Confirmed with Link: Leafs Hire Jim Hiller as Head Coach

[authentic]

'One Way' Willie must feel like he just won the lottery!
This is going to be great.

I mean the coach is right though. If the players are dreading a system so much because of how restrictive it is that’s not how you get the most of your players.

 

[Pinkcat]

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I recognize Simmons but who are the good looking ones?

 

[keonsbitterness]

Ditto.

Matthews could easily ride out two years and go where he wants to go. He just saw Marner do it.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Brian Matthews assistant coach

 

[Jozay]

LA Kings in 175 games under Jim Hiller:Goals Against/Game - 2.60 (1st in NHL)5v5 Goals Against - 273 (1st in NHL)5v5 Goals For% - 55.39 (3rd in NHL)

That is pretty exciting....

No it’s not.

 

[rumman]

Does anyone expect that Rielly won't be traded? There has been more smoke around this guy than anyone else.

For the love of God Buckley, please don’t jinx the trading of Mo.

 

[ULF_55]

Doesn't sound like 1-3-1 hcokey to me

I'm sure people will miss the Berube style.

The dump it in and race to see who can get there first style.

Of course not all the players bought it, some of them probably thought having one puck on the stick was worth 2 pucks in the corner.

 

[GoonieFace]

How about we give Hiller the benefit of the doubt. People writing him off already is hilarious

 

[LeafSteel]

Well, we tried the big names hires. How that worked for us, i wonder

To be honest, I can’t remember a more out of sync leadership group than Babcock and Dubas. They absolutely did not mesh and were not rowing in the same direction even remotely.

Berube and Treliving were more in sync, but Berube didn’t have the players he needed to play how he wanted but made no effort to change his coaching to play to his players strengths. As for Treliving, just a bunch of nothing and when he did something he got fleeced. Right idea that the team wasn’t well built on defence but puzzling and inconsistent way of going about building it up.

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would love to put them up against these Outsiders.

 

[rumman]

Matthews could easily ride out two years and go where he wants to go. He just saw Marner do it.

With his back you think he doesn’t want to win a cup ASAP?

 

[authentic]

For the love of God Buckley, please don’t jinx the trading of Mo.

I don’t think he will be. I think he’s due for a bounce back season and it’s doubtful we’re getting a better defenseman in return.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

How about we give Hiller the benefit of the doubt. People writing him off already is hilarious

How about the Leafs run a hockey organization and not a boyband/apparel company

 

[sxvnert]

 

[Tak7]

I don’t think he will be. I think he’s due for a bounce back season and it’s doubtful we’re getting a better defenseman in return.

Would be surprised if he's back here next season - seems like they've gone pretty deep down the road of teams he'd be willing to waive to.

 

[rumman]

I don’t think he will be. I think he’s due for a bounce back season and it’s doubtful we’re getting a better defenseman in return.

People have been saying he’s due for a bounce back year for three years running, who knows maybe it’ll happen one of these years?

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

How about we give Hiller the benefit of the doubt. People writing him off already is hilarious

Listening to Sid Seixero now, he is taking it well…

 

[LeafSteel]

The Marleau signing hurts every time it's brought up.

Absolutely did not understand it then and it is still cringe inducing.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

The idiots are allowed to run the asylum.
That's the most important thing.

 

[Aashir]

Doesn’t it make you question the chain of events from 2023? That was the style they felt they could have the most success in and they moved away from it and now they are going back

its unfortunate that the league shifted the opposite of where we went

when we went skilled and fast, the league shifted to heavy and physical

when it shifted back, we had already 180'd to fit that mold

having to play this watered down version of tampa that is way more skill and finesse, or the fricking buffalo sabres instead of the chara led bruins did things to the philosophy

 

[keonsbitterness]

With his back you think he doesn’t want to win a cup ASAP?

Depending on how 26-27 goes, slight chance after July 1, 2027 when an extension can be arranged and all his bonuses will be paid. Zero chance right now.

 

[CapspaceKiller]

Listening to Sid Seixero now, he is taking it well…

Yeah, but he's just a clown at this point. And he's currently dancing for us.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

its unfortunate that the league shifted the opposite of where we went

when we went skilled and fast, the league shifted to heavy and physical

when it shifted back, we had already 180'd to fit that mold

having to play this watered down version of tampa that is way more skill and finesse, or the fricking buffalo sabres instead of the chara led bruins did things to the philosophy

That's really how it feels.
I wonder if other teams have fallen for this ?

 

[thewave]

How about the Leafs run a hockey organization and not a boyband/apparel company

Bingo

You unlocked reality.

 

[Leafsfan74]

No it’s not.

Hey, I'm excited. It's New Coach Day!

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Yeah, but he's just a clown at this point. And he's currently dancing for us.

Perhaps. Do like listening to him.