Craig Berube has been appointed head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On May 9, following their third postseason exit in the first round in Keefe’s four full seasons in charge, the Leafs dismissed head coach Sheldon Keefe. According to Toronto general manager Brad Treliving, the team is looking for a new perspective that will enable it to realize its full potential.

Regarding moving on from Keefe, Treliving remarked, “In this business, the message stops hitting home over a period of time.” “Knowing why a message might not be reaching its intended audience is just as important as just replacing the staff. Therefore, our current goal is to identify such person [to be our next coach].”

This is Berube’s third NHL head-instructing position. He was already behind the seat in Philadelphia from 2013 to ’15, directing the Flyers to a season finisher billet in 2014 preceding being given up following an unfortunate 6th spot finish in the Metropolitan Division the accompanying season.

Berube, 58, proceeded to mentor the St. Louis Blues’ American Hockey Association member in Chicago in 2016-17. Toward the finish of that season, the Blues elevated Berube to be an associate mentor under Mike Yeo. At the point when Yeo was terminated in November 2018, Berube was named break lead trainer for the striving Blues. In January 2019, St. Louis was a modest 15-18-4 and sitting toward the end in association standings. The Blues energized under Berube to not just come to the postseason as a third seed in the Focal Division yet ultimately win St. Louis’ most memorable Stanley Cup.

That made Berube simply the subsequent break lead trainer in association history to at any point come out on top for a title (Larry Robinson did it first with the 2000 New Jersey Fiends).

In June 2019, the Blues eliminated Berube’s break tag and marked him to a three-year contract. He reupped with St. Louis on an additional three-year bargain in February 2022 to take him through the 2024-25 season. St. Louis never paired a similar achievement it had during Berube’s initial a long time there, and the Blues terminated him in December 2023.

Berube currently gets the Leafs together with a 281-190-72 record as a NHL mentor.

The Alberta, Canada, local likewise played 17 seasons in the association, showing up in 1054 games, with 61 objectives and 159 focuses. He likewise wearing 40 games for the Leafs during this profession, scoring five objectives and 12 focuses during the 1991-92 season.