Sheldon Keefe is headed to the Swamp.
The former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach is the new bench boss of the New Jersey Devils, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger confirms.
Sounds like 4 years total including the two years owed by the Leafs. https://t.co/I3Yv8Kgh7y
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) May 22, 2024
Keefe had a two-year extension with the Maple Leafs that kicks in next season. TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports that the Devils signed Keefe to a fresh four-year deal.
New Jersey is expected to make the hiring official on Thursday.
Devils expected to make the Sheldon Keefe hire official tomorrow.
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 22, 2024
Keefe had a two-year extension kicking in with the Leafs next season but the Devils ripped that up and signed him to a fresh four-year deal (hint, got a raise over what the 2-year extension would have paid).
Keefe, 43, succeeds Travis Green, who was coaching the team on an interim basis following the firing of Lindy Ruff in March.
Ruff was subsequently hired by the Buffalo Sabres, while Green is the new coach of the Ottawa Senators.
A native of Brampton, Ont., Keefe was fired by the Maple Leafs earlier this month after six seasons behind the bench.
He posted a 212-97-40 record with Toronto, winning a single playoff series last spring against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
