Maple Leafs name 2019 Stanley Cup winner Craig Berube as head coach

Craig Berube has been handed the keys to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

It will be up to the 58-year-old to deliver something the Original Six franchise hasn't experienced in more than a generation — sustained playoff success.

The Leafs named Berube their new head coach Friday after another post-season flop that cost predecessor Sheldon Keefe his job last week.

He will be tasked with getting the Leafs' offensively gifted — and playoff-challenged — core led by Auston Matthews to the next level with Toronto having lost eight of nine series dating back to 2017.

Berube, who won the Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019, takes over a team that lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games this spring despite trailing the first-round matchup 3-1.

Introducing the 32nd head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Craig Berube