Maple Leafs fire coach Craig Berube after last-place finish in Atlantic Division
The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Craig Berube after he guided the team to a last-place finish in the Atlantic Division this season.
The move ended Berube’s two-year run with the Maple Leafs.
He helped the club to a 108-point campaign in his first season as coach, but Toronto struggled mightily in 2025-26.
New general manager John Chayka called Wednesday's move “an opportunity for a fresh start” rather than an evaluation of Berube.
Berube went 84-62-18 with Toronto, but the Maple Leafs were just 32-36-14 this season.
The drop in points from 108 to 78 was the team’s largest year-over-year points decline.
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