Confirmed with Link: Leafs fire goaltending coach Steve Briere

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I personally have wanted this for a while now. Hopefully we can bring in a goaltending guru to turn around a goalie department that hasn’t developed a capable starter since Potvin.

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[notbias]

best news so far this offseason

 

[McSnypsky]

Had to be done...

 

[Captain34]

Any ideas/suggestions of possible replacements?

 

[Leafs at Knight]

About time

 

[McSnypsky]

Now we should hire a team of them!!!!

 

[Thews]

Any ideas/suggestions of possible replacements?

David Ayres, could probably do a better job too honestly

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Finally.

 

[saltming]

Yes!!!
This alone deserves a parade

 

[tmlms13]

To be fair he did turn Jack Campbell from a throw in , to the starting goalie. I don't think Jack did that all on his own.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Hallelujah

 

[notbias]

To be fair he did turn Jack Campbell from a throw in , to the starting goalie. I don't think Jack did that all on his own.

He was the target of the trade, don't think Clifford was the big prize in that trade.

He was a high end backup worst-case scenario

 

[saltming]

To be fair he did turn Jack Campbell from a throw in , to the starting goalie. I don't think Jack did that all on his own.

Jack Campbell is not a starting goalie

 

[jaric1862]

Great decision. They need a complete overhaul in terms of goaltending from the top down.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

About f***ing time. Still not going to make Campbell the guy we should roll with.

 

[Apex Predator]

How long has Steve been with the Leafs? The Leafs need to focus on developing goalies as that seems to be an issue. Last developed goalie was Reimer who was just okay.


Jury still out on the current guys.

 

[as Pure as Evil]

Well over due. Hopefully we start from the ground up and get a good developmental and pro goalie coaches

 

[McSnypsky]

Glad to see they are do an analysis of the department, barring just bad luck there is no reason for the Leafs to have the current state in Goalies with all their resources!

 

[thinkblue]

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[leafsfan5]

THERE IS A GOD

 

[The Masters]

finally

our goalie system is one of the worst in the league (drafting, player development and one ice performance in games)

I remember babcock hiring him and he still made it about him lol

 

[Fogelhund]

No idea who replaces him, but it’s one of those moves most people would have guessed was coming.

 

[Buds17]

Definitely one of the easier moves to make regarding the position, but I couldn't say I argue with this taking place at all. Wonder what the future holds in terms of both Briere's replacement and the goalies he will ultimately have to work with?

 

[Lightsol]

To be fair he did turn Jack Campbell from a throw in , to the starting goalie. I don't think Jack did that all on his own.

That was Dusty Imoo, who was the goalie coach of the Los Angeles Kings at the time. The Leafs considered hiring him before they hired Briere, but uh... Let's just say he has some controversial opinions on events and leave it at that, and the Leafs decided they didn't want to have to explain why they're hiring a raging transphobic jerk as their goalie coach.

 

[ULF_55]

Will anyone notice if they don't replace him?