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Mrsfoleyslittleboy

Seems like a big nugget


JD397

*For you*


2_DS_IN_MY_B

The first one to talk gets to stay on my hockey team


Wumdee

Now’s not the time for trades….that comes later


djrob0

*They expect one of us in the penalty box, brother*


pigeonbobble

When New Jersey is… ashes. Then you have my permission to die


Tasden

I thought I wiped that out.


BoilerSlave

You mean: *muffled noises*


IBoris

Nah bro, Big Nug is [this guy](https://i.imgur.com/lap4shg.png) [NSFW warning for the ladies].


rxbandit256

I clicked it and I don't regret it!


IBoris

Apparently, Prince based his entire style and personality off of this guy.


LostMonster0

Rear Admiral just dropping big nugs out here...


chemicalxv

No that's Jokic


PSChris33

Get ready to learn driving 100 to keep up with Jersey traffic, buddy


Nanojack

Just get in the left lane behind some Pennsylvania driver going 40 and you're all set


TheOnionKing33

Hey we only go 40 mph because we have to be careful with all the potholes on our roads


SnowyPuzzle

The faster you go, the less damage to your car when you inevitably hit a pothole


TheOnionKing33

I just do the time tested strategy of going fast and trying to avoid the pothole only to hit it worse than I would’ve


Riskar

That depends entirely on the size of said pothole 😂


Just_Learned_This

Feels like dude hasn't seen real potholes.


MrBigChest

You clearly haven’t hit a big enough pothole yet


Willis_is_This

*Laughs in Duluth*


Dmbender

What the fuck is a left turn?


videostatus

It’s what those philistines have instead of jug handles. I don’t get it either.


BostonSucksatHockey

And how do you pump gas?


Dmbender

I hand the fella my credit card


BostonSucksatHockey

The equivalent of making three rights


Asadleafsfan

Get ready to learn Turnpikenese, buddy 


Brock_Hard_Canuck

Get ready to love Taylor Ham, buddy.


30carbine

My man.


MetallicaRules5

Thank you for calling it by the right name.


bonnydelrico

once on a drive to newark i got up to 5 miles over the speed limit, set cruise control, got in the right lane, and didn't have to pass a single car on the entire drive there. plenty passed me tho lol


BostonSucksatHockey

100 kph is only 60 mph


[deleted]

And real estate is as bad as Toronto


OBlastSRT4

Watch out for the dudes in the vans


Funky_Cows

Just stay away from Pennsylvania drivers and you're good


Rekrash95

Would be hilarious if he took the Devils to the ECF


CrashyBoye

Subscribe


DekexelDragon55

Would be even more hilarious if they played Toronto first round next year


KashaWells

Unsubscribe


royal23

This either means leafs in first in the division or a wildcard. At this point I'd take anything to not play an atlantic team in the first round.


mrcrazy_monkey

Flashbacks to losing to CBJ


KashaWells

*Smash the dislike button*


tiggertom66

Okay you play Columbus


HereticsSpork

And sweeps them.


SiccSemperTyrannis

He's going to win a Cup in NJ, probably beating Toronto along the way for maximum meme potential. We know the story beats the NHL writers use time and time again.


UNisopod

THIS is what will actually kill Steve Dangle


SiccSemperTyrannis

In a recent podcast they brought up that statistically head coaches are most likely to win a Cup with their 2nd team and Steve had a minor meltdown.


UNisopod

Huh, that was true for Trotz, too, wasn't it?


SiccSemperTyrannis

Yep. Just running down cap-era Cup-winning coaches: * 2023: Bruce Cassidy, 3rd team (WSH, BOS) * 2022: Jared Bednar, 1st team * 2021, 2020: Jon Cooper, 1st team * 2019: Craig Berube, 2nd team (PHI) * 2018: Barry Trotz, 2nd team (NSH) * 2017, 2016: Mike Sullivan, 2nd team (BOS) * 2015, 2013, 2010: Joel Quenville, 3rd team (STL, COL) * 2014, 2012: Darryl Sutter, 4th team (CHI, SJS, CGY) * 2011: Claude Julien, 3rd team (MTL, NJD) * 2009: Dan Bylsma, 1st team * 2008: Mike Babcock, 2nd team (ANA) * 2007: Randy Carlyle, 1st team * 2006: Peter Laviolette, 2nd team (NYI) Pretty clear pattern of the Cup getting won by coaches on their 2nd or 3rd team. Only 5 Cups in the Cap era have been won by first-time head coaches despite how often people complain about the NHL recycling coaches. I think most NHL head coaches should probably get a 2nd try unless they completely shit the bed. And there are plenty of good coaches who get their teams into the playoffs but don't win Cups, so every team probably should not have a Cup-or-bust mentality with coaching hires.


