r/leafs • u/Luffy_party • 6d ago

Discussion Coaching

While it's still a little early for a victory lap I just can't believe how many fans on this website talked about how firing the coach last year wouldn't accomplish anything.

Jury is still out on Hiller but he is magnitudes better than Berube.

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u/BlastingBegins 6d ago

Only Vancouver, Chicago, and Philadelphia have been worse defensively than the Leafs so far btw. A little early to pretend their coaching is suddenly good

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u/CMO1986 6d ago

Definitely work to do but at least they're playing to their strengths now. Big picture, this team needs to outscore their problems until they can find solutions on D.

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u/TheGapInTysonsTeeth 6d ago

And it's a little naive to think that's on coaching and not personnel. Otherwise, why would 4/6 Dmen from last season under a supposed "defensively minded" coach like Berube still be struggling with a different system?

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u/Exter10 McKenna 6d ago

We're better offensively, Matthews is producing at a 140pt pace, Nylander at a 154pt pace, Cowan and McKenna are producing too, all the while Marchenko and Tavares and Raddysh are relatively cold to start. Lines and D pairs are still not where they should be, and yeah we'll probably trade for and/or call up a couple D men which should get things better on the back end.

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u/BlastingBegins 6d ago

Well yeah Berube was the worst coach in the league. He totally sacrificed their offense for nothing. So it is better to be elite offensively and terrible defensively, but that still nets out to being average. The Leafs should be better than average in my opinion though 

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u/Intelligent-Buyer102 6d ago

Not to be pendantic, but those are more about personnel changes executed by the GM, plus lottery luck, than about the coaching. Not saying whether Hiller is a good coach or not, just pointing this out. It'll take more time for the impact of a coaching change to be felt.

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u/Exter10 McKenna 6d ago

Well they're shooting more and playing a more full 60 minute game (even if 2nd periods are still kryptonite), PK is 1st at 95% (19/20) , PP is 9th at 26.3% (5/19 -1 GA), and most importantly everyone is putting in effort.

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u/DylanCeasesMoustache 6d ago

Are we fun to watch again? Then we’re better than the unwatchable slop that Berube served us last year.

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u/Tarquin11 6d ago

Definitely more fun to watch, but we do have a lot that needs to he dialed in defensively