At least this losing streak has allowed Tavares to gain the full leafs experience he always dreamed of

I thought Spezza was pretty good lately.

"I bet on Babcock" sounds like a guy that knew he was being fired to me.

To me Babcock's comments after the Vegas game is calling out the whole team while not actually calling out the whole team.

can’t wait for every news outlet to have this on for a week

I actually saw the Leafs win three cups. I refuse to die until I see it this time in colour.

Dubas, your shield is gone. If the team stumbles from here, that's it.

"Leo Komorov, winning games" was genuinely the funniest thing ever said on this show

Surely the bloated forward contracts, poor defense, and no backup goaltender isn't the issue.

Jeff Blashill lasted longer than Babcock. 😂😂

The Leafs were playing a lot better before the signed contracts.

First, it was injuries. Then, it was the back-up goalie. Now it is the coach. Are we finally out of excuses for the Leaf players?

Whoa whoa whoa. Not blaming the players? Us Sharks fans have been blaming Martin Jones since last season.

Babcock played the 4th line more than matthews in the last 5 mins of game 7 last year when they needed a goal...that alone should tell you theyre not on the same page...smh

When I found out babcock was fired I was so babshocked that I jumped out of my babsocks

"Ok boomer." ..Kyle Dubas.

I agree with Sid...Babcock should have been fired after the game 7 loss vs the Bruins last April.

Why does boy wizard GM continue to get a pass? Isn't he the one who single handedly created this 4 player 45 million dollar cap space dumpster fire?

Fleury single-glovedly got Babcock fired.

So John Tavares leaves the islanders to go home then have a good season with the leafs now this then he look at the islanders and there stifling defense who win win and are truly a sniper away from being a scary team cup contender

I think Babcock tapped out. There’s one too many weird decisions.

The Toronto sports network will chew this bone for a month

This team is way over rated, they have way to much money tied up in 4 players, They dont have enough grit, Star players dont win Cups, Grinders and team defense does.... Ovechkin didnt get a cup till he bought in to the team....

Just because he was a good coach in the minors don’t mean it will work at the NHL level.

No comment of Spezza either for playing great lately. He was by far the best Leaf last night in the offensive zone.

Not 40 mil on offense... Marner's injured and on LTIR (convenient ??)

Dubas is next.

I met Mike Babcock in saskatoon when he brought the Stanley cup. He signed a redwings shirt and i got a picture of me and my brothers touching the Stanley cup.

You should be able to trade coaches like you trade players

Name three player's the were able to embrace for the Toronto Maple Leafs the way the expectations was required? Darryl Settler, Matt Sunden, Wendel Clark. Throw in Boris Salming and Dave Keon. That's all you need to know. They didn't need other players around them to make them great.

For Babcock with all the experience he had, I'll tell you this guy was out coached pretty bad against Boston in the playoffs last year.

I said we should’ve gotten quinnville when the opportunity was given. No one thought that was a good idea. Imagine if we had him

i mean the redwings have the same amount if games played

There are at least half a dozen guys with NHL experience and NHL success who are available. Darryl Sutter, Dave Quinn and Dan Bylsma to name a few. Leafs are expecting the new guy to make a playoff run with this team. Despite having no NHL experience. They are asking nearly the impossible.

Babcock must have said "you people".

babs still gets his 30 mil

I have to say I agree with sid’s last point. What’s being overlooked here is not realizing when a good coach with a good team has likely just hit their ceiling. Babcock should have been fired after last season. Why? The same reason the raptors fired Dwane Casey after coming off a franchise-best regular season yet flunking in the playoffs at a similar stage. Once players develop to their relative caliber, it becomes a matter of player management. Sure, some of these players are overpaid, but that’s not to say their talent has been utilized optimally. Clearly under Babcock, his philosophy began to conflict with setting a system that could guide this team to reach their potential output. So Sid’s right. Babs should have been gone after last years playoffs

Matt Martin... still winning games

How many games does Keefe get in losses before Dubas himself is in the hot seat?

BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU SAY TIM + SID YOU COULD BE NEXT

It's the roster. Nothing more. They need more diversity.

Players and Coaches just come to Toronto for a big paycheck.

Who else feels like that a players who won't take a pay cut just put the team in a bad spot cause they get paid more then they should and they leave the team with no to little money to grow the team Mitch marner ?

So what does Mike babcock mean when he says the progress does that mean he wanted the team to lose but learn experience from the losses or what does he mean

Dubas is the real problem. The leaf's roster is not balanced and too forward talent focused.

I wonder who will get blamed after they continue to lose. Guess we'll be in rebuild phase again soon enough....

Boston Bruins fan for 50 yrs. love listening to you guys!!

GREAT MOVE!!! ITS ABOUT TIME!!!CONGRATULATIONS LEAF FANS...YOU GUYS DESERVE A BETTER HEAD COACH!!!

ABOUT TIME! Babcock did not put defense first, did not worry about tough play. He under utilized Connor Brown, and Matt Martin among other players who had a physical presence. Our goalies have been run at, our defense does not know how to play defense first at all, nor do our forwards. Sure we can score at times, but when we cough it up on a regular basis that is not a recipe for success. I hope Doofus starts getting us better defenders. I still think Hunter would have been a better GM. Barrie is not a good defender, nor are others on the blue line, hopefully the new coach will get more out of them...

So it’s November and they are already talking about the playoff race ......yikes

Don't know about anybody else but I have no confidence in Dufoos to get anything for Barrie or anyone else he tries to trade. As long as he is still around this can only get worse.