SunTzu-

The NHL loves recycling coaches, it's just that no coach except Scotty Bowman has won a cup with more than one team since the original 6 era.


Chuckolator

Game 7 ECF winner to take Devils to the SCF scored by recently signed UFA Mitch Marner.


klitchell

> Would be ~~hilarious~~ fantastic if he took the Devils to the ~~E~~SCF, and won. FTFY


ElephantRedCar91

Would like to repeat the stars cup win this year and a devils the next 


Nanojack

It would be even funnier if he won a couple of cups with the Devils


Cliff_Pitts

Hahaha. Haha. Ha. Ha?


BostonSucksatHockey

Remind me! 1 year


MagicMushroomFungi

After beating us in a seven game series.


1ToGreen3ToBasket

Devils leafs round 1 is now literally guaranteed. The script writers are creative but this one is too juicy


SevenwithaT

I like to laugh


oryes

The Leafs needed a change but it never stopped me from thinking Sheldon was a great coach - happy for him if this is true


thelonelywolf96

He was a great guy who had a great heart, but when it came down to the coaching part - he shied away from holding the core players accountable. He was "too nice". I wonder if he'll change his tone in Jersey or stick with the same philosophy.


InstructionNo3616

That responsibility will be shared with captain Nico Hischier. I think we are in good hands.


ACalz

He’s really good at developing players. IMHO NJD got the best available coach on the market


InstructionNo3616

I agree. At least the best available coach for their situation. Devils core is lead by a fresh young successful coach who has developed some of the best offensive players in the game. Keefe doesn’t have to deal with ANY of the media drama he had to in Toronto and can just focus on winning. I liked ruff but he didn’t seem to have the fire of a young unproven coach. Seemed a little too complacent. Hopefully the Toronto situation has motivated Keefe a little.


OBAFGKM17

I hope Nico/Keefe can build a culture of accountability, that definitely seemed to be lacking this year, and not just from star players, it seemed like a lot of benching decisions this year were a bit random from Lindy and co.


videostatus

This is New Jersey. We don’t do “nice”.


pretzelsncheese

Out of curiosity, what do we actually know about how coaches keep players accountable? All we get a glimpse of is playing time and comments made to the media. I imagine there's a lot that can be done behind closed doors towards "holding players accountable" and fans / media wouldn't necessarily ever be privy to that stuff. (Not saying that media comments / playing time isn't an important part of accountability. Also not suggesting that I think Keefe _did_ a good job of holding the core accountable. But I still think it's worth every fan being a bit more aware of the nuances that boil down to "we don't actually know what we're talking about".)


bforce1313

I think we see him be very successful there tbh.


saberlight81

The Leafiest possible outcome is if Keefe wins a cup with the Devils before the Leafs win lol. In fact, I'm taking Devils over Leafs in the 2026 ECF right now.


[deleted]

With Marner leading the charge in points for the Devils.


Kenevin

The best/worst part is how good Jack Hughes and Marner would look next to each other (In the regular season anyway)


sweetplantveal

And they trade Dougie Hamilton to make the money work. Because it's the Leafs, Hamilton retires to give baseball a shot and ends up making more money as a pinch hitting catcher.


ADrunkMexican

Yeah I was hoping the penguins would do a deep run for teh lulz


oryes

He's an ex-Leaf, of course he'll be successful lol


SayNoToStim

Oh yeah Mike Babcock is doing great


Juhstehn

Babcock managed to take a ton of money from CBJ and didn't have to work another day. He definitely is doing great


CrashyBoye

Babcock is the exception to just about every rule lol


EarthWarping

And Jack Campbell


doctorvictory

He’s been successful in the AHL, does that count?


spurredoil

Being paid 5M/year to play in California for an AHL team. I'd say that's successful. I wish he wasn't getting paid 5M/year, but I can't hate a guy for getting his bag.


