Insider Drops Major Information About Sheldon Keefe's Future

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Julien Trekker
May 27, 2023 (11:15)

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Insider Drops Major Information About Sheldon Keefe's Future.

Now that Kyle Dubas' tenure in Toronto has ended, other major changes are expected sooner rather than later.

They might wait for the new GM to take office before making significant decisions, but they'll have a huge one to make about Sheldon Keefe.

Darren Dreger brought some new details about where the Leafs stand regarding Keefe.

Dreger Believes Keefe Should Be Back

When a new GM joins a team, they can essentially shape the staff as they see fit. But why make the changes now? This is the big question that Dreger answered on TSN.

"I would think that, for the incoming GM, unless he just believes - after conversations with Shanahan and the star players - that a coaching change is needed, I'm not so sure why there would be an urgency to make that change because we know that there are other candidates out there.

Andrew Brunette is going to be an NHL head coach next season. Travis Green is back in the conversation, as he should be. Where is Gerard Gallant going to land? So there are definitely candidates.

If you want to consider experience, Peter Laviolette makes a lot of sense to me, but again, are we underestimating Sheldon here? Did he simply get out-coached by the Florida Panthers [and the] experience of Paul Maurice?

Some would say yes he did... I don't like pinning things on head coaches... I put it on the players, to be fair."

Of course, the new GM will talk to the players and Shanahan, and they will express their opinion on whether a new coach is needed.

If they decide to go with someone else, as Dreger said, there are many good candidates.

Do you think Keefe will be back with the Leafs next season?

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Insider discusses the latest on the Sheldon Keefe situation in Toronto