On Thursday evening, hockey inside Pierre LeBrun from TSN reported that Toronto Maple Leafs and head coach Sheldon Keefe have agreed to a contract extension.
By signing a contract extension now, it will remove the distraction of Keefe being in the final year of his current contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Something the media and fans would undoubtedly keep bringing up as the season progresses.
This extension shows that Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas and his management team still believe in Keefe as the head coach of this team.