A contract extension from the Maple Leafs now gives coach Sheldon Keefe a full three years to lead Toronto to a long\u002Dawaited title.
Yet as Babcock was hexed by an inability to get the most out of his team, especially its young guns when it counted most in spring, Keefe was perilously close to digging himself a similar hole. Other than the Tampa Bay series last year when the team finally found its killer instinct, Toronto’s record regular schedules all fizzled in a string of lost opportunities for deep playoff runs.
Then the Core Four didn’t produce enough against the Florida Panthers in falling behind 3-0. General manager Kyle Dubas had given Keefe some of the best playoff resources possible via late-season trades, but it was the Panthers, who’d hired Paul Maurice as coach a year earlier, representing the Eastern Conference in the Cup final.
And Treliving would not have been the first incoming exec to simply retain a lame duck behind the bench in his final year only to sacrifice him if things went south. His hemming and hawing whenever the topic of Keefe’s future came up in the media this summer led many to think the process might drag out for a while.Article content
“I’ve spent a lot of time getting to know Sheldon, having a lot of discussions about the team. His overall thoughts of our group, what’s happened in the past and how do we best move forward.
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