Bruce - me too! It was in black and white. Some more fortunate houses had colour RCA & Philips consoles weighing 500 lbs. Babcock will be back. Somewhere.
For someone that lived back then, shouldn't you know that colour tv was being broadcasted throughout North America since 1963. So technically the Leafs have won cups with colour TVs being around..... 😁 it's just you didnt have one! 😂
But the Toronto raptors players make more cash than the entire maple leafs players and Raptors are playing with heart hustle .passion. so it might be the players enjoying their money but they're the losers no women wont like losers lol. But its Toronto Toronto has media everywhere so I dont know
No, Shanahan gets a 6 year contract extension. That's what they do...unbelievable! In fairness to him, Lou said he was only in Toronto for a few years. He had the better Gm for the job in Mark Hunter and he chose a kid that he could use as a puppet.
Hate the leafs. But Babcock is a horrible coach. Now with Keefe, he will let the talent play to their strengths...the talent dubas put together. Did you see tyson Barrie the other day?? There you go.
This team is way over rated, they have way to much money tied up in 4 players, They dont have enough grit, Star players dont win Cups, Grinders and team defense does.... Ovechkin didnt get a cup till he bought in to the team....
1 year later and this comment still holds true. I can't believe how much people constantly buy into this team and act like they've been stabbed in the back when the team does what they always do.
So John Tavares leaves the islanders to go home then have a good season with the leafs now this then he look at the islanders and there stifling defense who win win and are truly a sniper away from being a scary team cup contender
Crazy how a great coach who just won a Stanley cup can do...Tavares was not part of the equation...Barry Trotz is an expert to get the most of a team with very little...Babcock doesn't...Claude Julien looks like a genius coach right now too ! It's crazy how caoching can make all the difference !
I have to say I agree with sid’s last point. What’s being overlooked here is not realizing when a good coach with a good team has likely just hit their ceiling. Babcock should have been fired after last season. Why? The same reason the raptors fired Dwane Casey after coming off a franchise-best regular season yet flunking in the playoffs at a similar stage. Once players develop to their relative caliber, it becomes a matter of player management. Sure, some of these players are overpaid, but that’s not to say their talent has been utilized optimally. Clearly under Babcock, his philosophy began to conflict with setting a system that could guide this team to reach their potential output. So Sid’s right. Babs should have been gone after last years playoffs
Babcock played the 4th line more than matthews in the last 5 mins of game 7 last year when they needed a goal...that alone should tell you theyre not on the same page...smh
Name three player's the were able to embrace for the Toronto Maple Leafs the way the expectations was required? Darryl Settler, Matt Sunden, Wendel Clark. Throw in Boris Salming and Dave Keon. That's all you need to know. They didn't need other players around them to make them great.
Maybe the Leafs are not as good as they think they are, maybe this is who they are, a middle of the road team, with over paid players and a poor defensive core.
Who else feels like that a players who won't take a pay cut just put the team in a bad spot cause they get paid more then they should and they leave the team with no to little money to grow the team Mitch marner ?
In no way shape or form is a players fault. Shut up. Babcock wa s coaching OLD SCHOOL HOCKEY which doesnt work anymore. Sheldon keefe is younger, has been with the marlies, knows a lot of the players very well. He has a good chance. Learn business , a person is paid what they are worth. The top 4 paid on the team earned their pay with and when not with the leafs. It is in the stats. It is inflation, just wait, a guy with Nypanders skill set, will eventually make 10 million, wheres a matthews guy will make 14 and up. Inflation. Not everybody takes a pay cut just to make you morons happy. It is business. They sign a contract that is agreed upon by both sides. Get over it.
This is all on Dubas, the players can't take all the $$$ if he doesn't extend the deal. Besides there would have been enough $$$ to go around if they didn't add tavares. With all the young, talented expiring contracts, they had no business adding tavares. It will only get worse as the team devolves further strapped to the cap.
At least the end of this season and next. I think Keefe is the real deal. He isn’t an old man who is stuck in his ways; he’s someone who encourages instead of threatens. You can tell this team didn’t want to play for Babcock anymore. It was time for him to go
@@averytatavitto9333 I agree with your statement except for the timeline. I think if they continue the way they are right now; Dubas' seat will starting getting uncomfortably warm in January. Dubas still has work to do, he needs to figure out a trade to free up some space for a couple of defense men who can play defense and a backup goaltender.
