I’m happy that we went after a legit coach. Younger coach so hopefully he can relate better to our young core. Also hopefully getting him out of Toronto will bring down the stress level of the job and lessen the chances of him overreacting on anything. Super excited about this hire!
TheNightRain68
Good pick. Out of all the guys that were available he was best. Now please get rid of Rogalski
OgreUAsshole
Let’s fucking go! To the playoffs
mustachiolong
His regular season success is valuable and despite what the narrative is he really made a lot of line changes this playoffs. Domi and Bertuzzi moved up and down the lines and he got a lot out of that team this year with Matthews and Nylander out for different stretches.
NJDevils1
Best option available IMO.
p0p19
We all knew it was coming, lets just hope he is able to connect with this young team and lead us to glory.
sapphires_and_snark
I like it
SerPownce
Beers With Sheldon 2025
Straight-Fan-5846
If he can deal with the insanity of Toronto, this will be easy street for him. Less pressure and no 4 guys making over 10 mill.
Somerito
No coach is perfect, but it was not a coaching issue that prevents that Toronto team from folding like wet paper every post-season. It’s in their DNA and even the Toronto boys on Overdrive have been saying it for years – they have too many players cut from the same cloth. No bark, no drive to take it to the required level needed in the playoffs.
I think this is great for us. He’s new blood, he knows how to coach young players, he’s out of the spotlight. Idk I’m so sick of the loser negative mentality around this beautiful team and fingers crossed this is the first step into the next era for the Devils. Anything but the playoffs is a massive failure in 2024-25 I’ll say that, but I think this year was an anomaly for several reasons.
Anyways I’m high go Devs woop
Spillz92
I’m taking the optimistic view. Excited about this!
beachy927
Wow I had just about given up on this! Last summer I had a gut feeling that things would not go well in 23-24 and I was correct unfortunately. Right now I have a gut feeling this is a good hire. Of course all of this means nothing lol but for now I’m excited about Keefe and what he can do with this team.
njdevils901
I mean at least we know he can coach in the regular season. Playoffs record isn’t amazing but neither is ours in the past 12 years. I’ll believe in this team until the day I die, so let’s go win a damn Cup
bozoclownputer
Let’s fucking go boys.
theketchupthief
Best coach we’ve had since DeBoer. Very happy with the hire.
beaucoup_movement
If you want to see Keefe in action, Amazon did a Leafs show All or Nothing a couple years ago. He is one of the focal points along with Dubas. Something to watch over the summer.
Overall I think it’s an exciting hire and I wish him well.
john_browns_beard
Everybody was shitting on the random post from “Jim” on Twitter yesterday…he’s an acquaintance of mine, and when I saw that, I was like 95% sure it was going to happen. He has lots of connections and I’ve never known him to disclose something like that unless it was basically a sure thing.
I think this is the best possible move that we could have made with what was/will be available. If we can’t make the playoffs with our current roster, Keefe behind the bench, and (hopefully) a goaltender upgrade, then there is something seriously wrong with this organization.
Nick30Brodeur
LETS GOOOOOO
shackleford_rusty30
I like it. Dude is a good coach. Management in Toronto used almost half their salary cap on 4 (great) players. We have the same skill up front and a better cap situation to build the D and hopefully fix the goalie situation.
vtloncto14
Aight, I’m with it. This hire is going to make ir break fitz (and maybe this core entirely), so.. lgd
Batfleck666
I dig it. Now, Fitzgerald has to get a goalie and add some grit to the lineup and we’re right back in it
bobafettsdik
Leaf fan here. Great hire. Keefe is a great coach imo – just time to move on. It was his first head coach job and i think he did well. Hope he goes on to have a good career.
Keefes record: 349 regular season games 212-97-40
Points earned in 72% of the games he coached in the regular season. The players kept failing him. He isn’t a perfect coach but let’s see what he can do with the Devils.
DougFordsGamblingAds
Leafs are my first team, Devils are my second team. Keefe seemed to get a lot of respect and buy-in from our players. The core group loved him, and we do have our buying in on defense.
He’s not afraid to change things up, but there was some frustration he would go to old habits/players when the chips were down (Overplaying Justin Holl, Matthews/Marner together).
He does change things up a bunch, but one theme is that he’s big on D-men pinching in the O-Zone. It takes a lot of time for younger forwards to understand how important covering is when you play like that. That tends to get them in trouble, and they then tend to get pushed out of the line up. The good news is that if you have solid offensively capable D-men they can shine.
He had good *overall* regular season success, but the Leafs never won a division title or anything like that. The big knock against him in the playoffs is that our offense never could produce, and we ultimately played the opponents game rather than our own. That said, switching to ultra-defensive hockey won us games 5 and 6. There was also a sense that our locker room isn’t as united as it could be (something ROR seemed to imply while he was here).
I think he’s overall good, and improved in this past season with our new GM, and he seems like he’ll grow well. Leafs fans would not be surprised if he had great success – just needed a new voice in the room.
MountainBaker8217
I’m cautiously optimistic.
Our core four is similar to the Leafs but cheaper.
Our blue line is much better than the Leafs and Keefe worked wonders with the Leafs nothing defense so I’m excited to see what he can do with the likes of Marino and Nemo et al.
He’s a young guy which is important
And he’s a players coach which this team needs after whatever the fuck trauma Lindy and MM20 left behind.
LeGreen1995
Leafs fan. This guy will get you guys into the playoffs easily with that roster. Probably the best coach the Leafs have had since Quinn by a long shot. Time will tell if he can get you guys over the hump in the playoffs but this was the best hire for you guys and it’ll be interesting to see Keefe where he can fully do things his way. I really like this hire for you guys.
