Humility takes responsibility maple leaf leaves ‘poor poor – Hockey writers – toronto maple leaves
Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brad Trelival Meets with the media on Tuesday morning for his Quarterly Conference. He was talking to reporters for 18 minutes, but in that short taxi there was some important good information.
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He talked about several important things such as the future of the head coach, injuries, depth, and the state of the entire team. So let’s get straight to it.
Humility takes responsibility for the first negative
It’s not every day you see the GM of a highly talked about hockey team meet the media and take full responsibility for how well his team played. But on Tuesday we did. Leafs Nation tuned in expecting to hear something about the upcoming changes, but instead they heard “we’re not where we want to be,” his tone flat. “We’ve run out of ground. I’m taking responsibility. I’m in charge of the Hockey Department. I’m putting people in place.”
It has been a struggle for the Maple Leafs since the beginning of the season. This is a team coming off a year where they won the Atlantic Division title, and now they find themselves sitting at the bottom of the league. The hardest part of all their battles is going back to their first draft pick. They don’t have it because of the Boston Bruins trade for Brandon Carlo. The top-five was protected, so there’s a chance they could bounce back, but that would mean a bottom-five finish. One silver lining? Better shot at Gavin McKenna.
Obedience puts its faith in Beribe
Another big topic in the Toronto market is whether head coach Craig Craig was on the hot seat. Ironically, he is completely confident in Beribe, at least this season. Compliance says “Craig wasn’t a bad coach overnight. When you’re going through tough times, the easiest thing is to pick a coach.”
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It is very clear that the problem is not Beribe. It could be as simple as a personnel problem, meaning the humility to find out what needs to change to return to a Winning Hockey Club. Right now, we know the maple leaves are testing the trade that excites joints, but that’s about it. What we do know is that you shouldn’t expect Beribe to be fired anytime soon.
Humility speaks of hurt and depth
As he took over, he calmly used a few different words to describe his team. First was “snot”, something he wanted to add to the list. And on Tuesday, he used “vanilla.” He said “There’s a lot of vanilla. When you walk well … You have a good idea of ​​what the night will look like.” Unfortunately, they are not playing well, and a lot of that can be attributed to the large number of injuries they have.
Currently, seven NHL players are on the injured list: Auston Matthews, Brandon Carlo, Chris Tanev, Anthony Storalar, Matthew Onies, and Nicolas Roy. If you look at that list, those are some of the best players. That’s a big loss. It’s one of the biggest reasons they struggle. On top of that, their depth of players doesn’t produce much anymore. The lack of offense from the bottom of the line has hurt them, which backfires why the Maple Leafs are looking to make an exciting trade. They want to get rid of deep-seated Pers who disagree and bring in those who can help remove the culture. Tendency summed it up as “you have to be patient in this job. But patience is not inactivity.”