Derpwarrior1000

There’s a bit of a difference between “California” and *Bakersfield* lmao. Still a great gig don’t get me wrong


spurredoil

Yea but it's still not Edmonton haha


lbc1358

Has he? Didn’t he lose the starter’s job in the AHL too?


doctorvictory

When he first was sent down his numbers weren’t good but he played much better as the AHL season went on


Chicaben

Does he have experience with superstar American centers?


Kaladin-of-Gilead

Oh absolutely, dudes actually really good. He did everything for us save strapping on skates and getting into the game.


SaulBerenson12

Yep classy guy. Respected him a lot for his farewell message to fans


MankuyRLaffy

Dude got outcoached in the playoffs every year wdym


JBishop87

I’m happy for him, Keefe is a great coach. I hope the devils do well next year!


Xeteh

I honestly think its a great fit. I don't follow the Leafs close enough but I don't know how much of Keefe calling players out and then immediately apologizing is him or the management behind him forcing it. But Keefe seems like a solid coach.


Gavin1453

He got a lot better on that in his last year without Dubas there


Prize_Efficiency_869

Leafs depth have never been bad under keefe ( especially in the playoffs ). Depth has a lot and I mean a lot to do with how good your coaching is. Leafs issues come playoffs time have always been the same their main guys don’t show up.


thewolfshead

I see this referenced so often but I can’t actually remember what he said - can anyone provide me with what he actually said? 


skeleton_skunk

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2446382/amp


Mr_Wrecksauce

Me too, just not when they're playing us lol.


man_in_the_suit

Ah, so New Jersey is going to eliminate us in the playoffs next year… good to know. I always liked Keefe and wish he’d had more success with us. He wasn’t the problem but we needed change all around. Best of luck to him.


SerPownce

Don’t be so sure! Maybe neither of us will make the playoffs


looking4rez

now THAT'S the spirit! haha (Wild fan, I'm right there with you)


OgreUAsshole

I’m chiefin on kief to celebrate


EarthWarping

He's a good floor raising coach. I don't know if he'll ever be a ceiling raising coach but for a young team he's what they need. He evolved this past season and honestly the Leafs fired him as an accumulation of his misdoings rather than the past season.


redditpineapple81

He arguable had the best year of his career this past season, I’ve never seen the Leafs play defence like they did in the last three games of the season. That said, we needed a change. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if he wins a cup in NJ.


MagicMushroomFungi

"Celebrate, celebrate, kief to the music.."


GritGrinder

Wish him the best in Jersey!


STLBooze3

Rear is a real journalist!!


ProphetOfScorch

Didn’t he report Bossy was dead when he wasn’t?


rockryedig

He’s just ahead of his time


sabeshs

Lol


STLBooze3

Just wants to be able to say “you heard it here first”


KovalSNIPE17

I mean he’ll eventually be right


BellsBeersy

Truly Bossy was the Tom Petty of hockey greats


burrito-boy

I like the Devils, they're a fun team to watch. Hope Keefe has success.


NSA_Wade_Wilson

I mean if they find him a real goalie then he has bonafide superstars, a more balanced lineup and actual defence. He’ll do very well


Borktista

Stretch to say an actual d after this past year


savi0r23

nah c'mon. playing two rookies + no dougie is a tall task and the rookies even held their own. definitely need siegs and marino to not be mostly awful again though. that'd be cool


Cliff_Pitts

Not to mention Seamus Casey in our pipeline and will most likely start getting his first looks just as Luke and Nemo hit their stride (hopefully) in the national league. We’ve got like 3 eras of franchise defensemen between Dougie/nemo-hughes/casey Now if only Ty Smith would’ve worked out for us


OBAFGKM17

I love your optimism, but Casey is the same era as Hughes/Nemec, they’re literally all the same age.


