Leafs GM Treliving ‘fully’ supports head coach Berube as team sinks to bottom of East

By Canadian Press on December 23, 2025.

TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving says he “fully” supports head coach Craig Berube as the team finds itself in last place in the NHL’s Atlantic Division.

Treliving addressed the media hours before the Maple Leafs hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins, and a day after the team fired assistant coach Marc Savard.

The GM says there is no “disconnect” between Berube and his players and that the Leafs have a “real good coach.”

He also said the Leafs’ current struggles aren’t solely the fault of Savard, who ran the team’s power play.

Treliving says the entire organization needs to be better from the top down.

Toronto had lost five of its last six games for a 15-15-5 record heading into the afternoon contest with the Penguins

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2025.

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