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 assumed perhaps go away for a few years. He chill for slightly 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 effectively, what about that two-year contract?
Properly, I consider 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 sort of humorous since you’re going from one staff with high-end expertise, and iffy goaltending to a different staff with high-end expertise, and iffy goaltending. Why did he resolve to take the Devils job?”
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Pierre LeBrun: “Properly, actually the Devils intention to repair that. I believe they’ll attempt to reignite talks about Jacob Markstrom, however we’ll speak about that one other time commerce talks with Calgary as a result of they do must improve their goaltending.
This was a very fascinating factor. It’s possible you’ll keep in mind the day that Sheldon Keefe obtained fired by the Leafs. We reported that the Devils instantly picked up the telephone and requested the Leafs permission to talk with Sheldon Keefe which they have been granted by the Leafs but it surely wasn’t that simple.
I imply, the Devils actually have to remain at this as a result of I believe for Sheldon Keefe this was you already know, he actually took this tough this firing. And I believe 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 a lot of candidates. That they had a pair with Craig Berube coupled with Todd McLellan. They went deep with Jay Woodcroft. That they had a number of different candidates that they interviewed. However they stored ready to see if Sheldon Keefe can be open to this concept. And finally, he was and also you’re proper yeah, I imply, Sheldon Keefe might have stayed out not less than a yr.
He had a two-year extension give you the Leafs, however the Devils rip that up and provides him a recent four-year deal. And you’ll learn into {that a} elevate in what he would have gotten on that two-year extension with the Leafs and I believe 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.
This can be a staff that was over 100 factors two years in the past. The large harm to Dougie Hamilton, the strain of expectations, and Jack Hughes out and in of the lineup. This can be a bounce-back staff. Actually, they’ll repair their goaltending, and I believe Sheldon Keefe ought to be a fantastic match there.”