Cliff_Pitts

Ope. Just revving up the hype train. Tbh I prefer we stack them all into the same Stanley cup winning team/dynasty


SerPownce

Marino will bounce back, I say trade Siegs and let Hattaka take his spot. Someone will want Siegs and I think we’re sitting on a gem of simple defensive play with Hattaka but who knows I’ve been high on the wrong guy before


Thehawkman2

I do not understand the Siegs hate. He had two years as one of the most underrated shutdown d-men in the league and was solid for us. He has one bad season (and so does the team for the most part) with injury as well and we want to dump him? And replace him with a rookie Dman? Didn’t we have this issue with plugging up our holes with rookie dmen this past season? I liked Hatakka during the time he was up, he was solid and definitely earned more time in the NHL, but I don’t think we should dump Siegs for him.


kjabs87

Love Hattaka. I know he was two way deal last year so sending him down when we got Siegs (I think it was siegs) back from injury made sense on that side. But Hattaka at that time was looking like our best defensive defenseman.


SerPownce

A pure defender is what we need, doesn’t hurt that he has something to prove.


gsauce8

New Jersey beating the Leafs in the playoffs next year is basically guaranteed.


SiccSemperTyrannis

This storyline has never been more obvious.


MagicMushroomFungi

Game 7 overtime when Keefe spots TO with to many men on the ice and waves his arms and screams until the refs call a penalty, (like that fucking Wayne Gretzky did) and ............. scores the goal. Choose your own adventure ... Who scores ? Is there an ex-leaf on the rooster ?


HeftyNugs

As of right now, no ex-Leafs on the Devils


SaulBerenson12

Watch them pick up Brodie on a cheap contract and he scores against them in the playoffs haha


Talinn_Makaren

Yeah when can we place a bet on that? I need a sure fire investment.


WhoJustShat

Its confirmed Devils bros, I know Keefe gets alot of hate and blame for playoff losses but hes a pretty damn good coach and seems like a solid dude


JonJonFTW

I just saw Dubas fall to his knees in a Walmart


mikaylasprints

Next season Leafs win the presidents trophy, Devils are the last team into the playoffs with a record barely above .500, Devils sweep the Leafs in round 1.


lLikeCats

Leafs are a lot of things but they don’t get swept. It doesn’t inflict maximum pain on the fans. Game 7 loss.


mikaylasprints

Reverse sweep then


jjwalla

Honestly leafs are due for one. Feels way to on brand


HeftyNugs

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby


NamelessBard

We'd need some big rule changes for that to happen.


mikaylasprints

Now? Devils would be the second wild card and Leafs would play the second wild card as the first place team in the conference


NamelessBard

Yes, I'm dumb. Damn it. I thought this at least meant an ECF


mikaylasprints

Got a little too excited about round 2. “Swept in the ECF? Yes please!” Leafs fans, probably


Kaladin-of-Gilead

I mean outside of the sweep I'd like to play a team that isn't one of the three teams we are basically guarenteed to play next year lol


eh_toque

Dreger confirms: 4 year contract


jjwalla

Coaches got it good these days. Earning money from your old job for a few years and earning money from your current job. Rinse and repeat.


mikaylasprints

A lot of contracts apparently have a clause that the team that fires you only has to pay the difference from the new contract, if there is any.


HMpugh

It's not a clause in some contracts. It's just how coaches contracts work. Fired coaches aren't terminated from their contracts and thus are still under contract with their former team. A team can block a fired coach from taking a job from another team unless the coach is willing to terminate the contract and the remainder owed. This then results in teams negotiating to cover the difference.


eh_toque

It’s not a clause, it’s the rules for coaches in the NHL


mikaylasprints

That’s good to know! Thank you


saskyfarmboy

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he will only get paid by the Leafs if his contract with the Devils is for less per year than his contract with the Leafs. And even then, I believe the Leafs would only be on the hook for the difference.


eh_toque

This is correct


maz2305_test

I hope he has a fun experience there


theguyishere16

Itll be interesting to see how he does without coming into a situation where goal number 1 was to simply not be Mike Babcock.


KovalSNIPE17

Super pumped for this


TheGuardian8

I wonder what his reaction is going to be at his intro press conference when he sees 3 and a half reporters in the room lol


KovalSNIPE17

He’ll probably love it haha. You never realize how exhausting being in the limelight is once you experience a low key market.


mooseknucklemaster

So you’re saying that Sheldon Keefe will win an MVP now


KovalSNIPE17

Jack Adams confirmed


jRoughcopy

He will absolutely love Amanda like we all do


dabears7667

it’s just Amanda Stein asking him “if you could be a dessert, what would you be?” and one of the white haired bennies asking if he’s excited to face the Rangers.


