The Toronto Maple Leafs brace for seismic change as Keith Pelley launches a one-on-one “autopsy” of the organization. With GM Brad Treliving’s future under the microscope and Craig Berube’s fate hanging in the balance, Mike DiStefano and David Morassutti debate the urgency and potential fallout of upcoming franchise decisions—will the Leafs clear house before the NHL draft lottery? They provide the latest on the Leafs’ precarious draft lottery hopes, their must-lose showdown against the surging St. Louis Blues, and a pulse check on Team Tank as Toronto tries to secure a bottom-five finish. Mike and Dave end the show with a breakdown of the Eastern Conference playoff race by doing a power ranking of the teams in the hunt for a spot.
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00:00 Keith Pelley’s Maple Leafs Agenda
07:59 Pelly’s Motives Ahead Of Offseason
12:45 “Leafs’ Future & Team Tank?”
17:35 Blues Closing Gap Strategically
22:29 Maple Leafs’ Must-Lose Night
27:53 Mid-Pack Team with Goalie Boost
31:32 Friday Five Pack: Playoff Picks
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8 Comments
Pelley is not the man for the job. Hire a President of Hockey operations and fire Treliving. MLSE and Rogers need to get it that Pelley is a joke!!! #Fact
Frugase YouTube video. Terrible 😊
Leafs are playing Saturday not Friday. Keep up the good show
Frankly, Pelley is equally responsible for this seasonal disaster as Treliving and Berube. Treliving broke this team with his very poor roster decisions. Berube is incapable of changing to adapt to situations. It's criminal he cannot adapt to situational need. Neither knows a hoot about player management. Flat out, they both have to go. This tire fire cold have been averted with action early in the season. They need a President of Operations to oversee so jokers like Treliving and Berube can't operate with impunity. Clean the management out. Period. Pelley should have acted well before now, but he won't, because of the contract terms left on those two clowns.
Firing The GM Should not be a difficult decision at all! The man has committed multiple crimes against the organization.! Get him out now!!
Go Leafs Go
DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT bring in Doug Armstrong. As for Treleving remember the shouting last season that the Leafs Need To Go All In at the deadline? The Players actually played Berube’s system successfully until the last 4 games against Florida, led by the Core 4, who amassed a measly total of about maybe 6 points the last 4 games. So it’s not Berube’s fault that certain Leafs couldn’t keep up with the physicality needed to keep winning. Those players who couldn’t were Dubas players, which was a huge problem.
A bleak future. They’ll extend T-tree so it’ll be “make like a tree” Treliving and Keith “no hockey” pelley guiding the sinking ship. Both these guys have no business in hockey. Both need canned NOW. I don’t think either one could even handle being an equipment guy. Sad sad 😔