Confirmed with Link: Leafs Hire Jim Hiller as Head Coach

[SprDaVE]

 

[leafsfan5]

horrific hire, all the positivity since the lottery has evaporated

 

[HamiltonNHL]

the exhaustive search was for this hire???

Let’s cast a wide net and catch the tiniest fish.

Coaching the Leafs is not a top destination for A level coaches.

 

[Peasy]

Buckley wrong with another prediction

 

[francis246]

If this is true this has to be the most totally random hire I've ever seen after all the names that have been mentioned.

I hadn't even heard this guys name brought up once.

It’s not completely random, I guess he’s been in Toronto before and knows the players and has experience as a head coach.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Buckley wrong with another prediction

So irritating how they act like they know shit, but they don't know anything. Just don't take it too seriously.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Coach already knows a team with no D is going nowhere

 

[BoBfromAulon]

If this is true this has to be the most totally random hire I've ever seen after all the names that have been mentioned.

I hadn't even heard this guys name brought up once

Insiders.......my ass

Wait and see mode activated

 

[Anthrax442]

I just hope he isnt another Berube. Please tell me he can fix the offense

 

[CapspaceKiller]

This proves what I thought all along, nobody in the media has a pipeline with John Chayka. Literally nobody predicted this and we have no idea what The Leafs are going to do this off-season.

 

[Torontonian]

Such a bland retread hire.. I'd take Hiller over the likes of Roy + Eakins, but his 1-3-1 style of hockey isn't going to work here in Toronto..

 

[Phion Keneuf]

What? So random.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

A guy who likes to play the trap is going to somehow unlock Matthews offensively again? Hoping that was just a weird LA style he created because he knew he didn't have the firepower.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

horrific hire, all the positivity since the lottery has evaporated

Why is it that bad ?

 

[BeLeafing]

This is officially the death of anyone in the media knowing anything that is going on with the Leafs

No leaks of the trade yesterday, not a single hint this was going to be the hire today

 

[Maple Leaf]

Seems like bargain bin gm and coach

 

[The Masters]

Mirtle likes the hire
"better hire than Roy and Lavy"
"Players coach"
"Anayltics coach"

 

[stickty111]

Umm okay. I'll take him over Eakins and Roy but not great.

 

[Nooodles]

I just hope he isnt another Berube. Please tell me he can fix the offense

He is literally more like Berube than Berube himself.

 

[Leaf Lander]

104 career wins in los Angeles I'd rather Bruce Boudreau

Chayka is going to do well until he hangs himself with high risk bad moves like dubas did.

Burke started moves like this rubbing leaf fans the wrong way every chance they get.

The leafs alumni need to take over mlse like the flyer alumni did to turn around the flyers.

Hopefully mats is learning ehat not to do so he can take over after a few yrs of drafting low

 

[MSZ]

Who?

I seriously dont know

He was Babcock's assistant here.

 

[WTFMAN99]

The trade yesterday coupled with this hire is like the early days of Treliving all over again. Doing mental gymnastics to not crap on the guy only so many days into his tenure.

 

[Gallagbi]

Don't love it personally, he was an assistant back in the Babcock days and it's always a tough jump from assistant to HC with the same group (and he'd have experience with Nylander and Matthews). Then his record in LA was good, but they never could overcome that first round, which is familiar.

Assistant under both Trotz, McLellan and Babs is interesting though

 

[francis246]

I just hope he isnt another Berube. Please tell me he can fix the offense

Hiller isn’t another Bérubé thankfully. Hes an offensive minded coach and he’s also a players coach. Problem is LA couldn’t defend for shit HAHA. So we’ll see how that works out in Toronto. But I like that he already has familiarity with Matthews and Nylander and it’s not going to be starting from ground zero to establish a relationship with those guys. I’m sure those two have given some insight into what it was like working with him.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Seems like bargain bin gm and coach

Toronto is not a popular destination for players or gm/coaches

Lots of negatives