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Leafs part ways with Berube

Joe S. said:
I hear you - my brother last night (who is a casual leafs fan at best) asks me 'what's this with Matthews saying he wants to leave?' and I said Matthews hasn't actually said anything, this is all based on 1 tweet. And he was saying that's all he's hearing. Toronto media really is annoying at times.

And while I'm on that semi rant - Kypreos was complaining the other day that knies was at raptors game when he should have been watching hockey. I can't even wrap my head around whatever point he was trying to make. I appreciate that Bourne or McKee (I can't remember which one) told him that was an absolute garbage take. He's trying really hard to be the new mccowan. We don't need a new mccowan.
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There's definitely something to be said about "How do you view your future" and his reply is "I can't predict the future" when asked about next season. You're the captain and you're under contract and you have an NMC. He completely flubbed a softball question. How hard is it to say "I view next season as an opportunity to come back, be better and do everything I can to help get us back to the playoffs." Of course there's going to be speculation when you give that kind of an opening. I don't blame the media for running with that - just like everywhere else where the fanbase is passionate.
 
Bender said:
There's definitely something to be said about "How do you view your future" and his reply is "I can't predict the future" when asked about next season. You're the captain and you're under contract and you have an NMC. He completely flubbed a softball question. How hard is it to say "I view next season as an opportunity to come back, be better and do everything I can to help get us back to the playoffs." Of course there's going to be speculation when you give that kind of an opening. I don't blame the media for running with that - just like everywhere else where the fanbase is passionate.
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I have no argument with this - but when did he say this? I don't remember the timeline. I was specifically referring to the CJ tweet.
 
Bender said:
The will they won't they was so bizarre. You could tell Matthews and most of the team was done with this. Bringing him back with the metrics they had last season would be nuts. I also think doing it in season for a GM's job preservation was a completely ridiculous take. You could make the case that not firing him would be malpractice.
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Going by the metrics from last season, Bruce Cassidy coached teams are usually very good at what the Leafs were bad at last season. Food for thought.
 
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