Craig Berube feels the Leafs are starting to have a similar feel to the 2019 St. Louis Blues (Source: Imagn)
Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube was on the sidelines of the title-winning St. Louis Blues in 2019 as they ended a 52-year wait and lifted their franchise's first title from the depths of despair. While Toronto is having a much better regular season than the '19 Blues, Berube is hopeful that there are similar signs of Leafs' aiming to break their own drought.
In the post-game interviews of Leafs' matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers, Craig Berube was questioned, whether he felt any resemblance to the Stanley Cup-winning team from six years back. He responded that the Blues team had a fight in them each night and the Leafs are certainly on track for it.
"To a certain extent. I think that team played with an identity every night. Our team is really starting to trend that way of playing with that identity every night, staying patient, and not forcing things too much. We are going to have a lot of difficult games where it is not easy hockey. It is only going to get more difficult down the stretch, in my opinion," Berube said. [12:00]
