Craig Berube Dishes On The Maple Leafs & His NHL Coaching Future

The former St. Louis Blues head coach joined Nick Alberga & Jay Rosehill to discuss what he's been up to + his thoughts on Toronto's start to the season.
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[@joanneogley4874]

I’ve been talking about Berube since he turned the Blues around, this is the coach we need in Toronto. He brings out the best in the players he coaches, I’d love to see him behind our bench in Toronto

[@2dfx]

He has a sub .500 winning percentage outside of 1 season. He is an awful coach.

[@brucekellam5203]

@@2dfx 52% total winning percentage according to Wikipedia!

[@bobjeep748]

​@@2dfxNo, the covid season the Blues were rolling.

[@natas-6747]

@@2dfx Win's a cup = awful coach. Got it 🙄

[@splitfinger7719]

Welcome Coach. Good luck holding these guys accountable

[@America2gether]

you guys have one of the best shows on the TML! Great work boys

[@JOEL-1980]

The irony of this is funny to me Berube wore #16 as a Leaf & now the Leafs are trying to get rid of #16 in Marner...

[@tonytaranto7886]

I remember Berube playing for the Leafs, he was one tough customer no doubt. He has definitely had/has a great coaching career, I'd love to see him behind the Leaf bench someday

[@thestaplesbrothers]

You called it!

[@J.CashDro]

😂😂Rosey called it at the end there😂 good1 he was my #1 pick aswell hes gunna be able to whip Matthews & Marner into shape, Keefe just didnt have the exp hes been coaching in the league for less time than Matthews,Marner& Nylander have been playing in it

[@CanadianCampPurr]

Leaf players better be ready for a stronger coach who wants to win!!!

[@cahg3871]

Now Treliving needs to get to work and do something with the roster.

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, guys. I only saw this now, even though it states that you put this up months ago. I didn't remember Craig Berube much as A Player. I'd seen it in A Video about those players that were feared of or the like.

[@stormchaser419]

Can you imagine if he coached the Leafs and took them to a Stanley Cup?!! The Blues took like 53 years to win one and then imagine him taking the Leaks to one after a 50 plus year drought? That would be amazing.

[@boonboon9118]

Great show boys !!

[@xtrickster6556]

Maybe they could bring him in to coach Toronto

[@ja9890]

Another great guest

[@Landis_Grant]

On the verge of being picked as the next Leafs head coach, Berube managed to be interviewed by the Jets.

[@pratibhaverma9176]

Berube has a great mindset

[@martinklatt6937]

I think there might have been a Swedish defenceman on that team that played for the Leafs, Bozak! Can't remember the Swede's name. Shout out from Winnipeg!

[@martinklatt6937]

Oops also a mistake on my part🐵 it was Thomas Steen's son on that team.

[@EmitRelevart]

😶‍🌫I wish they would have asked Chief how he felt about getting traded back to Phili (well, "sold" is probably a better word, since if I remember correctly Washington got cash for him). After being away from Phili almost 10 years, was he glad to be "back home" (for lack of a better term)? I remember when Chief got traded from Toronto, I was not happy... happy to be getting Gilmour but I often wondered how awesome it would have been if the Leafs had of gotten Gilmour and kept Berube... That would have been some awesome hockey to watch!

[@stevesanyal]

great interview guys. i really enjoyed your questions and craig’s thoughtful responses. I don’t see anything different with these Leafs. I can’t imagine how hard it is to make a big decision there. You’d have to go to the MLSE board and make a funding request. I would be super curious what those would be like.

[@Northerngirl15]

Welcome to Toronto Cheif ✌

[@Landis_Grant]

Chief

[@jaystyx5134]

I had a thought.. Shannahan should coach the team! Maybe then he'll understand the difficulties of coaching Mitch Marner, and Nylander.

[@5starcollectibles103]

The Chief is one of 5 player with 300+ NHL fights. Domi , Probie, Tiger Williams , and ……. Chris Nilan. I’ve been in maybe 7 fights in my entire life. 😂

[@ilfautdanser9121]

Ottawa is in desperate need of a Berube

[@MisterMister5893]

You have Brady and Jacque if fine.

[@DAVIDLEGGETT777]

I would like to see how he does as the Leafs new coach 💙👍🏼

[@Landis_Grant]

Berube’s most often words will be “please pretty please do as I instruct you…”

[@robertbouchard6719]

Rosie should be a ventriloquist LOL

[@tomgilson9180]

Players want to play hard for Berube. He brings that out in a team. I think Toronto will see this sooner than later.

[@pauliek5325]

We would have won back to back Cups in St Louis if not for Covid. We fired Berube not because he is a bad coach. Everyone From the owner to General Manager & most of the players still Love him. Our Stanley Cup window just closed. He cannot take young players & develop a cup team. But he will let you know where the problems lie. You have enough talent in Toronto but it will take a few changes that Berube wants. Get ready to play heavy & Forecheck but most importantly you have to Backcheck. No skating around waiting for the Puck, You have to take it. Good luck Toronto. Berube will Never Ever be forgotten here in St Louis. Cant wait until you come to town. It will be one of longest Standing Ovations ever Heard.

[@kermitbq]

it’s a grind. that’s right! hope you can grind these young millionaires…

[@klausschraud7303]

This guy should be the next coach of the leafs he would get them in the right frame of mind

[@guyhickey3343]

Boston/Montreal ..most modern day players respect those franchises but today Leafs don’t give a shit.

