New Devils Coach Sheldon Keefe To Challenge Players To Be Better
Sheldon Keefe was asked about his vision for the New Jersey Devils, who hired him as their new head coach last week.
\"The vision is to win the Stanley Cup,\" said Keefe, who was fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs after they lost in Game 7 to the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs.
\"You cannot win the Stanley Cup until you make the playoffs. You cannot win the Stanley Cup until you win the first round of the playoffs. And you can\'t do any of that until you get to win each day,\" he said. \"So that\'s really what my focus on: It\'s establishing a process that we\'ll adhere to on a daily basis and ultimately seek the sustained high performance that will lead us to have opportunities to compete for Stanley Cup.\"
Keefe said a key to that process is challenging his players to be better -- including the Devils collection of young stars like Jack and Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier.
Via espn.com