well Kyle Dubas and O'Keefe used modern 🏒 with all that computer 💩 and stats and numbers analysis and fancy science and the result is nada as in a big 🥚
@@jonfreeman9682 Dubas/Shanny/Keefe...=....Dellow/Mac-T/Eakins.... advanced stats geeks ripped off a real life Hockey Savants online work beginning in 2009 then NHL Teams unknowingly began helping them, these frauds slipped into the NHL on the back of someone elses work. That "Someone" since 2009 has singlehandedly force-fed the NHL a NewAge Philosophy and System which catapulted the Leagues Offense into the Stratosphere where 80s Records live. So no those conjobs did not use anything fancy or new they used other Peoples work which in the long run they could not maintain nor evolve for they had no real Proprietary knowledge of it.. NHL Hockey has a REAL LIFE ...mONEYpUCK STORY , BUT IT HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED AND BURIED INTENTIONALLLY.
Its a ok choice, let them get revved up in regular season and get a string of wins like 12 in a row (would be nice) but we all know real test is when playoffs hit May.
Does a coach score goals and stop pucks ? The Harold Ballard curse will continue.
Let's hope he doesn't make Mitchie cry.
Coaches are not saviours …. the make-up of the team is the key to all teams. Mgt at the top level has repeatedly put bandaids on their problems
Yeah the coach won't fix anything. They can rotate all the coach they want same result.
So the Leafs fans think they just won the cup AGAIN? Nothing will change now. The "core four" will still run the team and will run Berube out of town with managements backing. A management change is the only way for the Leafs to move ahead, unless it is already too late?
All the media talked him up like he has the resume of Scotty Bowman. Of course they will now act like they are the actual Winners of the season
Yup
It’s so nice to see someone that knows what up and knows hockey 🤟🏻
I do not see any leaf fan saying they have just won the cup lol most agree with exactly what you’re saying.
The team isn't bad. They need the other players besides core 4 to score goals. Plus they have a goalie problem. They need to fix this first.
Leafs were bullied into submission by Boston. Listen to the on ice audio. Boston beat them psychologically, got them worried, scared to lose, self-conscious. Not all the leafs, but just enough of the young stars. Berube is the right coach to help them stay focused on the goal, overcome the challenge, play fearless playoff hockey. He knows what it takes.
Boston won because Woll got injured..
Leafs have a goalie problem they can't fix.
Your 100 per cent right
Marner might want to think about enlisting a mediator to smooth things over with the new coaching staff.
"My client's like a delicate soufflé-easily deflated by criticism, loud voices, and any expectations of physicality or toughness from him. He just needs more time to adapt."
Perhaps he can hire Keefe to be that guy.
Hiring Berube is only one step-Treliving needs to make the right roster moves to make the team bigger,tougher and harder to play against.
The Leafs players don't hate to loose. Every regular season gets going and all they do is win so they they're fine until its not.
Out is Dubas and Keefe and in are Treliving and Berube so Leafs fans will have to wait and see if the Treliving and Berube combo is better than the Dubas-Keefe duo.
They already are as Dubas was a shitty gm that built a soft team which Treliving brought in better players with grit. Plus Dubas is a work idiot that is now destroying the Pens.
Keefe is a horrible coach and was too easy on them, never kept lines with chemistry together, put out the 3rd and 4th lines at wrong times (happened in game 7 on the tying goal), got out coached in important games etc…
No it will fail and will not be better. They have a goalie problem that no coach can fix.
Read about Berube on Wikipedia .
I wonder why Berube wasn't hired right after he was fired in St Louis by other teams.....................?????
Perfect coach for a team that I hate. Love it.
I think it is obvious that the Leafs were worse this year under Treliving than they were under Dubas.
Cant wait to see Berube throwing a fit in a game because of Marner :DD
Great hire!
Leafs need a lot of changes to compete / beat the teams now playing in the 2nd round. A new coach won't do much until the team is shaken up to a play playoff style hockey system
Coach #41 since 1918, the 25th since 1967.
Do you really think coaching is the issue ?
You can think what you want.
St. Louis was dead last in the NHL at Christmas time and ended up winning the cup..... Craig Berube's hiring turned them around.
Good Job👍
So weird how seriously Hayes takes interviews like this
Leafs need to either bring in the Vegas assistant GM to replace Pridham. Highest Payroll in the league at 97.5 million. You need some new contract guys in this new era.
I still think Matthews moves on after this contract if the leafs don't win in the playoffs.
I'm hoping that the battle of ontario can get re-ignited as the sens also look to become a playoff team.
Lots of good Hockey ahead.
Watched this video to find out how to pronounce Berube lol
TORONTO NEEDS A GOALIE..GOALIE, GOALIE.. and stay at home defense that CLEAR THE NET, CLEAR THE NET...
We can’t score in the playoffs
The offense is good enough but they don't have a goalie that is Stanley Cup worthy.
Hopefully Berube can find the milk carton kids. What is it? It’s it! Now find it.
Golf Clubs , Leafs Logo
Just need buddy to display his figure skates as well
Shanahan still in there? One first round in 8 years under his incredible leadership?
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NOTHING EVER CHANGES DISCUSTING!!
I preferred Brian Hayes when he looked like Peter Griffin.
why would bryan hayes know anything about this?
Berube won a cup with a team that someone else built then in the rest of his tenure as the St. Louis head coach, he never made it past the second round
2 years that's all ! Unless the players really want to play for their high salaries this is all smoke !!!!!