[@dougbell9543]

“We’re all interim coaches.” ~ Scotty Bowman

[@theholidayshow1026]

Gotta bring in beruba

[@wadeanthony8538]

..listen to what is required to win...sounds nothing like the Leafs..he laughed out loud when coaching T.O. was mentioned..

[@kniesDat]

Lol

[@michaelhutz405]

I think he would love a 5 mil per year, seven year contract with the Leaf's. For sure he'd tell Tribbles right up front that they DO NOT have the players who can win 16 games post season but heck he'd take the contract for sure. Ottawa probably offered 2.5 mil per for 3 years. Listening to the way he talks and the way Tribbles talks, I think these guys would be kindred spirits. They seem to have similar attitudes and styles. Both are old school blue collar straight talking guys, as is Brendon come to think of it. Match made in heaven. But give it 2 years to clear Tavaras and Marner off the books one way or another. A fire sale or backing J.T. and M.M. into a corner with their NTC's will not get them closer to the cup. Brendon eluded to the time for patience is over. Sorry Shanny, impossible to get rid of two 11mil contracts and change an offensive finesse team into a grinding playoff team overnight.

[@hockey_highlights_and_more]

They only really need to get rid of one

[@MrNelsonThall]

If he wants to work with good people then that rules out MLSE.

[@boonboon9118]

Who would win an arm wrestle ? Rosey or Nick ?

[@angrydalailama6089]

Not even a consideration. Rosey!

[@thegoldenmuzzy]

Rosey 😂

[@tonytaranto7886]

Rosehill was a fkn BEAST!!!

[@Landis_Grant]

What if Berube turns this team into playing a boring defensive game and they still don’t go far in the playoffs? Their recent past failures were due to a lack of scoring in the postseason.

[@user-ug4kj4ok1p]

Gallant is the only mf that we need

[@ranger2055]

Title for this segment isn't the greatest! How do you figure Berube dishes on the leafs??

[@stankodamanko7649]

Hire this guy

[@ME-nv4iu]

Sheldon is on a very short leash. if the team continues to not show up and play 60 minutes he's gone. I put money that treliving already reached out to gauge interest if opportunity arose.

[@hockeyfan7100]

NO team has players that play 60 minutes every game.

[@BurtTurbo]

what a bootlicker@@hockeyfan7100

[@angrydalailama6089]

That's apples to bananas, man. Can't compare our bunch to other teams. The things this group (still) does are intolerable. ​@@hockeyfan7100

[@angrydalailama6089]

To Craig? Or in general?

[@angrydalailama6089]

@@hockeyfan7100 I'd argue that few teams have a large number of players who bust ass most games. Those that do are usually the most competitive - especially when they adhere to their structure (and when that structure maximizes their strengths). Like it or not, Toronto is NOT one of those few teams.

[@leaf16nut]

Fun fact, only one coach in the expansion era has won a cup with two different NHL teams, Scotty Bowman, so history doesn't shine too brightly on the Leafs chances..

[@WayWillow]

Sounds like a simpler Babcock 😂

[@tml184]

Alberga is so wrong. The Calgary trade in 92 was only good for the Leafs. The Flames got fleeced by Fletcher.

[@DharmYogi]

Wow he really wants the job before it even came available

[@goenzoy712]

He should pick Sabres and ask for 3 years They do have a lot of talent but no success so far

[@tml184]

Alberga calling Rosie ugly? Yikes.

[@dr.curious5136]

I think Berube would get more out of these leafs, but it wouldn’t be enough. The team is all wrong , it’s not built to win. We all know the teams weaknesses, Unless Treliving finds the balls Like Vegas does , the team will never win anything meaningful.The roster needs serious change ,

[@Landis_Grant]

Yes, you are correct. MLSE might be throwing away 4 years at say $5 M AAV at Berube to be fired.

[@198634]

How shanny still has a job is beyond me …..

[@richardvervoorn6626]

He said “it’s NOT the best organization” in the NHL…

[@MisterMister5893]

*if

[@mariovaccarella6854]

I wonder if his living in Philly will make him lean towards taking The Devils' Coaching Position, which is still vacant. Let me know what you think, at least about The Geographics of the likelihood.

[@angrydalailama6089]

So, wanna coach in Toronto? "...no." Anyone else catch the vibe that he'd rather not - but that he just didn't want to say as much?

[@tml184]

He would take the job immediately.

[@republica7337]

​@@tml184I'm thinking he knows that he would be talking to walls. Does he really want the pain?

[@kniesDat]

I think he wants to

[@Northerngirl15]

This aged well.😂

[@angrydalailama6089]

@@Northerngirl15 ha! And I'm gladly wrong about it. Welcome to Toronto, Chief! ...those pansies better get ready to work.

[@86daytonaz]

Berube….. don’t come here to Toronto and tarnish your career.. We don’t have a CLUE what a playoff team is!!!! We are all about entertainment.

[@tonybozzelli287]

He doesn't want to coach these soft Leafs.

[@kniesDat]

U sure bout that

[@HanzonMacaque]

As you were saying. Lmfao 😂

[@mr8966]

I don’t like hockey

[@liltiger3]

Then why are you here?

[@HanzonMacaque]

And nobody likes you.