50 years since they won something 50. Let that sink in 5 decades in that time Americans landed people on the moon 1969. The greatest horror movie ever was made Alien 1979. Ronald Regan yea the actor became president 1981. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Titanic the biggest budget film at 200 million was made in 1997. W2K happened in 2000 and no one died. 911 happed in 2001. The first black president was elected in 2008. Donald Trump became president in 2015. Blues win the Stanley Cup in 2019 and the Leafs still haven’t won anything.
I met Mike Babcock in saskatoon when he brought the Stanley cup. He signed a redwings shirt and i got a picture of me and my brothers touching the Stanley cup.
Paycheque the Canadian way paycheck is American anyway but yeah and Tavares his days or best days are behind or past him already too soft getting slower by the day it's like thx for the dough and hey life is good
Salvatore DeCIcco unless you're American then all good that's how they spell paycheck but Canadians spell it paycheque. Plus what American is reading this anyway they don't care about the leafs Torontonions do Or you just can't spell properly example centre center Canadian bs the American way get it I think your Italian Sal
Like Keefe was Berube...Dubas is next, this team as been manage like a joke the last 2 years, giving a mirage to the Toronto fans, not solving the problems in defense and the second goalie...A top 6 overprice for what ? Nylander should have been traded for a def of Carolina last year, it would have stabilized the franchise big time...From a Habs fan, i hate seeing your team not at his full potential, love our rivalry..
So enjoyable watching this team squirm. That's what you get for letting all the real hockey men go and hire a kid to be GM. It's the curse of Tavares....Islanders are looking better by the day.
Don't know about anybody else but I have no confidence in Dufoos to get anything for Barrie or anyone else he tries to trade. As long as he is still around this can only get worse.
I really don't see how this is going to solve anything. The Leafs have some great young talent which i thought they would use as bait to trade for players to fill in the missing pieces. So were going with a new coach and were waiting for the NHL to change. This team hasn't looked the same with Marner out of the lineup. I think the Leafs made a mistake and are using Babcock as an excuse.
ABOUT TIME! Babcock did not put defense first, did not worry about tough play. He under utilized Connor Brown, and Matt Martin among other players who had a physical presence. Our goalies have been run at, our defense does not know how to play defense first at all, nor do our forwards. Sure we can score at times, but when we cough it up on a regular basis that is not a recipe for success. I hope Doofus starts getting us better defenders. I still think Hunter would have been a better GM. Barrie is not a good defender, nor are others on the blue line, hopefully the new coach will get more out of them...
There are at least half a dozen guys with NHL experience and NHL success who are available. Darryl Sutter, Dave Quinn and Dan Bylsma to name a few. Leafs are expecting the new guy to make a playoff run with this team. Despite having no NHL experience. They are asking nearly the impossible.
Auston Matthews isn't a Babcock guy....because Babcock watches the tapes and calls him out on his weak play. Matthews has a world of talent but he takes too many shifts and too many games off. When motivated he is amazing....but most of the time he just lets his talent carry him...not his work ethic. A rich man's Alex Semin
If a manager in a workplace has obvious favourites, singles out his most talented youngest employees constantly and the department as a whole are significantly under performing you better believe they are firing that manager
Teams enter the Leafs zone way to easy. Missed plays missed passes . . . Did Mike put to much pressure on the young core. I thought the Leafs were building a winner sorting out who would be traded for the final pieces. Maybe i was right the Leafs are a NHL farm team who trade players before their ready to compete for the Cup. Kessel , Bozak. . . Win are lose the seats are always full in Toronto.
Defense wins championships and anyone looking at Toronto's D-core thinking it will win one even with a new coach is likely a Leafs fan. Until Mr. $11m Matthews learns to kill penalties and play better defense, the Leafs are going nowhere.
@@writingmaster3008 Pittsburgh literally won 2 without a defensive core. Why should Matthews be forced onto the PK when we have players that have been training for it? Please keep bringing up biased arguements so I can shoot them down with ease.
@@writingmaster3008 Leafs have the second worst GA in the NHL right now. Even St. Louis at their worst last season was middle of the road in GA and only improved. It's very rare for a team to make the playoffs with a negative Goal Differential and Dubas has not built a shutdown D-core needed to succeed.
