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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe has been signed to a multi-year contract extension, the franchise announced Wednesday.
The extension is for 2 years, in keeping with Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
Maple Leafs normal supervisor Brad Treliving mentioned within the announcement:
“Since I’ve joined the Maple Leafs, I have been very impressed with Sheldon. He has proven nice management expertise along with his workers and our gamers, and has a transparent imaginative and prescient for this workforce and the place it must get to. Sheldon has established himself as one of many high coaches within the league and I look ahead to working alongside him as we head into the upcoming season.”
Keefe added:
“Teaching this workforce has been an ideal privilege, and I am really excited on the alternative to proceed constructing in the direction of our final aim. I am grateful for the help from MLSE and its possession together with Brendan Shanahan and Brad Treliving, who I’ve actually loved attending to know and work with this low season. We now have so many nice gamers and folks inside our group that I am grateful to work with, and collectively our dedication to workforce success stays steadfast.”
Keefe joined the Maple Leafs in June 2015 as head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate Toronto Marlies, main the workforce to a Calder Cup championship in 2018 earlier than being employed as head coach of the NHL membership in November 2019.
The 42-year-old has coached the Maple Leafs to a 166-71-30 report in his 4 seasons and likewise led the workforce to single-season franchise data in wins (54) and factors (115) throughout the 2021-22 marketing campaign.
Toronto has a .622 successful share below Keefe, which ranks behind solely the Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes in that span.
Nonetheless, the Maple Leafs are 13-17 within the postseason below Keefe regardless of boasting a extremely proficient roster that features Austin Matthews, Mitchell Marner, John Tavares and William Nylander.
Toronto made it out of the primary spherical final season for the primary time because the 2003-04 season, nevertheless it suffered a disappointing second-round loss to the Florida Panthers in 5 video games.
Given Keefe’s extension, the Maple Leafs should really feel he could be the man to get them over the hump and into the Stanley Cup Finals for the primary time because the 1966-67 season after they received their final title.
