Ryan Reaves believes Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube lost trust in his ability to contribute, which in the end, was the main factor for the veteran enforcer being dealt out of Toronto. Leafs general manager Brad Treliving traded Reaves to the San Jose Sharks earlier this week, and the very candid Reaves hasn’t been shy talking about his time in Toronto. “I think there was just a lack of trust very early in the season,” Reaves said during a media availability with the Sharks . “It just looked like (if) I had one bad game, I was out of the lineup for four, five, six, seven, eight, nine games. I’d come back in, have a good game, but taken right back out. I just really could never gain any momentum with my game, couldn’t really gain any traction.” Reaves was in and mostly out of the lineup during his tenure as a Maple Leaf, either dealing with a lower-body injury, or in the press box as a healthy scratch. He played a total of 84 regular season games throughout two seasons, and it was unfortunate howRead More
Ryan Reaves felt Maple Leafs ‘lacked trust’ in his game last season
