Sheldon Keefe | End of Season Media Availability | May 6, 2024

Class act. Sad to see him go. Happy to have Berube on board. 💙🤍

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I personally don't understand the commentary that Keefe isn't a good coach. As someone who has been a player, coach, general manager, scout and administrator at a very competitive level (not professionally) I can appreciate how good of a person and a coach he has been looking from the outside. Obviously I am not privy to the experience shared by management and the players on the inside but from my vantage point he has been an excellent coach. Its a results oriented bysuiness and he has been tremendously successful in the regular season but not so in the playoffs. That isn't necessarily his fault. He was given a flawed roster that is constructed in such a way that its impossible to have a complete roster with the depth and pieces necessary to be successful in the post season. He can thank his good friend Dubas for filling his pockets with those bricks as he tried to swim the English channel which is the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I would love to see what Keefe could do with a roster constructed with half the salary cap not being distributed to 4 players. What other team has been successful with this approach? As a 71 year old fan of this team my entire life it is frustrating to say the least. Now I learn this am they have received this good man from his duties. In my opinion there is another who should have been fired first. But as we all know the boss will never fire himself! Long live the Shambleplan

Firing ur coach hasn’t done SH$T…you’ve done it 3 times ..get rid of Shanahan

GO LEAFS GO ! I AM A BELEAFER 🎉 NEXT YEAR WE GOT THIS LADIES & GENTS ❤ F-DA H8ERS ! TORONTO FOREVER 😘

7/8 years we have been out coached in playoffs again again and again im sick of it! Somebody needs to go seriously!
Samsonov,Brodie,Reilly,Tavares are all to slow. Our defence sucks ass, next year will be the same story. Woll is injury prone find a goaltender now!

Gee whiz there are some gutless know nothing people making comments here. Its a shame the rest of us have to sift through your garbage to read genuine and meani gful responses.

This guy didn't score 198 goals in Pee-wee and it shows

At the end of the day the players have to be better.

keefe is a clown

Keefe, you suck!

Were in the results business?

Never gonna win anything with 10+ mil on a player who's built like a highschooler and gets absolutely BTFO in the playoffs, ship horse mouth and his dad out of here.

It’s a game, I’m not in the room to know if this guy is being heard…if the players are coachable, what the real problems are…easy to say you could have done this or that…being down 3-1 normally doesn’t win you a series. Injuries certainly didn’t help…I like their game overall, physical but they need to score less fancy goals and be a team of crashing the net…play like that all season and set a new team identity…if keefe is back for 1 more year you get what you’ve got already I think it’s time for a new voice, why wait a year and have shanahan on too and keefe still coaching…they wasted enough time.

MLSE fat cats in their cocktail parties get fatter as the fan base is told to eat cake. Blame trickles down from the boardroom and executive suite until it rests upon the man in arena.

Whatever happens, I wish Keefer well. Heck of a coach.

GO LEAFS GO! …. 2024/ 2025 is the YEAR!…. God please!!!!!!!
I beg you!!!!!… please have the Leafs extend Samsonov’s contract!

Ladies and Gentlemen!…. Your Toronto Maple Leafs.
Looks like same old same old!
No Major changes will be made.

Love this guy

He knew during this playoff run he was running on borrowed time. Once time was up I’m guessing the last thing he wanted to do as a final send off was throw the team under the bus in the press…

Samsonov played his last game in 4 only cuz woll was injured Brodie Sammy will be gone

Just outta curiosity, if you are a leafs fan, now that you guys are out, who are you supporting between Nucks and Oilers? Or none?

He says he didn’t do exit interviews with the players, I think he expects to be fired

I think he coached his ass off. When we drop one of the core four, he gets the Leafs to play like a team.. good on him.

He didn’t get the respect of the core 4 therefore the also rans also didn’t listen to him. He couldn’t motivate them consistently; it’s that simple

You had YEARS Keefe....YEARS.

