NHL 2023-2024 Out of Town: Stanley Cup Playoffs - Toronto Maple Leafs hire Craig Berube as head coach

[BruinDust]

Benn just destroyed Toews

Clean hit, right call. Toews gets messed up when his head runs into Johnston.

 

[Olden McGroin]

Seguin, 4-0 Stars

 

[Olden McGroin]

 

[Kate08]

Biz is even more annoying after a gummy.

Usually it works the other way.

 

[22Brad Park]

That hit is on side of neck.Very shady to me because he knows he don't see it coming.Cant lie though, it's exactly what I want Tkachuk to get

 

[Terrier]

Avs make it 4-2, twelve to go, not going away just yet.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Rod Brind'Amour will be the next coach of the Leafs

I think there's a fair chance of that. Carolina are getting goalied, pure and simple. They're outplaying the Rangers 5v5, but between their disadvantage in net and NY's lethal PP, which they actually kept quiet in this one, they're one game away from potentially being swept. So really can't find too much to fault with Rod's coaching.

But if the Canes still want a fresh face behind the bench even so, it would make a lot of sense for Brind'Amour to land in Toronto. Who of course have their own goalie issues, but if they can sort those out, deal Marner and use his cap hit to balance out their roster a bit better, a Leafs team with him in charge could be quite a dangerous proposition.

 

[Fenway]

I think there's a fair chance of that. Carolina are getting goalied, pure and simple. They're outplaying the Rangers 5v5, but between their disadvantage in net and NY's lethal PP, which they actually kept quiet in this one, they're one game away from potentially being swept. So really can't find too much to fault with Rod's coaching.

But if the Canes still want a fresh face behind the bench even so, it would make a lot of sense for Brind'Amour to land in Toronto. Who of course have their own goalie issues, but if they can sort those out, deal Marner and use his cap hit to balance out their roster a bit better, a Leafs team with him in charge could be quite a dangerous proposition.

@Aussie Bruin

The Canes should not be down 0-3 to NYR and it is very similar to last year when Florida wound up sweeping them in the ECF.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

@Aussie Bruin

The Canes should not be down 0-3 to NYR and it is very similar to last year when Florida wound up sweeping them in the ECF.

They shouldn't, but apart from taking too many dumb penalties they really have done very little wrong. They've lost twice in OT and the other time by a single goal. But here we are. Playoffs are a brutal business.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[TobanWest]

I think I hate everything about this... Taking players and fans away from the NHL isn't good IMO

 

[Number8]

Don’t do it Leafs. Run it back again and again. It’ll work, I promise. No changes needed.

 

[ProdigalFan]

That new league sounds dreadful. Two 12 minute periods of 3 on 3? Another team in AZ? Team in NE? OK? How are they going to fill arenas? How is this going to affect the AHL and the CHL?

 

[BruinDust]

I think I hate everything about this... Taking players and fans away from the NHL isn't good IMO

That new league sounds dreadful. Two 12 minute periods of 3 on 3? Another team in AZ? Team in NE? OK? How are they going to fill arenas? How is this going to affect the AHL and the CHL?

They won't.

 

[jgatie]

Can you say "XFL"? How about "USFL"? Now imagine an even less popular sport trying the same things, except the changes to the game are even more absurd.

 

[GordonHowe]

Lazerus: Facing elimination, Hurricanes have organizational soul-searching to do

We need to talk about the Hurricanes. Because it's not working. It hasn't worked. And it appears it won't work.

theathletic.com

 

[Olden McGroin]

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

That hit is on side of neck.Very shady to me because he knows he don't see it coming.Cant lie though, it's exactly what I want Tkachuk to get

That's on Toews. You're gonna get rocked if you're skating around behind the opponent's net with your head down.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Down 3-0 but two OT losses. Much closer series than it seems.

True but when you're x many years into "can't get over that hump" it builds. At some point you just have to win or something changes. Goaltending is probably the difference. And really I don't think Carolina has ever had great goaltending during this run of good teams. Not terrible but could be better. Could be upgraded. Hello Linus?

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

 

[Johnnyduke]

Wasn't he fired? Permission from his wife?

 

[jgatie]

Wasn't he fired? Permission from his wife?

He's still under contract, and the Leafs will still be paying him for the length of the contract regardless of his firing. Any other club needs permission from them to interview him. If they do hire him, the current Leafs contract will be null and void

 

[Johnnyduke]

Is this something specific to Canada? If you are fired then how are you still under contract? It sounds like he wasn't actually fired then and just removed as HC of the team. Bill Belichick was still under contract when the Patriots fired him. I don't recall seeing reports that the Falcons needed permission to interview him. Doesn't make any sense.

 

[jgatie]

Is this something specific to Canada? If you are fired then how are you still under contract? It sounds like he wasn't actually fired then and just removed as HC of the team. Bill Belichick was still under contract when the Patriots fired him. I don't recall seeing reports that the Falcons needed permission to interview him. Doesn't make any sense.

Nothing to do with Canada. If your contract states that you are guaranteed a paycheck from X date to Y, then you are still under contract regardless if you are doing the actual job. It's pretty much standard for sports coaches.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Nothing to do with Canada. If your contract states that you are guaranteed a paycheck from X date to Y, then you are still under contract regardless if you are doing the actual job. It's pretty much standard for sports coaches.

It is NEVER phrased as still being under contract when a guy gets fired. Never. Sure, everyone understands when a coach gets fired that he is still due the rest of the money owed to him. If he gets hired by another team then there is offset language. I just have never seen it reported this way that a team needed permission to speak with a fired coach. Like I said we just saw this with Belichick. Nobody was reporting that teams needed permission to interview him. It's basically like saying the Leafs could tell the Bruins or Habs to go pound sand if they wanted Keefe. "Hell with you guys, we will not give you permission and we will just pay him what he is due". It doesn't happen.