What Will Change Under Craig Berube In Toronto? | SDP 

Berube isn't the hard ass you describe. He's just a direct straight shooter. He can be funny and personable as well. You'll be happy with the hire

Blues fan here. I still want Burebe but you guys are going to love this guy.

Berube is the real deal, he was not the issue in STL, Armstrong gave up on the team and moved on. Toronto will be pleasantly surprised.

I'm a Blues fan, and I love Chief. We all think it's just that coaches have a shelf-life and he reached his in St. Louis. He's got a big heart, and is very much not a Babcock kind of jerkwad

Accountability from a coach will only take you so far. The culture, accountability, work ethic, the standards needs to come from our best players

Treliving didn’t get fired in Calgary. He quit because the owner would not let him fire Sutter. The team quit on Sutter, and they didn’t like him.

*The* *Leafs* may need a motivator, BUT THEY REALLY *NEED* *A* *GOALIE* !!!!!

From STL, Chief is most highly respected. He turned guys who fought in practice to those who brought home the cup. Some were hoping that they would bring him back!!!

Blues fan here: Berube is a great hire for the Leafs. He’s direct and he holds players accountable. His coaching in the Blues cup run was incredible and he’s a coach Blues fans didn’t want to see leave. To your point, he’s a great motivator.

A life long blues fan...Berube will not placate to the feelings of ur talent..he will get the best out of them or grind them to dust trying..he will get them to block shots and crash the net and be overall more bought in

Babcock wasn't just a hard ass he was a weirdo.

Aside from his stop in Washington, Laviolette has a cup with Carolina, final with Philly, final with Nashville and just gave the Rangers a President trophy.

The only player who doesnt respond to tough love is mitch. Matthews so very rarely needs a kick in the pants, he's one of the better self-motivators in the league. Willy fully admits that he occasionally needs one, and always accepts his with humilty, whether its a demotion or public call out. Every time keefe ever walked back a critique of a core player, it was because mitch and/or his camp whined to shanny. As a player, i mostly love mitch. He's a great penalty killer and a top 3 passer/set-up guy in the league. Hes already a top 10 all-time leaf. But, he still tries to make a highlight play when all we need is the safe play, at the most crucial of times. He has done next to nothing to increase his strength in 8 years. He cant handle hard physical hockey because hes just not physically built for it. And he whines to the refs more than anyone on the team. His body language when the team is doing bad or when he makes a mistake is brutal. He hasnt matured physically or mentally, and he is still trying to play london knight hockey in the NHL. And as much as he loves being a toronto maple leaf, i dont think its healthy for his mental health. There is a reason we've never really been able to draw hometown kids in as FAs, and why very few GMs made a point of drafting them. Its so much pressure playing at home, especially the 7 canadian cites. Most NHLers have the friends and families become fans of their team once drafted. Hometown guys, theyre family n friends are already dyed-in-the-wool, deeply invested fans. Mitch isnt just playing for hus boyhood team, hes playing for paul's boyhood team too. He gets out of t.o. he will get the chance to reach his full potential. I dont think he can get there playing at home though.

As a Blues fan… I’m still extremely disappointed Chief is no longer behind our bench. The issues we’re dealing with had nothing to do with coaching and our GM was feeling the pressure.

Hello from California! Big Leafs fan (grew up in Toronto and I was a goalie for over a decade). I love your content. Wasn’t a criticism of Keefe that he was being consistently out coached in the playoffs? You didn’t discuss that in this segment. Is it just morale building then?

I think stylistically. The team Brad wants to build fits Burebe style perfectly. Those two are going to bring in players they agree on with the stars to set them apart. But you should finally start getting depth scoring in the playoffs.

That stat is crazy (cups to coaches)- btw Torts albeit not perfect for every team, great coach with success that I would love to have (not blaming him at all for Philly this season)

crazy stats boys. Keep up. the good work

As a Blues fan, I'm happy for Chief. Hope he does extremely well and makes armstrong look like a idiot for letting him go for a team he put together

The Leafs issue is their poor structure of the Core 4. Does this coach get any say in upgrades to the Leafs Core 4 playoff disappointments?