Keefe is an unbelievable coach & human being...he is the reason the leafs make the playoffs every year! Please keep him as head coach! 🙏

I wish people would stop bitching about the goalie situation. Im 60 years and used to play goalie so let me just say it looks easy on tv but it aint. Samsonov is a great goalie and woll is the future. How can you blame a goalie when you dont score. Samsonov kept the team in a playoff spot even if he had a bad start., he took time off and came back like a hurricane. Woll without doubt will be a number 1 goalie for the leafs. Woll and samsonov are a massive reason why this team will bring a cup home.....soon. stop bitching, a Stanley cup is never guaranteed. They came up short by 1 goal, im extremely proud of EVERYONE on this team...

Keefe stays Shanahan stays Boston twilight Quick lube ❤🎉😂😢jj

Round and round jjj 😊

Coach president Manger tree leaf maple sure cup 🥤 fart

You HAVE the TEAM. Keep them ,let them play together for a year ..STOP CHANGING THE LINES …GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO FULLY DEVELOP…

Damn he was really nervous speaking in the first 20-30 seconds.

Leafs fans want blood.

Keefe doesn’t “deserve” the axe, but I’m sure in his mind he doesn’t know what else to do/change.

5 years is a long time.

He got us one round, but they dropped the ball on so many series’ they should have won cleanly.

Better to get a coaching change and trade Marner, shop Reilly and more D men as well.

We could see Craig Berube as the new Leafs head coach.

His systems clearly don’t work, teams read their power-play so easily. I understand they had a good statistical PP during the season but playoffs are exhibit one.

Leafs need a mix up behind the bench with a different system and different special teams. Doesn’t match their style IMO

Thanks for the season. I watched every game from our farm. I enjoyed the journey, but it has ups and downs. I once was a goaltender who played in AAA all Ontario Silver Stick Tournament.We lost in overtime, l don't recall the shot as it was like a ping pong ball that bounced off of a few players than in but the emotion of the loss remained in my soul. Sports is something that is only understood through living the experience.

A tough bounce that lost it in overtive of a game 7. A soft goal that you would hope the goalie could of saved it ? It did not happen. Bye bye Sammy. Sign Jones and also have Hildeby ready for a chance, Woll would of made that save NO PROBLEM.

Any coach that can say " The PP looks fine. Just have to stay with it." With a 1 in 12 record shouldn't be an NHL coach. Hell, he better off as Atom coach. Not even at the level to coach Peewee with that kinda comment. Him and Shanahan (8 year plan is up) Must Go!!

Not a coach problem.

Some guys just aren’t cut out to be a head coach. Five years with bad results. Sorry Sheldon time to move on, Leaf’s not for you. Marlies or OHL / AHL more your level. His words of wisdom were “ it takes what it takes ???!!! I think a drug test

I like him, honestly...

The Maple Leafboys are perennial playoff duds, it'll take a special coach to navigate these waters. The Leafs are full of stars, they need someone the equivalent of Pep from man city, he gets the guys to put their egos aside

You can hear it in his voice, this sounds like a guy that knows he's about to get fired

Hey Coach, I saw nothing wrong with your game 7 just go out there play your tushes off AND have fun. Coach said this to take away the pressure he as your Coach saw the weight that you soldiers carry and he wanted to make it easier on your personas. Remember that it's not the Coaches fault to the overtime practiced set play by the Bruins. Have a great summer and we'll see who's playing golf and who's working on strength conditioning. Baseball is better than golf for hand/eye conditioning. Running 5 kms twice a week and skating 100 laps with skills training on sprints, spurts, stops, starts, shots. All depends on each individuals position and time towards your careers. Remember this always, not many do what you do that's why the fans love you, cause they understand to some degree what it takes to compete and maintain the level of excellence that any Pro-Sports Athlete Does and Did. Lasagna, Shepherds Pie, Homemade Casseroles. Put on some weight, cause the season is long and when you need some fat to burn, your love handles won't suffer.

The coach did not lose the team. Half the core four hurt. Best goalie we have hurt for last game. Fire the coach? NO! He is very good in many ways. This team had issues from the beginning off the season with defensemen and goalies. Not Keefes fault! This team is one of the best 9 teams in the league. Blow up nothing. Find a few missing parts and let the leadership in this organization continue to do their jobs.

The Leafs liked more to win than they hated to lose

Thank you for taking accountability Sheldon. I just wish the players did the same. If this is your last days as the Leafs coach, I will always respect you for your accountability.