Berube will go the way of Babs.
The coach aint gona change shit.Marner gona waive his no move clause now because he gona be a tough coach and Mathews is gona cry about it all year
He was the scariest player on the ice in his younger years 😆
The Chief was one of our best Flyers … he and Tocchet played true Flyer hockey
Come on Hayes! If Berube wins a cup in Toronto, they will rename the CN tower after him and he will die the leafs head coach.
The players are the problem not coaching or management
Love how Hayes doesn’t mention Marner when talking about players sticking around….
Get rid of Rielly too!!
Amen to getting rid of Reilly, he is atrocious .
We would have won back to back Cups in St Louis if not for Covid. We fired Berube not because he is a bad coach . Everyone From the owner to General Manager & most of the players still Love him. Our Stanley Cup window just closed. He cannot take young players & develop a cup team. But he will let you know where the problems lie. You have enough talent in Toronto but it will take a few changes that Berube wants. Get ready to play heavy & Forecheck but most importantly you have to Backcheck. No skating around waiting for the Puck, You have to take it. Good luck Toronto. Berube will Never Ever be forgotten here in St Louis. Cant wait until you come to town. It will be one of longest Standing Ovations ever Heard.
If he's masochist enough to want the job, give it to him.
Berube is not the answer here. Marner, Tavares, Reilly, Brodie, Shanahan and few select others need to go. Bring in 1 to 2 stud defensemen and a decent goalie and MAYBE you get to the second round otherwise we lose again. This team is NOT built for the playoffs!
QUEENVILLE NEXT TO HIRE
yesssssssss a real coach
And in three years he’ll be out the door for failing to produce a winning team. First time he hurts the feeling of a “star” player your current GM will become all negative with him as a coach just like he did with Sutter in Calgary.
Trust me the GM and new coach won't change anything. A playoffs spot may not even be guaranteed which was something you knew O'Keefe could deliver.
Lmao if Berube hangs his players out to dry in the media.. bye bye as fast as his hiring. Just look at Babcock. These divas are used to be treated as GODs. They won’t allowed a coach to dictate how comfortable they want to be. The Divas loves their warm blankets that Dubas and Shanahan have been bestowed to them.
And you thought Babcock was good? An absolute jerk. He wore out his welcome everywhere he went.
It won't make a difference.
This is window dressing. The Leafs need Core 4 upgrades before any possibility of Leaf playoff success is possible. With this Leafs Core 4 - come playoffs why bother hiring a Leafs coach? 😀
I don't know that this means much. The coach has to be able to motivate the entitled millionaires to play. Additionally, average goaltending and below average defense. There's only so much any coach can do.
Nobody except Scotty Bowman in modern times has coached 2 different teams to the cup. Sorry Leafs.
WRONG WRONG WRONG, can"t wait to see this blow up. The guy got lucky one year otherwise he he has been a hack. Listen to our media Berube is a winner, what a joke. How can a cave man coach the high talent. Gallant would be a better choice and smarter man. Shanahan didn't have the balls to hire Roy last year. I hate being Leaf fan but I even hate Toronto media more. Can"t wait to see the carnage
No more coddling this leaf team
Marner and Travers are the only ones who have had a tough coach. Both played for Dale Hunter, who runs team like they played as players. So this will be normal for them. The other two are the question markers as they have never played for that type of coaching... good luck to them.
Berube will only last two years
Defense wins championship period
Good luck to Berube to get these overpaid players motivated. The players have run the Leaf asylum for the last 55 yrs.
Most players are overpaid and we are the ones lining up to pay them. Now what do you call that?
@@bruce8321 MoneyMarks
How it work out w stanley cup champion coach babcock? Same core! They will drag berube down!
The 2024/2025 season will bring boring defensive hockey to Toronto which MLSE doesn’t like.
Whether your making $1 mil or $12mil a year, come to play hard or sit down.
Hahahahaha- hahahaha
Gerard Gallant would have been the better hire.
The Chief is going to be too tough for the soft Leaf flakes. All going to quit.Toronto fired Babcock because he was too tough on baby Marner. Now Berube is going to be extra tough on their boy Marner, and purse Matthews, Leaf flake fans will cry foul.
So, a GM who was fired from his job for repeated failure hired a coach who was fired for coach his team to the bottom. Have we got that right?
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No!
What does Hayes know? He's a desk jockey.
The high priced guys have to earn their pay. If not waive no trade clauses and out the door..
Management can't waive NTC/NMC. It's in a players contract, given to them by management. You have NO idea what you're saying.
Bad move by berube. Welcome to the meat grinder
DISASTER FOR THE LEAFS COMIG !!! JUST AS BAD AS KEEFE IF NOT WORSE !!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
OVER!!! NOTHING EVER CHANGES!!!!
Of course he was the right choice.
The core 4 were gonna have to find their balls eventually. Welcome Chief.
Brain was YELLING FOR ROD as the best for the job now he all in .....tsn flop dolla. Ps all 1st round exit save for the blues run that was all Jordan not Berube sorry...not a bad coach but nothing new other then the voice
rinse repeat
Yup
YEAH RIGHT MITCH MARNER WIIL BE THE SAME AS ALWAYS!!! NOTHING AT ALL 😅😅😅😅😅😅 CHANGES
It doesn't matter who coaches the leafs the team is jinxed since 1967 we had so many coaches and haven't won 💩 so all now Berube is our saviour lol 😂😂😂
He's a fucking dinosaur, is he bringing a NHL caliber goaltender with him?