Jackets decline

probably why they are so bad

I'd make that deal if I'm Dubas

As a Leaf fan, I'm happy Berube isn't GM.....Brutal trades for the Leafs. Next year 13.25m tied in Pronovov, Gudbranson and Graves. Leafs are so much better with 2m McCabe, 11.25m in cap space plus. Niemela, Minten and the first.
Admitting the Leafs would be better this season acquiring three NHL Dmen and giving up just two, but not THAT much better.
By the way is Berube a better coach this Keefe???

Why Graves? 😬

Yeah, nothing says Cup Drive more than two unproven smallish rookies on the team.
Leafs big weakness is defending, and Niemala does not defend much...

Berube's Cup ring suggest anything?

Leafs pass on both easily pro isn’t good, graves isn’t either we wouldn’t take him for future considerations at full cap hit

Yeah Berube's Cup ring suggests he had a great run from January to June with his team.....Since then nothing special.

You really think Berube coaches a defensive juggernaut??? Blues GAA 19th in the league at 3.15, Leafs 21th at 3.17.
Blues Goals for per game 26th, Leafs 7th,
So you think Berube is the answer????

Blues personnel aging, look at the key pieces traded or departed as UFAs after that Cup win.
coaches have a shelf life, and so do teams

see any improvement in the Blues after Berube was fired?
or maybe you noticed the GM telling the players changes are just beginning

I'll agree with you coaches have shelf lives. Yeah, I know it's subjective, and who will be the better/best coach to replace Keefe. Strange that the Leafs were 7th in GAA last season, and just ten goals behind 2nd place Canes. So what is the drastic change in fortunes? Gotta say the Leaf have had average to poor goaltending since Woll got injured. Better goaltending and it's been better in the past week, might solve some of the problems. Also Leafs changed their assistant coaches this year, maybe that's a difference too.

Blues downfall began when they didn't re-sign Pietrangelo.

Chief can coach my team any day.

Those entitled crybabies on the Leafs could use what Chief brings.

Accountability.

Especially Little Mitchy. Biggest spoiled Brat of them all.

I guarantee Berube wouldn't be a puppet like Keefe and Tree and certainly wouldn't knuckle under to Shammy.

It would be apples and oranges in personality as a coach for sure. Keefe has been totally out coached every year in the playoffs and were actually lucky to win a round last year. This team had the 2nd best PP last season to the oilers history making PP. So they move Marner from the point and lose all the playmaking options. Big reason why JT has dropped off the face of the earth in PP goals. He doesn't get the slap pass tip in's or shots from Marner just to create rebounds. Willie at the point either misses the net or can't make the right option like Marner.

I think it's kinda strange that Marner hasn't played the point more. In his breakout season, his last ELC season under Babcock he outstanding with Reilly at the PP point. Seems to be the Leafs history, being outcoached in the playoffs. Under Babcock the same thing.

i disagree. mccabe replaces provorov as the gap filler behind werenski without actually being worse in the grand scheme of things. brodie expires after this season which frees up a RHD slot which we clearly need since jiricek is buried already and we'll want to get ceulemans NHL minutes before 26-27. niemala isn't a bad piece to have in the system but he's not really a factor. and then we get a first round pick for our troubles?

yea, we take this.

After seeing McCabe is only a 2 million cap hit I would take this