Craig Berube Calls Out the Entire NHL With New Comments
Craig Berube has been the Maple Leafs boss for just this season, but already he's realized what a target that puts on their back as he calls out the whole NHL.
In Craig Berube's first season as a Toronto Maple Leaf, the supporting cast looks very different to the 2023/24 team, and with just two points separating them from the top of the Atlantic Division, it appears the changes in the lineup and the change behind the bench has worked wonders.
The former Stanley Cup winning Head Coach has made his mark on the Maple Leafs, and with so much talent, this is a team that believes 2024/25 could finally be their season to go on a deep run down the stretch.
It's not easy however, and according to Berube, things in Toronto are so much harder than elsewhere, as he believes the rest of the NHL put a target on their teams back every single night out, making things much more difficult.
I find the Toronto Maple Leafs have a target on their back every night, it seems like. We don't get an easy game, especially at home here. These teams all come into Toronto, and a lot of the players are from here. They get geared up to play us. It is a tough night every night with the Leafs.
This is a similar sentiment to what his predecessor expressed after being fired by Toronto last summer, as Sheldon Keefe noted the immense differences between coaching in New Jersey as opposed to Toronto, with the lack of a spotlight being a huge difference for him.
That doesn't mean a team can't win in Toronto, but it does mean that opposing teams often play their best against the Maple Leafs, and with Berube's latest comments, it's clear just how tough it can be on that team as they look to finally overcome all of that and make a deep run in 2025.
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MARS 13 | 313 ANSWERS Craig Berube Calls Out the Entire NHL With New Comments Do the Maple Leafs have a target on their back before every game? | ||
| Yes | 217 | 69.3 % |
| No | 96 | 30.7 % |
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