All you got to do is look at what happened before our goals against. Way too many passes to directly to the other team; Way too many times not paying attention to the opponent's positions; Way too games our defense not checking and making things happen; Way too games our offensive players was wasted because of dumball plays. Last night, two bad penalties that lead to goals. Barrie gave the puck away like he was being paid to, Cece the other night gave the puck away like he was being paid to, basically every goal against this season was because of the players mistakes and that's not a system thing, no system says, "Giveaways are good, penalties against are good, ignoring the opposition's players and puck watching is good, running back and forth like a chicken with it's head off is good, now go get'em boys!"
I believe Mike Commodore was the guy who convinced me that Babcock is actually a a bully and the leafs are better rid of him. I am a Blackhawks fan since 1991. I wish the leafs well provided they are not playing the Hawks!
This seems like a knee jerk reaction to me. I didn’t think that mike was going to last for the entire season, but to fire him that suddenly is pretty cold.
I fear Kyle Dubas' has bet too heavily on skill and offence in his belief the NHL would morph itself into something resembling a non- contact rec league. Never gonna happen. At the end of the day you've assembled a one dimensional team regardless of how talented you are.
Skill and offence is how you win Cup in todays nhl. I think St. Louis was a major exception. The Kadri for Barrie trade was terrible, they needed another shutdown defenseman not more offense. Plus they traded for Ceci who is terrible.
This is all on Dubas He crafted this disaster and gave away all the money, how is he not feeling the heat? Oh, that's right, it's Toronto, pass the blame.
He lost the team, they got tired of his song and dance. Listen to Mike Comeries stories about Babcock, hateful, crude and funny. ( Maybe exaggerated, but funny and crude).
They give four players massive contracts only two are deserving of it and they took away half his team from last year and bought in new players and expected him too bring a cup.........its stupid.........good luck he ain't going too be jobless that long....... ....
The leafs cap situation and roster structure has reared its ugly head. They aren't tough enough and defence isn't there and we can't bring anyone in. Going to be tough to resign more of our existing guys when their contracts come up. Should have let Nylander sit the season and played the long game.
A couple of years ago the Penguins switched coaches, and then proceeded to roll through the playoffs. Babcock lost the players, I’ll bet the leafs play better the rest of the season.
No what are you saying? Every network says the leafs had perfect lines. So much money that they pay their players. Yeah it's Babcock's fault, leafs are over hyped period.
At least this losing streak has allowed Tavares to gain the full leafs experience he always dreamed of
Subscribe to me for no reason 😂 good one
lol good one
I'm a leafs fan but that's funny
Lol good one
Tavares asks to go back to the Islanders gets back they loose lol
I thought Spezza was pretty good lately.
Speeza has a great shot still, but is kinda on the slow side. Same with Tavares
@@84coleR Except Tavares is still an amazing player
@@brenzyc8703 true dat
Spezza has kicked it in gear now. Hearing his name a lot more now which is good!
but according to Mr clean and fat mouth here if babs were to praise him, it's somehow a knock to Mathews..
"I bet on Babcock" sounds like a guy that knew he was being fired to me.
and his players all decided to take the night off...
and Babcock is going to the bank with another 15 million dollars!
To me Babcock's comments after the Vegas game is calling out the whole team while not actually calling out the whole team.
Dubas, your shield is gone. If the team stumbles from here, that's it.
Shannon!!!!
Come on Shannon, this is not on Dubas. While some moves and contracts can be questioned a coach should be better more out of this group of players.
Didn't age to well lol. So far anyway. Love ya all the same THG
@@709mash this still has not aged well lmao
this is finally aging well
Surely the bloated forward contracts, poor defense, and no backup goaltender isn't the issue.
All of the above. Overpaid underachieving kids get to play a game for a job.
1 week later WHAT? HAHA
I actually saw the Leafs win three cups. I refuse to die until I see it this time in colour.
Me to Bruce but I’m a little afraid if they do win the cup I’ll take a heart attack and die
Better hang on there Bruce...
Bruce - me too! It was in black and white.
Some more fortunate houses had colour RCA & Philips consoles weighing 500 lbs.
Babcock will be back. Somewhere.
