{"id":586639,"date":"2026-05-29T20:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/586639\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:48:15","slug":"latest-on-maple-leafs-head-coaching-search-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/586639\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Maple Leafs Head Coaching Search \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, Frank Seravalli of Victory+ reported<\/a> that the Toronto Maple Leafs were expected to interview Anaheim Ducks assistant coach Jay Woodcroft<\/a> for their head coaching vacancy. In today\u2019s rendition of 32 Thoughts<\/a>, not only did Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman throw cold water on Seravalli\u2019s report, he extinguished it completely.<\/p>\n

Friedman shared that there\u2019s no expectation that Woodcroft will interview with the Maple Leafs, nor is there any expectation that they\u2019ll ask permission to do so from the Ducks. Still, Friedman confirmed that Woodcroft has interviewed with the Los Angeles Kings for their head coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n

At this point, the only other candidate connected to Toronto has been David Carle<\/a>, the current head coach at the University of Denver. Given that he\u2019s already coached the Pioneers to three National Championships and the United States to two gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championship, there\u2019s no question why the Maple Leafs would be targeting him.<\/p>\n

Still, Carle has been hesitant to leave his situation just south of downtown Denver. Recent reports<\/a> indicate that Carle is open to the idea of joining the Maple Leafs, but the two sides remain in the early stages of a potential hire. There is speculation that if the Colorado Avalanche part ways with Jared Bednar<\/a> after a fourth consecutive playoff exit before the Stanley Cup Final, Carle would likely step in to take the role.<\/p>\n

Other than that, there haven\u2019t been many other candidates linked to Toronto. Bruce Cassidy<\/a>, the former head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, has become a popular candidate on the West Coast, but hasn\u2019t been linked to the Maple Leafs in any meaningful fashion. Furthermore, Kris Knoblauch<\/a>, who was recently removed from his post as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, is in a similar situation.<\/p>\n

Regardless, for several reasons, new General Manager John Chayka<\/a> may be playing things extremely close to the vest regarding Toronto\u2019s next head coach. That\u2019s a challenging modus operandi to sustain in\u00a0 Toronto\u2019s media market, but the Maple Leafs will continue to proceed carefully in any case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few days ago, Frank Seravalli of Victory+ reported that the Toronto Maple Leafs were expected to interview…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5106],"tags":[900,5,3192,20,5172,4,66,31,5171],"class_list":["post-586639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-david-carle","tag-hockey","tag-jay-woodcroft","tag-maple-leafs","tag-mapleleafs","tag-nhl","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-torontomapleleafs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116659834302942936","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}