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Instant Analysis – Toronto Maple Leafs Coaching Changes & Samsonov Contract Update



Steve Dangle recaps and analyzes the recent coaching hires by the Toronto Maple Leafs. What could Boucher and Van Ryn add to the team as the new assistant coaches? What will their roles be? Finally, what the heck is going on with the Ilya Samsonov contract?

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47 Comments

  1. I think what hasn't been addressed is why Spezza chose to leave the organization. That to me was a curious move.

  2. "The Leafs are too soft!!"… Bring in the angry French Canadian! Guy doesn't look like the kind of guy to be able to work under anyone. He's waaaay too raw and hard headed. He'll be head coach or eventually blow up and quit. It's like hiring Patrick Roy as assistant coach… good luck telling him what to do if he thinks otherwise. (EDIT: insert Scarface comparison/joke)

  3. Malholtra in the press box Boucher Van Ryan ?
    Keefe still coach
    Still 8 million over the cap
    Samsonov wants 4 million Leafs offer 2.5 lol
    Iether way still need to move more than one player.

  4. We won't even make the playoffs for another 10 years. Then when we finally make it, we lose round one. Then 5 years later we lose in round two. Think of how much money's been completely wasted over the course of the past 10 years. It's gonna happen again. Dangle's cool tho.

  5. Let’s hire Tie Domi as toughness and attitude coach. I bet he would teach guys how to grab any pest by the balls and pull them through their nose. I do not mention any specific pest but there are some in the division. You get the idea.

  6. Keefe is arguably the best season head coach the Leafs have ever had. Problem is…..he got played in the playoffs. He needs to get better or we may not make it to the 2nd round again this year.

  7. …. And Milan Lucic just found his way back to Boston. This story has come full circle.

  8. Steve, I always thought Guy Boucher would step foot in Trannah. Now we are here. Ok, Im ready

  9. I've said this since the news came out of nowhere, Trelving hired what I think is his preferred head coach. Remember all the fans saying the GM wants his own head coach and Keefe going??? Well, Treliving got what I confidently think "Will" be the next head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs in waiting for a firing, which I think will happen this season. Its just a matter of time when Brad uses it.

  10. maybe Keefe should sit this one out . Give Boucher a chance. The results couldn't be worse than Keefe's playoff record

  11. Not sure exactly how NHL arbiter is allowed to decide, but most ARBITRATION only allows the arbiter to choose one number or the other, not make one up – this is to encourage parties to come in with a reasonable figure backed by evidence. This also usually allows settlement before the arbitration is needed as it gets the parties closer together.

  12. It technically IS all our money paying these coaching salaries… when you buy a beer or turn on your 3 letter sports broadcaster or support and advertiser’s business, all the TML income is passed on to the people.

  13. This is what is wrong with you Leafs fans. You think Samsonov getting $4.9M is too much? Look what Tristan Jarry just got in the market this year. He got a 5 year $5.375M AAV. Why shouldn't Samsonov get $4.9M when he played far better than Jarry this past season? That self-arrogant pompous attitude is why the Leafs will continue to crash and burn

  14. It doesn't matter how many coaches you add when your core isn't willing to listen, adapt, and out-work opponents. Until they drop some of their overpaid core and figure out how to actually play as a team the results will not change.

  15. I got a question, seeing how the leafs are 8 mill over cap and huge goalkeeper issues and Mathews, Nylander, and Marner all want raises and a president that won't move from core four. So question is " who the fuck really cares about winning something

  16. I’ve gone back and forth and back again and I think Nylander needs to stay even if we don’t have a new co tract heading into the season for him. A top nine with him, matthews, marner, Tavares, bertuzzi, Domi, knies, jarnkrok and Kampf is very formidable. Losing Willie dilutes that greatly. Leafs still need to shed salary though, and I would expect names like McCabe, lafferty, timmins and possibly jarnkrok, brodie and liljgren are all guys who (if Willie stays) some combo of would need to be dealt to be cap compliant (assuming Murray and obvious muzzin are on LTIR)

  17. Felt Guy Boucher did a great job in Ottawa. Believe if given the head coaching chance in Toronto he would do well there too.

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