With modern science it’s not that crazy to live to 250 years old
For someone that lived back then, shouldn't you know that colour tv was being broadcasted throughout North America since 1963. So technically the Leafs have won cups with colour TVs being around..... 😁 it's just you didnt have one! 😂
can’t wait for every news outlet to have this on for a week
Flomitus Can’t wait for Leafsnet to talk about this debacle for the next decade
Ok boomers
@@cippyyt1428 yet here you are
Perry shut up
David Kruse ikr, he is somebody who just uses the joke too much, and makes it not funny anymore.
The Leafs were playing a lot better before the signed contracts.
viper venom exactly
No heart in the time
viper venom they had a better roster they lost a lot of guys afterwards
But the Toronto raptors players make more cash than the entire maple leafs players and Raptors are playing with heart hustle .passion. so it might be the players enjoying their money but they're the losers no women wont like losers lol. But its Toronto Toronto has media everywhere so I dont know
Jordan Lacquette just a methed up comment.
"Leo Komorov, winning games" was genuinely the funniest thing ever said on this show
It's true tho. Best finnish/estonian player in the league history. true legend
Jeff Blashill lasted longer than Babcock. 😂😂
I hope Babs takes his job
Why does boy wizard GM continue to get a pass? Isn't he the one who single handedly created this 4 player 45 million dollar cap space dumpster fire?
@Carleton Rutherford Definitely worth considering
No, Shanahan gets a 6 year contract extension. That's what they do...unbelievable! In fairness to him, Lou said he was only in Toronto for a few years. He had the better Gm for the job in Mark Hunter and he chose a kid that he could use as a puppet.
That's what you get when you get rid of the real hockey men and hire kids.
Hate the leafs. But Babcock is a horrible coach. Now with Keefe, he will let the talent play to their strengths...the talent dubas put together. Did you see tyson Barrie the other day?? There you go.
@Carleton Rutherford lou wasn't fired dumbass
Whoa whoa whoa. Not blaming the players? Us Sharks fans have been blaming Martin Jones since last season.
First, it was injuries. Then, it was the back-up goalie. Now it is the coach. Are we finally out of excuses for the Leaf players?
Every team has injuries look at the Penguins no Crosby for 6 weeks Malkin was injured they play thru it no excuses
I blame the players. I have always blamed the players. 40 FREAKING MILLION DOLLARS.
Theres still Dubas i guess. Usually if a coaching change doesnt solve it, the GM starts feeling the pressure
You forgot about the tough schedule narrative.
@@jessica2236 you know it Jessica.
I agree with Sid...Babcock should have been fired after the game 7 loss vs the Bruins last April.
Yup and should have got Quennville
@@williamdougie6213 | that would have been a great move and just a little too smart for the Leafs front office. THEY LOVE THE MARLIES COACH.
@@thomasdidymus1393 Sheldon Keefe coached the Seattle Mariners?
@@mattheww7846 | my badd..that was a typo...he is the Marlies coach - Toronto's AHL affiliate
I think Babcock tapped out. There’s one too many weird decisions.
No comment of Spezza either for playing great lately. He was by far the best Leaf last night in the offensive zone.
Fleury single-glovedly got Babcock fired.
Best hand job I've ever seen.
The Toronto sports network will chew this bone for a month
For Babcock with all the experience he had, I'll tell you this guy was out coached pretty bad against Boston in the playoffs last year.
When I found out babcock was fired I was so babshocked that I jumped out of my babsocks
I was puttin moves on my girl when she found out. Then I got babcockblocked.
This team is way over rated, they have way to much money tied up in 4 players, They dont have enough grit, Star players dont win Cups, Grinders and team defense does.... Ovechkin didnt get a cup till he bought in to the team....
1 year later and this comment still holds true. I can't believe how much people constantly buy into this team and act like they've been stabbed in the back when the team does what they always do.
So John Tavares leaves the islanders to go home then have a good season with the leafs now this then he look at the islanders and there stifling defense who win win and are truly a sniper away from being a scary team cup contender
Was up Playa Spot on
Was up Playa dubas is gonna burn
Crazy how a great coach who just won a Stanley cup can do...Tavares was not part of the equation...Barry Trotz is an expert to get the most of a team with very little...Babcock doesn't...Claude Julien looks like a genius coach right now too ! It's crazy how caoching can make all the difference !
Karma :)
They have wahlstrom in the pipeline , seems to have fallen of a clif this sesason unfortuneatly..
