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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Previous coaching detriments?
Does that mean issues with a coach or that coaches haven’t deployed him correctly?
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
In Toronto, Babcock was not playing him and their fanbase was actually a bit annoyed about it. Eventually they traded him just to do him a solid and he took off in Vancouver.
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Yeah from what I remember when he was like 22 Babcock healthy scratched him for basically an entire season.
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https://editorinleaf.com/2018/12/03/...g-leivo-trade/
"From the moment, Mike Babcock stepped behind the Maple Leafs bench, Leivo was seemingly thrust into a maddeningly unstable position – one a typical player would have handled with infinitely less grace."
"The closest Leivo would ever get to a legitimate on-ice role prior to this season came in 2016-17, when injuries forced him into logging an average of 12:34 a night, the highest per game minutes total of his career. Funnily enough, this just so happened to coincide with Leivo’s best offensive output to date as well. He quickly racked up 10 points in 13 games when given semi-regular usage, finding great success playing in the top-9 alongside Nazem Kadri.
And yet, even with near point-per-game production, it was back to the press box once Leivo’s injured teammates inevitably became healthy."
Toronto pretty much held this guy hostage, not playing him but not putting him on waivers or trading him.