Patrick Roy does not do patient rebuilds and the Maple Leafs want to sit down with him this week

Patrick Roy is someone who prefers to win now, and with Toronto looking to interview him it's puzzling considering they may not be competitive right away.

Patrick Roy was fired with four games left in the regular season because he wasn't winning enough to make a playoff push. Darren Dreger reported that the Toronto Maple Leafs are keen on seeing if he's interested in their vacant coaching job. The only question is - Does a guy who hates to lose fit in with a team who might not be winning right away?

Roy was not necessarily a bad coach with the Islanders, and actually led them to a 97-78-22 in three seasons as head coach but consistent playoff disappointments and back-to back sixth place finishes led to his dismissal which saw Peter DeBoer step in and take over.

That's not a coach who lost the locker room or wasn't successful in the regular season, but also didn't perhaps have the tools necessary to push them into the next level, but there is a team who has a boatload of superstar talent that need a new leader: Toronto.

Roy was fired with four games left in the season yet the Maple Leafs have keen interest in him

The Maple Leafs have been looking up and down, in every nook and cranny, lifting the couch cushions and doing everything they can to find a new head coach.

We've heard every name from David Carle to Bruce Cassidy to Peter Laviolette and even some wildcards like Marlies head coach John Gruden or even Kitchener Rangers head coach Jussi Ahokas and now you can add Roy to that list according to Darren Dreger:

The Toronto Maple Leafs coaching search is getting more interesting. Sources say Patrick Roy and Peter Laviolette are a part of this weeks stage of the interview process.

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While Roy may not have reached the heights as he did as a player considering he's one of the greatest goaltenders of all time, but he's still a coach who has a positive record, is a respected legend, commands respect and attention in the locker room and a united front where it's all for one and one for all.

Sound familiar? That's creeping into Craig Berube territory, and knowing that Roy prefers accountability, he would be coming into a locker room that has difficulty with that at times, and could create unneeded friction, besides Roy doesn't wanna sit here and lose for the sake of the future so if Toronto isn't competitive then he could be miserable from the start.

Chayka said he wanted a young coach two weeks ago and interviewing Roy is as far from that as you can get

While Roy isn't exactly elderly, he is 60 years old and Toronto needs a young voice to fit with their modern times. It's not 1986 anymore and the youth movement is as prominent and strong as ever.

The old school methods of barking instructions, motivation and strategy is falling by the wayside. Look at modern day coaches like Martin St. Louis, Manny Malhotra and John Hynes - they all use a more patient and approachable mentality and allow for mistakes to happen as long as you learn.

Roy has no time for mistakes, and Chayka is likely just doing what Keith Pelley loves which is 'due diligence'. There's no reason for Toronto to not interview everyone under the sun because they don't have to commit to anyone. Getting different perspectives from different coaches can help narrow down exactly what is needed.

That's valuable but only comes you interview dozens of people. Now I'm not saying Roy wouldn't be able to help Toronto, but he's part of a generation much like Berube that is precedented on toughness, grit, and aggression.

That doesn't work with the current roster, and there's too much riding on Gavin McKenna's future to have him start with a coach who isn't accepting of failure and there will be failures at some point.

It's John Chayka's job to make sure that he gets all his ducks in a row when it comes to Toronto's coaching search because he really has one shot to make it a good choice. But he also can't get caught up in trying to give Roy redemption regardless of how hard he sells it.

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