Lane Lambert hired as assistant coach (Dean Chenowyth has left)

[Gilmour1996]

Was this guy not available?

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My buddy's girlfriend's brother's friend thought he saw him at a restaurant in Pittsburgh dining with Kyle Dubas so Kyle may be preparing to blow him away with a big offer after he's got Sully packed and off.

 

[trellaine201]

Not the most talented player but tough as nails.

 

[PromisedLand]

Clean house, let Chief bring whoever he wants to work with him. Aside from Mike Van Ryn, who I am assuming is sticking around due to his history with Chief in the past, I literally couldn't care less if any of the coaching staff from last year returns.

Lets get a fresh voice up and down the bench

I guess the next guy to hire is Marc Savard???

Are you saying that Mike Van Ryan's systems have passed the tests

Guy Boucher looks like bond villain. Is it still in leafs coaching mix or is he gone? Is Lambert Boucher's replacement?

I still don't understand why the F was Boucher running the PP. His entire skillsket is based on defense not offense

 

[PromisedLand]

I'd turf Boucher, he seemed to over coach the PP, zero fluidity and flow.

Conspiracy Theory:

Boucher thought if he purposely sabotaged the PP, Keefe will get fired and he will get the head coaching job/ But......

 

[LeafSteel]

Conspiracy Theory:

Boucher thought if he purposely sabotaged the PP, Keefe will get fired and he will get the head coaching job/ But......

i can’t attach a GIF if my life depended on it…..

So mental picture mind blown Kramer please….

 

[MCR74]

Look, just because he couldn't coach TWS's cuurent favorite tean doesn't mean much. l'm up for giving Lane a chance.

 

[PromisedLand]

i can’t attach a GIF if my life depended on it…..

So mental picture mind blown Kramer please….

 

[Hellcat]

I wonder when the Toronto diversity police will crack down on Berube being referred to as 'Chief'?

Yep .... It will be some white soccer mom who never watches hockey that will be more outraged at the injustice of calling Berube Chief than any indigenous person would ever be.

 

[PromisedLand]

Yep .... It will be some white soccer mom who never watches hockey that will be more outraged at the injustice of calling Berube Chief than any indigenous person would ever be.

 

[Dog]

Conspiracy Theory:

Boucher thought if he purposely sabotaged the PP, Keefe will get fired and he will get the head coaching job/ But......

Hidden agenda he was Habs spy lol.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Could a team ever employ a “2 headed monster” at the head coach spot? Meaning that they share everything. Both equal power. Sometimes one guy does the press conferences, and other times the other does them. Things like that. Or is Craig Berube clearly the boss? Then I don’t understand these different titles. Asistant vs associate. Makes no sense.

 

[Hellcat]

Could a team ever employ a “2 headed monster” at the head coach spot? Meaning that they share everything. Both equal power. Sometimes one guy does the press conferences, and other times the other does them. Things like that. Or is Craig Berube clearly the boss? Then I don’t understand these different titles. Asistant vs associate. Makes no sense.

Nope, one guy is the big dude.

In reality assistant and associate are the same thing but Associate gets paid more because it is considered a step above assistant .. it's semantics, IMO an artificial title of importance to make Lambert feel more special.

 

[PromisedLand]

Conspiracy Theory:

Boucher thought if he purposely sabotaged the PP, Keefe will get fired and he will get the head coaching job/ But......

PSA: Seems like my conspiracy theory has some cred afterall

https://x.com/i/web/status/1802336711566836066

https://x.com/i/web/status/1802347861356540129

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Guy Boucher has left the club according to the Toronto Sun.

 

[Sypher04]

Guy Boucher has left the club according to the Toronto Sun.

Good riddance.
I have never seen our powerplay looks even close to that inept under anyone else.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Good riddance.
I have never seen our powerplay looks even close to that inept under anyone else.

With two top ten in points players (and runaway Rocket winner no less) it was simply inexcusable and a huge reason we lost to a beatable Boston squad. Me and Gary Nylund were musing beforehand that a cold powerplay in the playoffs is a death sentence and it certainly was.

 

[Evilhomer]

Good riddance.
I have never seen our powerplay looks even close to that inept under anyone else.

The Leafs' power play was 7th in the league this past season, basically tied with Dallas and Colorado.

 

[Sypher04]

The Leafs' power play was 7th in the league this past season, basically tied with Dallas and Colorado.

March 1st to April 18th - 12.5% (29th)
Playoffs - 4.8% (2nd last)

They had it the first half of the year and completely lost it after mid February

 

[Evilhomer]

March 1st to April 18th - 12.5% (29th)
Playoffs - 4.8% (2nd last)

They had it the first half of the year and completely lost it after mid February

Right, but isn't that more an indictment of the players than the coaches?

 

[Sypher04]

Right, but isn't that more an indictment of the players than the coaches?

Not really. As I see it, it’s an indictment of both fairly equally. I just started with harping on Boucher here because he was the subject of the discussion.

 

[Buds17]

Guy Boucher has left the club according to the Toronto Sun.

It just wouldn't have worked out if he had serious aspirations of being the head coach here.

 

[BertCorbeau]

I mean if he wanted the Head Coaching job, he wouldn’t purposely tank the PP … it’s counter intuitive.

Seems like he and Berube didn’t see eye to eye on the team and he moved on. Obviously not getting the HC job probably played a factor.

 

[The Iceman]

Dean Chenowyth to Winnipeg.​

I am hoping for a Claude Julian addition for the Leafs.
Need a good X and O guy IMO to round out the staff.