As a Blues fan, we love Chief. Just think....if Berube brings a Cup to Toronto, that will be two franchises with 50 plus year droughts with Cups under Berube. Time to see if he can do that.

As a Blues fan, I wish Chief was still our head coach. Chief has a belief in his team and is extremely fair and communicative with his players as to how they are or are not meeting expectations. Not afraid to bench highly paid players, but zero question as to why. Leaf fans should be ecstatic over this hire. If the team buys into him (and Treliving can solve the goalie problem), great things are ahead.

So what you're saying is call up Bowman?

i was skeptical about tocchet. no track record. tv panelist. what a find. did they give scotty a call? i think berube is going to work out.

What was de boer before vegas

Answer from a DH Blues fan... When, "Cheif", came into the head Blues coaching job, Blues fans, who known what type of coach/ person he was, were very excited because not only did we know that he could get the players to comit to their on ice assignments, whilst at the same time he seemed to captivate the locker room and get the guys to play for each other. That group became very tight. The 2019 Blues became a relentless, hard on the puck, team style that won the SC, and only Berube was able to bring that type of styled game out of that team. No question about it, he's the right man for the job. All he needs is just the guys to commit 💯 for him. Edit: He doesnt have Steve Ott right next to him anymore, though!? Lol😮

Blues fan here...I would advise patience. I personally think the team makeup still needs to be addressed, otherwise (as Steve as said before) they will still be a really good team but never great. In 2018-2019 for the Blues, our expectations at the start that season were very high, and it was evident to everyone on the team that they were severely underperforming. Things didn't change much at first - it was only until Binnington came up that the team started to turn it around. The buy-in began with a strong win after going 5-5. My advice for the Leafs fans would be to not set your expectations until you've seen about a month of the season, and don't be surprised if the record isn't great at first. Give it time.

❤ Jesse’s wild stat rants 😂

So you're telling me we're due. (My mantra back in April. Lol)

This is real simple. The coach does not matter. The core matters. If you do not break up the core, no coach will be able to win.

This is his third team btw, he stared as the flyer HC

adam has a point, leafs have been doing this for years and its constantly been biting them in the ass

What do we have to lose? The first round next year? Let’s go Leafs!!

That is a crazy stat re head coaches and Stanley Cups.

OK you forgot Peter Laviolette cup wins Carolina(05), Washington (18) and has led multiple teams to the finales

Honestly, as a whole, I just feel like the overall tone of losing, not being able to do it, getting rid of dubas, trying to bring on a tougher coach... etc etc. there's just no REAL belief in the locker room, and the culture is not a "let's get out there and win the fn cup!" culture. Idk, time will tell. but holy hell has this past decade been exhaustingly predictable.

The guy is Tocchet's best bud. They talk a couple times a week. Could not pick a better coach for the Maple Laughs.

Nothing will change, period.

The Leafs aren’t Berube’s second team. He was the head coach for the Flyers, then the Blues, then the Leafs!

Blues fan here: What you hear about Berube is true. He was loved here in St Louis and a lot of people wanted Army gone after they left him go. He is a great coach. However, my worry if i was a Leaf's fan is not is he as good as people think. But instead will the higher ups left him coach his style and allow him to hold players accountable...the core four. If they ..higher ups...tie his hands and dont let him call the players out ..then it wont matter what coach you have. Shanny and the higher ups just remind me a bit to much of Jerry Jones. They want to control way to many aspects and not allow thier staff to do their jobs

Is that 6 or 7 coach firings for Treliving in 10 years?

When he said jon cooper i was so happy. Im sorry but that guy just blows my mind I love what he's done.

One of the things depends who he brings on as assistant coaches, if he brings in a staff similar to Vancouver then it will be a great hire

this will make the fans believe for another year but nothing will really change.