ScrewOff_
now trade for an elite goalie that wont be 35 in 2 years
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Chief Keefe
Dreger just confirmed. This is legit
Welcome. Get to work and win us a cup, or a few.
I’m happy that we went after a legit coach. Younger coach so hopefully he can relate better to our young core. Also hopefully getting him out of Toronto will bring down the stress level of the job and lessen the chances of him overreacting on anything. Super excited about this hire!
Good pick. Out of all the guys that were available he was best. Now please get rid of Rogalski
Let’s fucking go! To the playoffs
His regular season success is valuable and despite what the narrative is he really made a lot of line changes this playoffs. Domi and Bertuzzi moved up and down the lines and he got a lot out of that team this year with Matthews and Nylander out for different stretches.
Best option available IMO.
We all knew it was coming, lets just hope he is able to connect with this young team and lead us to glory.
I like it
Beers With Sheldon 2025
If he can deal with the insanity of Toronto, this will be easy street for him. Less pressure and no 4 guys making over 10 mill.
No coach is perfect, but it was not a coaching issue that prevents that Toronto team from folding like wet paper every post-season. It’s in their DNA and even the Toronto boys on Overdrive have been saying it for years – they have too many players cut from the same cloth. No bark, no drive to take it to the required level needed in the playoffs.
I think this is great for us. He’s new blood, he knows how to coach young players, he’s out of the spotlight. Idk I’m so sick of the loser negative mentality around this beautiful team and fingers crossed this is the first step into the next era for the Devils. Anything but the playoffs is a massive failure in 2024-25 I’ll say that, but I think this year was an anomaly for several reasons.
Anyways I’m high go Devs woop
I’m taking the optimistic view. Excited about this!
Wow I had just about given up on this! Last summer I had a gut feeling that things would not go well in 23-24 and I was correct unfortunately. Right now I have a gut feeling this is a good hire. Of course all of this means nothing lol but for now I’m excited about Keefe and what he can do with this team.
I mean at least we know he can coach in the regular season. Playoffs record isn’t amazing but neither is ours in the past 12 years. I’ll believe in this team until the day I die, so let’s go win a damn Cup
Let’s fucking go boys.
Best coach we’ve had since DeBoer. Very happy with the hire.
If you want to see Keefe in action, Amazon did a Leafs show All or Nothing a couple years ago. He is one of the focal points along with Dubas. Something to watch over the summer.
Overall I think it’s an exciting hire and I wish him well.
Everybody was shitting on the random post from “Jim” on Twitter yesterday…he’s an acquaintance of mine, and when I saw that, I was like 95% sure it was going to happen. He has lots of connections and I’ve never known him to disclose something like that unless it was basically a sure thing.
I think this is the best possible move that we could have made with what was/will be available. If we can’t make the playoffs with our current roster, Keefe behind the bench, and (hopefully) a goaltender upgrade, then there is something seriously wrong with this organization.
LETS GOOOOOO
I like it. Dude is a good coach. Management in Toronto used almost half their salary cap on 4 (great) players. We have the same skill up front and a better cap situation to build the D and hopefully fix the goalie situation.
Aight, I’m with it. This hire is going to make ir break fitz (and maybe this core entirely), so.. lgd
I dig it. Now, Fitzgerald has to get a goalie and add some grit to the lineup and we’re right back in it
Leaf fan here. Great hire. Keefe is a great coach imo – just time to move on. It was his first head coach job and i think he did well. Hope he goes on to have a good career.
Keefes record:
349 regular season games
212-97-40
Points earned in 72% of the games he coached in the regular season. The players kept failing him. He isn’t a perfect coach but let’s see what he can do with the Devils.
Leafs are my first team, Devils are my second team. Keefe seemed to get a lot of respect and buy-in from our players. The core group loved him, and we do have our buying in on defense.
He’s not afraid to change things up, but there was some frustration he would go to old habits/players when the chips were down (Overplaying Justin Holl, Matthews/Marner together).
He does change things up a bunch, but one theme is that he’s big on D-men pinching in the O-Zone. It takes a lot of time for younger forwards to understand how important covering is when you play like that. That tends to get them in trouble, and they then tend to get pushed out of the line up. The good news is that if you have solid offensively capable D-men they can shine.
He had good *overall* regular season success, but the Leafs never won a division title or anything like that. The big knock against him in the playoffs is that our offense never could produce, and we ultimately played the opponents game rather than our own. That said, switching to ultra-defensive hockey won us games 5 and 6. There was also a sense that our locker room isn’t as united as it could be (something ROR seemed to imply while he was here).
I think he’s overall good, and improved in this past season with our new GM, and he seems like he’ll grow well. Leafs fans would not be surprised if he had great success – just needed a new voice in the room.
I’m cautiously optimistic.
Our core four is similar to the Leafs but cheaper.
Our blue line is much better than the Leafs and Keefe worked wonders with the Leafs nothing defense so I’m excited to see what he can do with the likes of Marino and Nemo et al.
He’s a young guy which is important
And he’s a players coach which this team needs after whatever the fuck trauma Lindy and MM20 left behind.
Leafs fan. This guy will get you guys into the playoffs easily with that roster. Probably the best coach the Leafs have had since Quinn by a long shot. Time will tell if he can get you guys over the hump in the playoffs but this was the best hire for you guys and it’ll be interesting to see Keefe where he can fully do things his way. I really like this hire for you guys.
now trade for an elite goalie that wont be 35 in 2 years
Fuck