Expect more big changes for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Does the hiring of Berube, who brought the St. Louis Blues their first Stanley Cup championship in 2019, provide enough change for the blue and white? Or could Toronto move on from one of the pieces of the core four, specifically Mitch Marner?

On Monday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss the Maple Leafs’ offseason in the “Ask DFO” segment and what they expect to happen under a new coaching regime.

Tyler Yaremchuk: Frank, our question is on the Maple Leafs. Does hiring Craig Berube make it any more tempting for Toronto to run it back in 2024-25 and see what the core four can do under a new coach? Or do they still make big changes to their roster?

Frank Seravalli: They have to make big changes — it’s not a choice. President Brendan Shanahan said it in the end-of-year press conference: we have to consider everything, and everything is on the table. I can’t imagine doing this again for a ninth consecutive season.

After spending this much on your core, it makes zero sense to even enter the season where they are now: you either sign him to an extension or you trade him. To start this year in the final year of his deal makes zero sense.

I think there’s a single-digit chance that Mitch Marner is in a Maple Leafs’ uniform in October.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…