Is Ceci and Barrie still playing defense?...yeah this is on Dubas too but he got a pass. He just used that pass because now he has HIS coach.

It’s like the Nsync song goes “Bye Bye Bye”.

Keep grinding guys.

This changes nothing unfortunately

Like Keefe was Berube...Dubas is next, this team as been manage like a joke the last 2 years, giving a mirage to the Toronto fans, not solving the problems in defense and the second goalie...A top 6 overprice for what ? Nylander should have been traded for a def of Carolina last year, it would have stabilized the franchise big time...From a Habs fan, i hate seeing your team not at his full potential, love our rivalry..

Clock is now ticking for Kyle Dubas as it was for Babcock

I hope they didn't make a mistake here. This team his been in the building stages for so many years and it's starting to show now after so many years.

What Bowling trophy is in the background....

So enjoyable watching this team squirm. That's what you get for letting all the real hockey men go and hire a kid to be GM. It's the curse of Tavares....Islanders are looking better by the day.

All you got to do is look at what happened before our goals against. Way too many passes to directly to the other team; Way too many times not paying attention to the opponent's positions; Way too games our defense not checking and making things happen; Way too games our offensive players was wasted because of dumball plays. Last night, two bad penalties that lead to goals. Barrie gave the puck away like he was being paid to, Cece the other night gave the puck away like he was being paid to, basically every goal against this season was because of the players mistakes and that's not a system thing, no system says, "Giveaways are good, penalties against are good, ignoring the opposition's players and puck watching is good, running back and forth like a chicken with it's head off is good, now go get'em boys!"

I really don't see how this is going to solve anything. The Leafs have some great young talent which i thought they would use as bait to trade for players to fill in the missing pieces. So were going with a new coach and were waiting for the NHL to change. This team hasn't looked the same with Marner out of the lineup. I think the Leafs made a mistake and are using Babcock as an excuse.

I'm tired of hearing they didn't like Babcock, these are guys making MILLIONS a year to play hockey.

If a manager in a workplace has obvious favourites, singles out his most talented youngest employees constantly and the department as a whole are significantly under performing you better believe they are firing that manager

Glad Babcock is gone. Sick of Babcock rolling the same lines. Expecting a different result.

As a Sens fan, I wholeheartedly wish the Leafs come back around. That way, our Battle of Ontario would be legendary.

When Spezza is your best player in the last few games, not good.

6:03 yer damn right 😁

Maybe the Leafs are not as good as they think they are, maybe this is who they are, a middle of the road team, with over paid players and a poor defensive core.

Get rid of Dubus he deserves the blame for the disaster of a Team

I wonder... what do Kypreos, MacLean and McCown have to say...

Somewhere tonight under the light of the November moon a sated Commodore swaggers, staggers, and swoons.

I think The team did it on purpose to get him fired! #HabsFan

Ottawa has 1 more win in one less game played ...... no explanation needed.

Brendan Shanahan type of players needed on the Leaf team.

Always felt like Babcock thought he was Kurt Russel in the movie "Miracle on Ice" his way are the highway Glad he's gone

Good Coach But I don't like him and I don't think others do either

Love it !!

Fat contracts make players lazy. That's it.

The leafs cap situation and roster structure has reared its ugly head. They aren't tough enough and defence isn't there and we can't bring anyone in. Going to be tough to resign more of our existing guys when their contracts come up. Should have let Nylander sit the season and played the long game.

I love seeing the Leafs in turmoil.

Where did all the key players go when needed the most? They weren’t critical when needed be and in turn cost mike Babcock his job.

Sabres fans gotta love this! This is karma for what Babcock pulled with Buffalo a few years ago

Bottom line is if Canada did not send its players to the U.S. The cup would always be at home here .

He is an overated coach

Next to go is Shanahan and Dubas, then it starts all over again.

41 million invested in 4 players and cant make a trade unless willing to take less or someone want to help you out??

Teams enter the Leafs zone way to easy. Missed plays missed passes . . . Did Mike put to much pressure on the young core. I thought the Leafs were building a winner sorting out who would be traded for the final pieces. Maybe i was right the Leafs are a NHL farm team who trade players before their ready to compete for the Cup. Kessel , Bozak. . . Win are lose the seats are always full in Toronto.

Auston Matthews isn't a Babcock guy....because Babcock watches the tapes and calls him out on his weak play. Matthews has a world of talent but he takes too many shifts and too many games off. When motivated he is amazing....but most of the time he just lets his talent carry him...not his work ethic. A rich man's Alex Semin

I hope Keefe put Barrie on the top line now and Barrie on the first PP. They needs to get going now.

Way to go BABCOCK..... 3 years at 5 mil ... KACHING KACHING KACHING. that's 15 mil plus to be ready at reception. PAYDAY !!!

This is a great day ! Hopefully the leafs losing streak lasts for many more games

u can put any coach u can even bring back Nelson Mandela and make him head coach they still wont win and Mandela would get fired

The Clock is ticking on Travis Green

That’s a case of “We already have made up out mind to fire him. We were going to wait until the team got back, but the last thing we need is this improvement continuing and a strong finish to this road trip….Pull the plug

This seems like a knee jerk reaction to me. I didn’t think that mike was going to last for the entire season, but to fire him that suddenly is pretty cold.

Next thing you know the losing streak continues.

Leafs firing Babcock so Matthews can get ice time in his hometown 😁

Tavares may be regretting his decision....lol

We should have paid attention to tavares record as captain of the islanders, is he really a good captain, great player but can he really lead the team so far doesnt look like it when things are going bad its up to the captain to help pump up the team and step up