"Ok boomer." ..Kyle Dubas.
Matt h Dubus
Landen Wolf Kyle Dumbass more like it
Good god that phrase is cancer.
ok Junior ….Lou to Dubas
Fun fact that Lou is not even a boomer, he belongs to the silent generation
I have to say I agree with sid’s last point. What’s being overlooked here is not realizing when a good coach with a good team has likely just hit their ceiling. Babcock should have been fired after last season. Why? The same reason the raptors fired Dwane Casey after coming off a franchise-best regular season yet flunking in the playoffs at a similar stage. Once players develop to their relative caliber, it becomes a matter of player management. Sure, some of these players are overpaid, but that’s not to say their talent has been utilized optimally. Clearly under Babcock, his philosophy began to conflict with setting a system that could guide this team to reach their potential output. So Sid’s right. Babs should have been gone after last years playoffs
Not 40 mil on offense... Marner's injured and on LTIR (convenient ??)
Babcock played the 4th line more than matthews in the last 5 mins of game 7 last year when they needed a goal...that alone should tell you theyre not on the same page...smh
Babcock wanted to do Matthews like he did Commie.
@@threethrushes except Commodore sucked
@@mattheww7846 Babcock screwed over Modano and more recently, Spezza.
BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU SAY TIM + SID YOU COULD BE NEXT
I wonder who will get blamed after they continue to lose. Guess we'll be in rebuild phase again soon enough....
Management. Dubas now got his coach, his ass is next if they keep slipping
Dubas is next.
It's the roster. Nothing more. They need more diversity.
I think you are correct
You People!
Yup, I think they're one african american and one asian player away from Stanley Cup contention
Adversity not Diversity lol, They already lost Diversity in a Muslim player like Kadri, You get what I’m saying?
Dghvd hfhhb it’s a joke bro
Glad Babcock is gone. Sick of Babcock rolling the same lines. Expecting a different result.
Isn't that the definition of insanity?
Didn't get any help from his overpaid underachieving kids Tha dumbass signed.
Name three player's the were able to embrace for the Toronto Maple Leafs the way the expectations was required? Darryl Settler, Matt Sunden, Wendel Clark. Throw in Boris Salming and Dave Keon. That's all you need to know. They didn't need other players around them to make them great.
Matt Martin... still winning games
Best 4th line in hockey
Get rid of Dubus he deserves the blame for the disaster of a Team
Maybe the Leafs are not as good as they think they are, maybe this is who they are, a middle of the road team, with over paid players and a poor defensive core.
Mark Andersen Yes. Yes. and Yes they are a bad team. I wonder if Mitch Marner's dad has any advice now? This could get comical.
Mark Andersen thats who they r. Said it at the time. Let willy sit.
Dubas is the real problem. The leaf's roster is not balanced and too forward talent focused.
Maxmen I agree! Defence wins championships
Who else feels like that a players who won't take a pay cut just put the team in a bad spot cause they get paid more then they should and they leave the team with no to little money to grow the team Mitch marner ?
In no way shape or form is a players fault. Shut up. Babcock wa s coaching OLD SCHOOL HOCKEY which doesnt work anymore. Sheldon keefe is younger, has been with the marlies, knows a lot of the players very well. He has a good chance. Learn business , a person is paid what they are worth. The top 4 paid on the team earned their pay with and when not with the leafs. It is in the stats. It is inflation, just wait, a guy with Nypanders skill set, will eventually make 10 million, wheres a matthews guy will make 14 and up. Inflation. Not everybody takes a pay cut just to make you morons happy. It is business. They sign a contract that is agreed upon by both sides. Get over it.
This is all on Dubas, the players can't take all the $$$ if he doesn't extend the deal.
Besides there would have been enough $$$ to go around if they didn't add tavares.
With all the young, talented expiring contracts, they had no business adding tavares.
It will only get worse as the team devolves further strapped to the cap.
@@shaggyfrankdizzl agree. Tavares isn't the answer....probably wishes he was still with the Islanders now.
@@ambrose1812 most of the raptors players weren't drafted and came up from the G league. Didn't get paid much till recently.
And you'd take a pay cut from your boss for ANY reason lolololol
This changes nothing unfortunately
You don't have a clue what it does or doesn't do so save it puke!
