Craig Berube calls out his goaltender unprompted.

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube may be running out of patience with his goaltenders.

On Saturday night, the Maple Leafs suffered an ugly loss at the hands of divisional rivals the Boston Bruins, one that saw starting netminder Anthony Stolarz pulled out of the game by the aforementioned Berube. It would be hard to blame Berube for the decision after Stolarz gave up 4 goals on just 19 shots, a save percentage of .789 before Stolarz was mercifully pulled from the game.

Although there was plenty of blame to go around after the loss, Berube raised some eyebrows when he made the decision to call out Stolarz after the game. Berube's comments weren't particularly harsh, but they were clearly directed at Stolarz and came after Berube was asked a question that wasn't related to the team's goaltending situation.

"I think we all gotta be better, including the goalie," said Berube despite not being asked about the goaltending.

I do wonder if Stolarz's comments earlier in the season, when he called out Maple Leafs forward William Nylander, played a role in Berube feeling comfortable calling him out in similar fashion.

The Leafs head coach admitted the situation, and likely the loss to a divisional opponent, were wearing on him.

"It's frustrating, it is," admitted Berube.

Berube was hit with a follow up question, this time about Stolarz directly, with Berube being asked what his concerns were with the goaltender's current form.

"There's a lot of good but I think inconsistent like our team," said Berube.

To be clear Berube wasn't blaming it all on the goaltending, pointing to the fact that his team has taken a step back this season.

"I don't feel we're as tight defensively as we were last year," said Berube. "There's good stretches of it but not enough. The last goal is a turnover, I don't know what you want the goalie to do on that play."

Berube even acknowledged that Stolarz's play might be negatively impacted by the heavy workload he has been forced to take on in the absence of Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll, although he didn't appear to think it was an acceptable excuse.

"I think that's part of it for sure," said Berube of the increased workload being placed on Stolarz. "But it is what it is."

Woll didn't have the best start in his return to action with the Toronto Marlies on the very same night, recording a 4.98 goals against average and a .875 save percentage in what was admittedly his first game of the season.