Few have had a better seat in the Craig Berube era in Toronto than Arun Srinivasan.

As the managing editor of our sister website The Leafs Nation, Srinivasan has been on the Leafs beat for years, getting day-to-day access to one of the NHL’s most interesting organizations. So when news broke Monday morning that the Edmonton Oilers had been granted permission to speak with Berube, who spent the last two seasons behind the bench in Toronto, for their vacant head coach position, I knew I had to reach out to him for his thoughts.

Srinivasan’s view is scathing, painting a picture of a failed tenure in which he wasn’t able to maximize his roster.

It’s baffling that the Edmonton Oilers would consider Craig Berube at this juncture, let alone hire him. Berube was hired by the Maple Leafs, with the mandate to revamp a highly skilled offensive team to play a game that’s more palatable for the playoffs. We all know how that turned out, especially with the Matthews-Marner era facing a referendum point in 2024. Truthfully, Berube was far more........

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