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CBS News
9 hours ago
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- CBS News
Joe Sacco reportedly informed he won't be Bruins next head coach
The Boston Bruins are expected to name a new head coach this week. It will not be Joe Sacco, who was the team's interim head coach for the majority of the 2024-25 season. Sacco has been informed by the Bruins that he will not stay on as the head coach, TSN's Eliot Friedman reported in his 32 Thoughts podcast that was released Monday. It doesn't sound like Sacco will be back on the Boston bench at all, with Friedman speculating the 56-year-old could join Craig Berube's staff with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery last November, after Montgomery was fired after an 8-9-3 start to the season. Sacco led the team to a 25-30-7 record during his time on the bench. The Bruins got off to a good start after the coaching change, but the team stumbled enough the rest of the way to prompt general manager Don Sweeney to hold a fire sale at the NHL Trade Deadline. With Brad Marchand, Trent Frederick, Brandon Carlo, and Charlie Coyle among the players traded away, the Bruins lost seven of their final 10 games of the regular season to finish the year 33-39-10. It marked the first time Boston missed the playoff since the 2015-16 NHL season. Sacco, a Medford native, first joined the Bruins staff in 2014 as an assistant coach. Who could be the next Bruins head coach? The Bruins are expected to announce their head coaching hire early this week, according to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic. In his podcast, Friedman said the team interviewed Marco Sturm, Mitch Love, Jay Woodcroft, and Jay Leach for the position last week. Sturm played five of his 14 NHL seasons in a Bruins sweater, and has spent the last three seasons as the head coach of the Ontario Reign, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings. Woodcroft was the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers for two-plus seasons from 2022-24, which included a trip to the Western Conference Finals. He has been an assistant coach for Canada at the IIHF World Championships since April of 2024. Love is seen as one of the top young assistants in the NHL, as he's been on Spencer Carbery's staff with the Washington Capitals the last two seasons. The 40-year-old Love was also the head coach of Calgary's AHL team for three years. Leach knows quite a bit about the Bruins organization, having served as the head coach of the Providence Bruins for four years before he was named an assistant coach in Seattle in 2021. He returned to Boston's staff in 2024, and was an assistant under both Montgomery and Sacco last year.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Maple Leafs GM Makes 'Emotional' Admission About Discussion With Mitch Marner
Maple Leafs GM Makes 'Emotional' Admission About Discussion With Mitch Marner originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Toronto Maple Leafs are once again heading into a summer of difficult decisions, and general manager Brad Treliving took center stage on Thursday to share a few more nuggets about what's next. Advertisement Following a second-round exit at the hands of the Florida Panthers, Toronto's front office faces the prospect of reshaping a Core Four that has failed to deliver deep playoff runs across nearly a decade. While Treliving made his commitment to bring young forward Matthew Knies back clear, and praised the impact of coach Craig Berube, his comments about his two top-tier pending free agents—Mitch Marner and John Tavares—suggest changes might be coming. As things stand, without contract-extension agreements in place, Marner and Tavares are heading into unrestricted free agency on July 1. Treliving declined to confirm whether the Leafs intend to offer a new deal to Marner, who led the team with 102 points in 2024–25. Advertisement 'I think Mitch is a tremendous player. I think he's a star,' Treliving said. 'We're in that process right now.' Treliving explained that discussions with Marner are still in an early phase because of the "emotional" nature of the situation, with Toronto suffering another playoff collapse. 'Mitch and I had a discussion. It's emotional right now,' Treliving said. 'You've got to get composed, you've got to think clearly and then start going through that process.' Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner (16)John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Treliving, however, acknowledged that the decision will not be one-sided, hinting at a need for both sides to make some concessions to reach an agreement. Advertisement 'Mitch has a say in this as well,' Treliving said. 'This isn't the world according to Brad.' At his own end-of-season availability, Marner avoided making any commitment about his potential return to Toronto. 'Always loved my time here. I loved being here,' Marner said. 'I haven't processed anything yet. It's still so fresh.' Related: Maple Leafs' Brad Treliving Reveals His Matthew Knies Desire Without Hesitation Related: NHL Trade Idea Sends Penguins' Erik Karlsson to Maple Leafs in One-for-One Deal This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Maple Leafs Coach Heaps Big Praise Upon Rising Flyers Prospect
Maple Leafs Coach Heaps Big Praise Upon Rising Flyers Prospect Toronto Maple Leafs head coach and former Philadelphia Flyers bench boss Craig Berube likes what he's seen from Nikita Grebenkin, one of his old players. And he knows there's room for plenty more as Grebenkin embarks on the next chapter of his NHL career with the Flyers. 0:52 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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2 days ago
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With Brendan Shanahan Gone, What Changes For Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving And Coach Craig Berube?