If your coach has input on who you trade and who you trade for, he might be able to create a competitive team. Those Bowman teams were on another level.

That statistic about head coaches makes it seem dire about the future of the Leafs if there has literally been only one coach that has won more than one Stanley cup with different teams..... However A change is needed in coaching and players and hoping and praying that this new season will begin with some bright hope

As a Panther fan, I'd love nothing more than the troubles remain in Toronto. HOWEVER, objectively speaking. Berube is step 1. Step 2: Marner, Tavares must go. Step 3: You must get an elite goalie. Step 4: You need two top pair defensemen with a big bag of knuckles. Nothing short of this is going to improve the Leafs chances, assuming they make it to the playoffs.

When either of the Core-4 prima donnas doesn’t play according to Berube’s lofty expectations, he will complain to Shanny and after a few complaints, Berube will be shown the exit door just like Iron Mike Babcock!

3:52 That's a good take. Why didn't shanahan takeover after dubus left and be the GM... Giving more time to really search

I guarantee the core4 will be back next year with the hiring of this coach

Berube's main job is to change the culture into something rougher. You guys should be pleased with the results.

Come on, guys! Glen Sathers of the Oilers in the 80s has to be in the conversation at least as one of the greatest cup-winning coaches, albeit there were Gretzky, Messier, Kurri, Anderson, etc. Sathers still needed to have the smart to put the team togehter, as he was also a GM.

Nothing will change because you still have a team without balls.

what does Scotty Bowman say how to win Stanley Cup as head coach with more than one team?

he will toughen them up

They should get Darcy K from Washington for next year. Maybe you can get a miracle season like Colorado in 22.

And they’ll still keep all the passengers on this team. Nothing will change.

Well the Soft Kyle Dubas approach we know doesn’t work!

Nothing will change of significance. ScotiaBank Arena will have same 41 Home dates jammed full of blind loyalty. And that’s all that really matters.

COULD work if the players listen. Who’d have thought Tocchet would be so good in Vancouver

I’m at the belief that Dubas instructed Keefe to treat the players like they are a minor hockey team. Like go out there and have fun.

As a Blues fan, the current Leafs roster won't work with Berube. Wouldn't be surprised if some of them might want to be moved because of Berube, and that will be a good thing for the team.

I love that i watched this after the berube signing👎 we screwed?

I heard there is another new professional hockey league coming. The spin is all the players wear the same jersey.

You need to watch his pregame speech before game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. He'll get them fired up.

There have been only 3 coaches in NHL history that have won a cup with 2 different teams.

Well, Scotty Bowman is now 90. So probably not head coach, but definitely assistant coach.

As usual I got fucked up ideas. This is a rap lyricc about next season of TM with AI (hairrising skill vs year back) Whose deal: Leafs Nation, we’re strong, can’t go wrong, With Bieber beats, we bring the heat all night long, From the rink to the stage, it's our anthem song, We rep T.O., where the heart belongs. Verse 1: From the 6ix, Leafs fly high, Blue and white, touch the sky, Bieber vibes, we’re on fire, Hockey dreams, we reach higher. Chorus: Leafs Nation, we’re strong, can’t go wrong, With Bieber beats, we bring the heat all night long, From the rink to the stage, it's our anthem song, We rep T.O., where the heart belongs. Verse 2: Puck drop, lights up, Skate fast, never stop, Justin cheers, crowd roars, Maple Leafs, we want more. Chorus: Leafs Nation, we’re strong, can’t go wrong, With Bieber beats, we bring the heat all night long, From the rink to the stage, it's our anthem song, We rep T.O., where the heart belongs. Bridge: Ice cold, Leafs gold, Justin tunes, can’t be sold, Together, strong and bold, Toronto pride, never old. Chorus: Leafs Nation, we’re strong, can’t go wrong, With Bieber beats, we bring the heat all night long, From the rink to the stage, it's our anthem song, We rep T.O., where the heart belongs. Outro: Maple Leafs, we rise, Bieber beats, touch the skies, T.O. pride, never dies, Together, we shine bright.L. Brutally honest, I don't hate them. They are mediocre. GOD! I laughed like shitting my pants. But AI is right. GPT4 turbo. 🤪

Scotty Bowman didnt bring the Cup to St. Louis. Chief did. Nuff said.

