On the first day of the Sheldon Keefe era — properly I mean, in Toronto, not with just the small huddle of travelling Leaf reporters — the 40th Maple Leafs bench boss got a preview of the future: This is your life, Sheldon. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Only the longer term can show whether Babcock was the problem or a scapegoat for what ailed the Leafs. That’s an easy buy-in for the Leafs, even more so when disburdened of the apprehension and unease that had festered under Babcock. “We want to be a team that’s thriving,” Keefe said. We’re trying to work on those things consistently, doing things as a staff that we can control to set the environment.

Source: thestar November 26, 2019 00:45 UTC