With Brendan Shanahan Gone, What Changes For Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving And Coach Craig Berube? Ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs is one of the most important offseasons in the last decade.
National Post
3 days ago
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- National Post
A look at Brad Treliving's work two years into his tenure as Maple Leafs GM
Article content Happy anniversary, Brad Treliving. Article content In the two years since the Maple Leafs hired Treliving to be the 18th general manager in franchise history, the 55-year-old has set the team on a new course, one that took greater shape when head coach Craig Berube was brought on board last spring. Article content In a perfect Treliving world, the Leafs will be a team that evolves into one of the top defensively responsible outfits in the National Hockey League, to the point that it becomes an annual Stanley Cup contender. In the wake of another frustrating exit from the playoffs, this time culminating in a Game 7 loss to the Florida Panthers in the second round, the Leafs aren't there yet. Article content 'We fell short of where we wanted to be, and we fell short of where I thought we could be,' Treliving said on Thursday at his end-of-season availability. 'There was a style of play I felt we needed to get to (in hiring Berube). It's a style of play that I feel gives you the best chance to have success. We're seeing it. Article content 'You see it prevalent in our division. It's a direct style, it's a style that you have to be a heavy, forechecking team.' Article content The loss to Florida aside, the Leafs have taken strides in Treliving's two years in the GM chair. Article content Let's take a look at the past 24 months: Article content Of the trades that Treliving has made, including a couple of draft deals that included only picks, one stands out above the rest. Article content We take you back to last June, when Treliving sent minor-league forward Max Ellis (who played this past season in Finland) and a seventh-round choice in 2026 to the Dallas Stars for the rights to free agent defenceman Chris Tanev. Article content Treliving has earned a reputation as a GM whose curiosity has him checking in on just about every player who may be available. Yet his pursuit of Tanev was unwavering. Treliving coveted a reunion with Tanev after working with him with the Calgary Flames. And after he was unable to trade for Tanev at the 2024 trade deadline, Treliving made it work a few months later. Article content Article content Within days, Tanev put his signature on a six-year contract with an average annual value of $4.5 million and the Leafs officially had their defensive linchpin. Article content Tanev quickly established himself as being representative of just about everything Treliving wants in his defencemen. When Tanev isn't blocking shots, he's sharp in the D zone and rarely gets caught out of position. Moving the puck is done with ease. Article content Tanev will turn 36 in December, but there wasn't one instance in his first season with the Leafs where his age was a detriment. Article content Treliving gave an indication of the longer, bigger defencemen he envisioned as being the poster boys of the Leafs blue line when he acquired Ilya Lyubushkin and Joel Edmundson at the '24 deadline. Both moved on in free agency last summer, but Treliving had laid the groundwork for his vision. Article content included saying goodbye to 2017 first-round pick Timothy Liljegren. Failure to adjust to the physical nature now required by Leafs D-men led Liljegren to being traded to the San Jose Sharks last October. A couple of draft picks and depth defenceman Matt Benning, who spent the rest of the season with the Toronto Marlies, were fetched by Treliving in the trade.