GREAT MOVE!!! ITS ABOUT TIME!!!CONGRATULATIONS LEAF FANS...YOU GUYS DESERVE A BETTER HEAD COACH!!!
How many games does Keefe get in losses before Dubas himself is in the hot seat?
Hopefully soon I cant stand Dumbass.
2
Dumbass should already b on the hotseat
At least the end of this season and next. I think Keefe is the real deal. He isn’t an old man who is stuck in his ways; he’s someone who encourages instead of threatens. You can tell this team didn’t want to play for Babcock anymore. It was time for him to go
@@averytatavitto9333 I agree with your statement except for the timeline. I think if they continue the way they are right now; Dubas' seat will starting getting uncomfortably warm in January. Dubas still has work to do, he needs to figure out a trade to free up some space for a couple of defense men who can play defense and a backup goaltender.
I think The team did it on purpose to get him fired!
#HabsFan
Next thing you know the losing streak continues.
Howard Bear-Daniels yup. Nothing has changed
@@DDDDdJagr Hahaha shut up. You don't have to play to know that Babcock wasn't the problem imbecile.
50 years since they won something 50. Let that sink in 5 decades in that time Americans landed people on the moon 1969. The greatest horror movie ever was made Alien 1979. Ronald Regan yea the actor became president 1981. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Titanic the biggest budget film at 200 million was made in 1997. W2K happened in 2000 and no one died. 911 happed in 2001. The first black president was elected in 2008. Donald Trump became president in 2015. Blues win the Stanley Cup in 2019 and the Leafs still haven’t won anything.
@@DDDDdJagr waaaaa....obviously you're a leafs fan. My sympathies. GO OILERS.
You should be able to trade coaches like you trade players
Yeah, except nobody would want him, except maybe Detroit. My money is on him going back there.
I met Mike Babcock in saskatoon when he brought the Stanley cup. He signed a redwings shirt and i got a picture of me and my brothers touching the Stanley cup.
eskimoassasin6 I can’t believe you disrespected the cup like that lol
@@joshuafisette7255 disrespected the cup how
Players and Coaches just come to Toronto for a big paycheck.
Sad but true. Thats why the players failed the coach.
Paycheque the Canadian way paycheck is American anyway but yeah and Tavares his days or best days are behind or past him already too soft getting slower by the day it's like thx for the dough and hey life is good
@@bobb74ysmith You realize they get paid in american dollars right?
Pretty much. Toronto fans will still run out with a tin foil Stanley cup thinking their going to win like it’s easy
Salvatore DeCIcco unless you're American then all good that's how they spell paycheck but Canadians spell it paycheque. Plus what American is reading this anyway they don't care about the leafs Torontonions do
Or you just can't spell properly example centre center Canadian bs the American way get it I think your Italian Sal
I'm tired of hearing they didn't like Babcock, these are guys making MILLIONS a year to play hockey.
Does making millions somehow not allow athletes to form an opinion on their coaches?
Good Coach But I don't like him and I don't think others do either
As a Sens fan, I wholeheartedly wish the Leafs come back around. That way, our Battle of Ontario would be legendary.
Miguel Marques also as a Sens fan I would love nothing more than to see the Leafs sit in the basement forever and ever, until the end of time.
@@teamrogers1047 that's what I said, man. By "legendary", I meant a W for Ottawa every single battle ;D
Like Keefe was Berube...Dubas is next, this team as been manage like a joke the last 2 years, giving a mirage to the Toronto fans, not solving the problems in defense and the second goalie...A top 6 overprice for what ? Nylander should have been traded for a def of Carolina last year, it would have stabilized the franchise big time...From a Habs fan, i hate seeing your team not at his full potential, love our rivalry..
Jean-Philippe Doyon :)
Exactly. Tres bien.
So enjoyable watching this team squirm. That's what you get for letting all the real hockey men go and hire a kid to be GM. It's the curse of Tavares....Islanders are looking better by the day.
Don't know about anybody else but I have no confidence in Dufoos to get anything for Barrie or anyone else he tries to trade. As long as he is still around this can only get worse.
Nobody is going to help him.out. dug his own grave.
I really don't see how this is going to solve anything. The Leafs have some great young talent which i thought they would use as bait to trade for players to fill in the missing pieces. So were going with a new coach and were waiting for the NHL to change. This team hasn't looked the same with Marner out of the lineup. I think the Leafs made a mistake and are using Babcock as an excuse.