My guess is the core 4 stays intact😢

unless the core 4 is no more nothing will change

If Keefe is an Xs and Os guy, why was Steve constantly saying that he got his head stuffed into a locker by the opposing coach in the playoffs?

No more inmates running the asylum in the Leafs dressing room. Berube isn't the type to back down from anything.

The Team needs a total rebuild.

Aka no cup in Toronto with Berube here

Well if Peter Laviolette does it in NY. Then there u go

Next move is fill out the coaching staff. I'd trim the coaching staff. Too many voices. After that - draft day trade(s)?? Recoup draft picks and make trades to strengthen defence/goalie. July 1 UFA signings - Defence: skjei, Montour, gostisbehere, Forwards: guentzel, stamkos, marchessault, Stephenson, duclair. Goalie: stolarz

Regarding Scotty Bowman? He LOST 3 straight finals starting as a head coach with the St louis Blues

Why did the leafs dump Maurice ?

This will be a good thing for Toronto. Still needs to breakup the old group. Willy will get a wake up call.

As long as they have four players making more than 40% of the cap they're not going anywhere

Just over the moon it wasn’t McLellan.

I realized that the secret to making a million is saving for a better investment. I always tell myself you don't need that new Maserati or that vacation just yet. That mindset helped me make more money investing. For example last year I invested 80k in stocks and made about 246k, but guess what? I put it all back and traded again and now I'm rounding up close to a million.

#32 Berube! #33 ? Am I looking too much ahead?

No no no he's PERFECT. This will fix EVERYTHING. RRR UUU NNN??? Plz?

Nothing will change. You cant teach heart

If the players and culture is not there, the players will eventually tune the coach out.

steve nice haircut dud it come with a free bowl of soup

Jesse for GM

The leafs need 3 solid 2nd tier D and a starting goalie.

Babcock wasn't a hardass, he was just an asshole who went on a power trip and had his team lose all desire to compete under him. Keefe is always very popular and well liked by his players, but he lacks credibility when trying to be tough and motivating. Berube, on PAPER, seems like exactly what the Leafs need: someone who's tough, but fair. Someone not afraid to call people out who aren't pulling their weight, but can still rally a team to believe in themselves, and in him. He's someone players will RESPECT. ON PAPER, at least. We'll just have to see in the Fall whether that actually plays out or not.

This is what the problem with this Maple leafs fan and all the podcast influencers We never even make it to the second round for the last 20 years except once and they’re talking about chance of winning a cop here, let’s be real here. If Berube’s leafs can take us to round 2 if not, 3 back to back that is a huge win for us wake up!

Berube inspired a bunch of hard-nosed grinders in St Louis to win. What can he do with high-skill elite talent?

Babcock is a psychopath and Keefe didn’t have pedigree. Berube isn’t a hard ass as much as he’s fair and no nonsense, the core really needs a guy like that

2:20 - I can’t listen to this nonsense. Media does a thing like fall in love with a coach, then 10 years later they slag “the fanbase” for things that only the media did.

Hopefully it means no more boys club in the locker room. No more Bieber hanging with the lads, no catering to the prima Donna. Toronto desperately needs a culture change. Berube is a breath of fresh air.

Probably going to need to make big changes in the locker room in order for him to establish a new culture

If the leafs need motivation, then fire them all. There a re millions of Americans who seek motivation and they have it all at their access and they're still overweight

Bowman won way more with Habs than you said

The only things that motivates human beings are pleasure and pain. It seems the only tool of pain for a coach in this day and age is the healthy scratch. If that is so then the second the big egos behave like printshop prima donnas, healthy scratch.