Toronto Maple Leafs Fire Head Coach Craig Berube

“Craig is a tremendous coach and an even better person,” said Chayka. “This decision is more reflective of an organizational shift and an opportunity for a fresh start than it is an evaluation of Craig. We are grateful for his leadership, professionalism and commitment to the Maple Leafs organization and wish Craig and his family nothing but the best moving forward.”

The Maple Leafs struggled this season, missing the playoffs and bringing in new management over the summer. There was a thought that Berube would get another shot as Chayka had called him a great coach and the two sides were set to meet this week to talk his opinion on what went wrong in 2025-26. Clearly, he was deemed to be part of the problem. ,

More to come…