BREAKING: Brad Treliving officially confirms Maple Leafs Head Coach next season

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Hayden B
June 27, 2023 (2:24 PM)

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Per Elliotte Friedman, Leafs GM Brad Treliving has confirmed that Sheldon Keefe will be back as the Leafs bench boss next season:

Darren Dreger also confirmed this statement, and added that a contract extension is to follow this summer:

In 2019, Keefe was promoted from Head Coach of the Teams Affiliate Toronto Marlies, to Head Coach of the NHL Club after the Leafs parted ways with Mike Babcock.

Leafs Record with Keefe in Charge

Keefe behind the bench has a record 166-71-30 in his 4 years with the team, making the playoffs all 4 seasons. This past playoffs, Toronto won their first playoff series since 2004, before eventually falling to Florida 4 games to 1 in round 2.

Keefe had this to say following the teams playoff elimination:

«In terms of our core group, I feel like we have grown a lot together,» Keefe said last month. «On a day like today, it is really tough to feel or sense any sort of progress, but I do feel we have made progress as a group. A lot of the disappointment that comes in losing is attached to the excitement you have for your team and the potential that your team has.

"That excitement and potential - I believe - is still very much there. I think we feel that. I think we feel good about the fact that we were able to push through the first round, and yet you also sense that you are so close, and the margin is so thin to get beyond that - to get from eight to four and ultimately from two to one. You feel close, and yet you recognize how far away it is.»