The New Jersey Devils lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night, and head coach Sheldon Keefe was cracking jokes following his team's loss. The Toronto Maple Leafs pulled off an exciting comeback on Thursday night,
New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe discusses the pressure of being a head coach, in addition to TNT analysts providing outside perspective.
Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe opened up about his return to Toronto for the first time since being fired by the Maple Leafs.
Keefe was coaching an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena for the first time since being fired by the Maple Leafs on May 9. Having been hired by the Devils 14 days later, he’d faced his former team twice this season, both at Prudential Center.
In the last meeting of the season between the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs, it was the first time head coach Sheldon Keefe would return to Toronto since last season.
Keefe spent parts of two seasons coaching McCabe and McMann, leading them to career-high point totals last year.
TORONTO -- Sheldon Keefe coached 172 regular-season games at Scotiabank Arena when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2019-24. So to say his trip to the arena on Thursday was familiar, right down to the traffic, is fair.
Toronto got away with the overtime win and the former head coach, now behind the Devils’ bench, had this to say:
Things are getting spicy in New Jersey! 2022 2nd overall pick Simon Nemec made it clear to media today that he’s not happy with the way his career is playing out with the New Jersey Devils and admitted that a trade demand could be coming soon.
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs battled back from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits in the third period to down the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday.
It's getting hot in Jersey, as their former second-overall pick is not too happy with his playing situation and ripped into coach Sheldon Keefe. The 2022 second-overall pick of the New Jersey Devils spoke to the media about his frustrations with how his career is shaping up in the New Jersey Devils organization.