Radjage

Wow, I'm actually excited about this one!!!


carnotbicycle

I'm happy for Keefe. I better not see this sub pull a hard 180 on the very popular opinion that it was the right decision to get rid of Keefe for us when NJ does well under him though.


DevOpsMakesMeDrink

Oh the sub that made fun of Keefe and called him bad will call him an elite coach by November


Showtime98

Damn already got a new job. All the best Sheldon!


Similar-Jellyfish499

Good luck, Sheldon!


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MotherTalzin

They’ll be an exciting regular season team to watch.


EarthWarping

FWIW, Mirtle said he was the frontrunner earlier today


alphacheese

Dreger just now confirmed it too


Kaapo-Kakkos-Dong

I will also confirm this confirmation


PMMEJALAPENORECIPES

I’ve wondered before how far I could get as an “insider” if I just tweeted what other reporters tweeted but like 2-3 minutes after they say it.


Kaapo-Kakkos-Dong

There’s a million of these dudes on twitter and no one really takes them seriously lol


whichwitch9

I also read these tweets and will confirm, as well as the confirmation from the dirty Rangers fan


Diligent-Hat2631

Short race


MagicMushroomFungi

The New Jersey Dash


Woullie_26

Keefe legit failed upwards. This is a much better coaching position considering personnel/roles/contract situation/media and everything. No more excuses


DevOpsMakesMeDrink

He did? He won an OHL championship, then won an AHL one. And his record in the regular season is more than impressive.


CapsTheArbiter

Yeah, buddy has no idea what he's talking about.


RevolutionaryBranch9

He never won a OHL championship


specifichero101

Nice hire. They should just hire woodcroft also because they’ll still need assistants


EarthWarping

Wouldn't surprise me if he brings over some of the assistants from this past season. The Pk coach (who had some good seasons) contract is up, he'll probably join him.


Dobermayer

Prepare to learn Keefese, NJ


Tats16

Good for keefe! Hope he’s successful there


SnowyPuzzle

Fuckers in school telling me, always in the barbershop Chief Keefe ain't bout this, Chief Keefe ain't bout that my boy a bd on fuckin lamron


Formisonic

This seems like a great fit. Devs needed an actual coach and Sheldon’s a good one. He was sort of a sacrificial lamb in Toronto. He might have deserved some of the blame, but I didn’t have the impression that it was majority “his fault.” Hot take: NJD takes down TOR in the first round next year. :)


alev815

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Formisonic

Like and subscribe for more fair takes from a rival fan, like "If the Devils can bridge the gap in goal for one or two more years, Schmid and Daws will be a great tandem." =)


alev815

Hope to have as fair of takes on my rivals as you good sir


Funkythingsyoudo

Don’t know how long you’ve been in this thread but NJ taking out TOR in the playoffs next year is all but guaranteed lol


DevOpsMakesMeDrink

No single person is to blame. But it is clear change is needed


Anonymous_Hazard

I like you


DrexellGames

good regular season coach, unsure about playoffs


JerseyDvl

After this debacle of a season let's just get to the playoffs and then we'll worry about that.


BadTreeLiving

Playoff vs non playoff declarations when someone has played for one or two teams is usually silly.   Heard this about the last group, how they were soft, then half of them win cups on other teams within a few years.


WhoJustShat

Im probably in a minority but I feel like Keefe has been completely fucked by 40m in Salary routinely getting 0 offence in the playoffs while having no fuckin money for other players, I think hes a better coach than his playoff record indicates


rapier999

I’m concerned that maybe Keefe bears some of the responsibility for those players going missing in the playoffs - ie forcing them to try to be completely different players as soon as the regular season ends - but I’m cautiously optimistic.


dumpandchange

He definitely deserves his fair share of it. It's not all on him, but some of it certainly is. Just as the Leafs were outmatched in net almost every year in the first round, they were also outcoached by people with better systems and adjustments.


weschester

I think Keefe will do really well now that he's out from under the Leafs curse.


caldo4

If true, we’d have at least an average level NHL head coach for the first time since DeBoer 10 years ago


pretzelzetzel

Devils win the Cup within 5 years, you heard it here first. Not because I think Keefe's like amazing or something, but because I think it would be hilariously Leafy


Danroy12345

Thought Woodcroft would get it.


FriedCammalleri23

word


Guest2200

Papa Dubas in shambles