Maple Leafs hire Jim Hiller as head coach

[MoneyManny]

Disagree. They're the most relevant team in hockey and pretty much the only one that matters. They could finish last for the next decade and still get more coverage than any other team in the league, and you'll all still be here talking about the leafs. You just can't get them out of your head. Obsessed.

Watching the Leafs and their coverage is awesome for neutral fans. It's like watching an episode of the Road Runner. No matter what they try they end up in the abyss.

 

[Strangle]

Leaf fans usually are very supportive of almost any move they make. How do y'all feel about this hire?

None of us know what to think and anyone claiming they do is just blowing smoke

 

[Strangle]

Watching the Leafs and their coverage is awesome for neutral fans. It's like watching an episode of the Road Runner. No matter what they try they end up in the abyss.

We don’t fall of cliffs ….. we just run across them

 

[Crow]

Could care less about the leafs hire and direction at the moment. Very middling, uninteresting team. I don’t think any coach could make them better than a weak playoff team and I highly doubt Chayka is the answer as GM.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

They should have kept DJ then?

The good news is that the Leafs can hire him and employ the greatest coaching staff in NHL history.

 

[Moncherry]

Chayka's first two moves have been atrocious.

I fully expect him to do something idiotic with the first overall pick.

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

Fell flat is an understatement. It was the most lopsided series I've seen. I think their future is less promising now than before that series.

What about Hiller's coaching style do you dislike? What about Grunden's coaching do you like?

I look forward to your in-depth analysis. It'd be stupid to comment something like that without doing your research on both coaches, right?

Your team is the biggest joke in hockey and will remain irrelevant for a couple more decades at the very least, keep coping.

 

[JianYang]

Can someone slap his face on hank hill so we have king of the hiller?

 

[OldCraig71]

Seems weird to comment about coaches, recommend one, and have no clue about the coaches you are talking about...

Cheers.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I could end up being wrong but on the surface I don't like this.

This is the same guy that single handidly cost the kings a playoff series against Edmonton.

 

[Vegaspunk]

May Pelley and Chayka reign over the Leafs for at least the next decade

What a f***ing idiotic comment.

Sens fans can't help themselves from exposing their little brother energy even when everyone should be laughing at the Leafs lol

 

[NYRnine94]

The Leafs suck

 

[sampollock]

one guy is bum

Leaf fans usually are very supportive of almost any move they make. How do y'all feel about this hire?

Until there fired

 

[LiseL]

Byfield played better once Hiller was gone. Clarke also saw more ice time after his departure.

Hiller would shorten benches and heavily lean on veterans. Good luck finding enjoyment with his brand of hockey.

So a perfect match for McKenna then?

 

[ToDavid]

I'm seeing a lot of these comments zoomed in on ice time, carefully cutting out the relevant stats that show Clarke was simply not good in that series. He was getting beat up by Trent Frederic and Connor Brown while Edmundson was playing against Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. He didn't earn more ice time.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Tuch is one of my favorite Sabres ever but him at 12 million x 8 will be a disaster within 3 years. Major tread on those tires.

I think that’s what he meant . He was joking that Toronto was going to overpay these guys . I like them too but I’d be more comfortable at 10 / 11 for Tuch or 7 / 8 for Raddysh .

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I dont know anything about this guy but seems everyone is laughing at us so prob not good.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

I dont know anything about this guy but seems everyone is laughing at us so prob not good.

He’s seen as a conservative d first coach so not all that dissimilar from Berube . Pretty successful regular season coach but not overly creative offensively. It’s a curious hire for a team that likely needs to out score their troubles next year . Very mid hire is the general feels

 

[Strangle]

May Pelley and Chayka reign over the Leafs for at least the next decade



Sens fans can't help themselves from exposing their little brother energy even when everyone should be laughing at the Leafs lol

What are the terms of chayka’s contract?

 

[HockeyVirus]

Could care less about the leafs hire and direction at the moment. Very middling, uninteresting team. I don’t think any coach could make them better than a weak playoff team and I highly doubt Chayka is the answer as GM.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I dont know anything about this guy but seems everyone is laughing at us so prob not good.

We could trade Nick Robertson for McDavid and some of these folks would be like

"No way lmfao the Leafs gave up on Nick Robertson? Guess whose winning the Smythe this year"

 

[sampollock]

Well
Proof is what needs to happen
See what this dude can do with the leaf

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Frank approves of this hire

 

[PizzaTime]

Was Hiller ever mentioned as a possible candidate?

I recall names like Roy, Pavelski, Woodcroft and Carle.

Dreger and co was making stuff up. But they interviewed 30 people apparently

 

[Albz]

The more everyone hates this hire, the more I like it.