Who'd trade for any of those overpaid loser kids
ABOUT TIME! Babcock did not put defense first, did not worry about tough play. He under utilized Connor Brown, and Matt Martin among other players who had a physical presence. Our goalies have been run at, our defense does not know how to play defense first at all, nor do our forwards. Sure we can score at times, but when we cough it up on a regular basis that is not a recipe for success. I hope Doofus starts getting us better defenders. I still think Hunter would have been a better GM. Barrie is not a good defender, nor are others on the blue line, hopefully the new coach will get more out of them...
When Spezza is your best player in the last few games, not good.
i mean the redwings have the same amount if games played
Way to go BABCOCK..... 3 years at 5 mil ... KACHING KACHING KACHING. that's 15 mil plus to be ready at reception. PAYDAY !!!
it doesn't change Dubas' overspending on budget.
The contract was pretty front heavy so they paid most of it already.
Fat contracts make players lazy. That's it.
Bang on!
Money has killed the heart.
Totally agree. Too young....too rich...lazy....arrogant...vanity.
Boston Bruins fan for 50 yrs. love listening to you guys!!
Is Ceci and Barrie still playing defense?...yeah this is on Dubas too but he got a pass. He just used that pass because now he has HIS coach.
Jay Jayson now it is on his head. Nothing will change.
Clock is now ticking for Kyle Dubas as it was for Babcock
Great Foreshadowing...
There are at least half a dozen guys with NHL experience and NHL success who are available. Darryl Sutter, Dave Quinn and Dan Bylsma to name a few. Leafs are expecting the new guy to make a playoff run with this team. Despite having no NHL experience. They are asking nearly the impossible.
Auston Matthews isn't a Babcock guy....because Babcock watches the tapes and calls him out on his weak play. Matthews has a world of talent but he takes too many shifts and too many games off. When motivated he is amazing....but most of the time he just lets his talent carry him...not his work ethic. A rich man's Alex Semin
If a manager in a workplace has obvious favourites, singles out his most talented youngest employees constantly and the department as a whole are significantly under performing you better believe they are firing that manager
Babcock must have said "you people".
franzfranz he will be now!!!!!
I said we should’ve gotten quinnville when the opportunity was given. No one thought that was a good idea. Imagine if we had him
Teams enter the Leafs zone way to easy. Missed plays missed passes . . . Did Mike put to much pressure on the young core. I thought the Leafs were building a winner sorting out who would be traded for the final pieces. Maybe i was right the Leafs are a NHL farm team who trade players before their ready to compete for the Cup. Kessel , Bozak. . . Win are lose the seats are always full in Toronto.
Where did all the key players go when needed the most? They weren’t critical when needed be and in turn cost mike Babcock his job.
Too busy spending their cash on fancy hats and clothes to wear to the game. It a all about the look now didn't you know? Lol
Defense wins championships and anyone looking at Toronto's D-core thinking it will win one even with a new coach is likely a Leafs fan. Until Mr. $11m Matthews learns to kill penalties and play better defense, the Leafs are going nowhere.
Is that why Nashville has won the cup in the last 4 years... oh wait.
EDIT: Matthews isn't even on the PK lmao.
Syh Fhy matthews should be for that money.
Not every team w a good D wins but very few teams without one win.
Argue against that
@@writingmaster3008 Pittsburgh literally won 2 without a defensive core. Why should Matthews be forced onto the PK when we have players that have been training for it? Please keep bringing up biased arguements so I can shoot them down with ease.
@@writingmaster3008 Leafs have the second worst GA in the NHL right now. Even St. Louis at their worst last season was middle of the road in GA and only improved. It's very rare for a team to make the playoffs with a negative Goal Differential and Dubas has not built a shutdown D-core needed to succeed.
All you got to do is look at what happened before our goals against.
Way too many passes to directly to the other team;
Way too many times not paying attention to the opponent's positions;
Way too games our defense not checking and making things happen;
Way too games our offensive players was wasted because of dumball plays.
Last night, two bad penalties that lead to goals.
Barrie gave the puck away like he was being paid to, Cece the other night
gave the puck away like he was being paid to, basically every goal against
this season was because of the players mistakes and that's not a system thing,
no system says, "Giveaways are good, penalties against are good, ignoring the
opposition's players and puck watching is good, running back and forth like a
chicken with it's head off is good, now go get'em boys!"
