TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun joined Jay Onrait on SportsCenter and mentioned how the New Jersey Devils landed former Maple Leafs Head Coach Sheldon Keefe as their subsequent head coach.
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Jay Onrait: “Hey, Sheldon Keefe. That is wild. I believed perhaps go away for a few years. He chill for somewhat bit. He collects that Leafs paycheck. However he’s, in line with you and Darren Dreger, he’s going to be the subsequent head coach of the New Jersey Devils and earlier than folks say nicely, what about that two-year contract?
Effectively, I imagine that’s gonna be ripped up, and we’ll get a pleasant new four-year contract with the Devils. So it’s gonna work out for Keefe, however it’s form of humorous since you’re going from one workforce with high-end expertise, and iffy goaltending to a different workforce with high-end expertise, and iffy goaltending. Why did he resolve to take the Devils job?”
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Pierre LeBrun: “Effectively, definitely the Devils goal to repair that. I feel they’ll attempt to reignite talks about Jacob Markstrom, however we’ll discuss that one other time commerce talks with Calgary as a result of they do have to improve their goaltending.
This was a very fascinating factor. You could bear in mind the day that Sheldon Keefe obtained fired by the Leafs. We reported that the Devils instantly picked up the cellphone and requested the Leafs permission to talk with Sheldon Keefe which they have been granted by the Leafs however it wasn’t that straightforward.
I imply, the Devils actually have to remain at this as a result of I feel for Sheldon Keefe this was you recognize, he actually took this tough this firing. And I feel he actually wanted to decompress a bit earlier than wrapping his thoughts round whether or not or not he might bounce again in and provides this what must be given to be a head coach once more.
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And my understanding is that the Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald has stayed at it, stayed at it, stayed at it. Bear in mind, the Devils interviewed quite a few candidates. They’d a pair with Craig Berube coupled with Todd McLellan. They went deep with Jay Woodcroft. They’d a couple of different candidates that they interviewed. However they stored ready to see if Sheldon Keefe could be open to this concept. And finally, he was and also you’re proper yeah, I imply, Sheldon Keefe might have stayed out a minimum of a 12 months.
He had a two-year extension provide you with the Leafs, however the Devils rip that up and provides him a recent four-year deal. And you may learn into {that a} elevate in what he would have gotten on that two-year extension with the Leafs and I feel it, I’ve talked to different coaches across the league the Devils are a kind of spots, Jay, that they’re simply primed for a bounce again.
It is a workforce that was over 100 factors two years in the past. The massive harm to Dougie Hamilton, the stress of expectations, and Jack Hughes out and in of the lineup. It is a bounce-back workforce. Actually, they will repair their goaltending, and I feel Sheldon Keefe ought to be an incredible match there.”