Carlo Colaiacovo shares unfiltered view of Sheldon Keefe and Kyle Dubas

As expected, there are varying degrees of blame to go around for the Toronto Maple Leafs not having won the Stanley Cup since 1967. Over the decades, everything from inept management to subpar players have been behind their championship drought. 

In recent years, the Leafs have put together a mix of management, coaching and on-ice talent that have resulted in several successful regular season campaigns, and earlier this year, finally breaking their postseason drought of failing to advance past Round 1. 

The unfortunate reality is that they streak of not reaching the Eastern Conference Finals since 2002 is intact thanks to their Round 2 loss to the Florida Panthers, who advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1996. And now that Toronto is officially in the offseason, the questions are once again starting as to what kind of changes are necessary to make.

Former Leafs defenseman and current TNS analyst Carlo Colaiacovo is offering his thoughts that Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe and GM Kyle Dubas aren't to blame for their recent failures.

"At the end of the day the coach doesn't go out and play the game. It's the players that dictate the game. If the Leafs consider themselves a Stanley Cup contender, if there was a coach out there that was better than Sheldon Keefe I would make the change. You don't just make the change to make the change. I understand people are wanting change, but you can't just make changes to make changes, especially if you think you're still in the Stanley Cup window. Sometimes you have to run it back and just change the pieces in your group with the players. I don't see there's a disconnect between the players and the coach and that's why I wouldn't make a coaching change," said Colaiacovo on TSN1050's First Up radio show. 

Colaiacovo then went on to say that it's not the fault of Keefe and Dubas for not being able to advance, but that of the players themselves. 

"The Leafs don't have a coaching problem, don't have a GM problem, they have a player problem," he continued. "The players that this team has trusted, are all great players, but together they aren't capable of getting the job done."