He is an overated coach
Who? Keefe or sheldon
Sabres fans gotta love this! This is karma for what Babcock pulled with Buffalo a few years ago
I believe Mike Commodore was the guy who convinced me that Babcock is actually a a bully and the leafs are better rid of him. I am a Blackhawks fan since 1991. I wish the leafs well provided they are not playing the Hawks!
I hope Keefe put Barrie on the top line now and Barrie on the first PP. They needs to get going now.
This seems like a knee jerk reaction to me. I didn’t think that mike was going to last for the entire season, but to fire him that suddenly is pretty cold.
This is a great day !
Hopefully the leafs losing streak lasts for many more games
I concur. Can't stand em.
Always felt like Babcock thought he was Kurt Russel in the movie "Miracle on Ice" his way are the highway Glad he's gone
AGREED!!!
Hahahahhahagagagaga
babs still gets his 30 mil
41 million invested in 4 players and cant make a trade unless willing to take less or someone want to help you out??
Bottom line is if Canada did not send its players to the U.S. The cup would always be at home here .
And if your mother was your father, you'd still have a room temperature IQ.
Next to go is Shanahan and Dubas, then it starts all over again.
Ottawa has 1 more win in one less game played ...... no explanation needed.
Brendan Shanahan type of players needed on the Leaf team.
u can put any coach u can even bring back Nelson Mandela and make him head coach they still wont win and Mandela would get fired
I fear Kyle Dubas' has bet too heavily on skill and offence in his belief the NHL would morph itself into something resembling a non- contact rec league. Never gonna happen. At the end of the day you've assembled a one dimensional team regardless of how talented you are.
Skill and offence is how you win Cup in todays nhl. I think St. Louis was a major exception. The Kadri for Barrie trade was terrible, they needed another shutdown defenseman not more offense. Plus they traded for Ceci who is terrible.
This is all on Dubas
He crafted this disaster and gave away all the money, how is he not feeling the heat?
Oh, that's right, it's Toronto, pass the blame.
Manchurian Candidate.
I love seeing the Leafs in turmoil.
Me too....GO OILERS. 👍
Alberta love. Even if you Oilers. Leafs are always a joy to watch die where they belong, at the bottom.
Mike babcock is definitely overrated
as are the players
He lost the team, they got tired of his song and dance.
Listen to Mike Comeries stories about Babcock, hateful, crude and funny. ( Maybe exaggerated, but funny and crude).
@@ronevens8268 totally agree. Too much money....too soon. Overpaid underachieving entitled kids.
I wonder... what do Kypreos, MacLean and McCown have to say...
Enjoyed them more than the clowns who replaced them. Sportsnet is a joke.
They give four players massive contracts only two are deserving of it and they took away half his team from last year and bought in new players and expected him too bring a cup.........its stupid.........good luck he ain't going too be jobless that long....... ....
The leafs cap situation and roster structure has reared its ugly head. They aren't tough enough and defence isn't there and we can't bring anyone in. Going to be tough to resign more of our existing guys when their contracts come up.
Should have let Nylander sit the season and played the long game.
Leafs firing Babcock so Matthews can get ice time in his hometown 😁
Watch Toronto still loose
I'm hoping for more losses too. Can't stand em.
Somewhere tonight under the light of the November moon a sated Commodore swaggers, staggers, and swoons.
I hope they didn't make a mistake here. This team his been in the building stages for so many years and it's starting to show now after so many years.
Dubas should go as well, he built this pee wee fantasy team and expect it to be a cup winner.
So it’s November and they are already talking about the playoff race ......yikes
A couple of years ago the Penguins switched coaches, and then proceeded to roll through the playoffs. Babcock lost the players, I’ll bet the leafs play better the rest of the season.
Little Change a couple of 10 years ago
David Kruse Pens did it in 2009 AND 2016. Coaching change midseason leading to Lord Stanley
Hope the leafs slide even further down. Can't stand em. Too many overpaid underachieving kids playing a game.
No what are you saying? Every network says the leafs had perfect lines. So much money that they pay their players. Yeah it's Babcock's fault, leafs are over hyped period.
it's media scamps like these two that make playing in this city so daunting.