Joe said:
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Of course, if management is satisfied with the product as is, none of this matters.
I can?t imagine anyone in the organization is satisfied with the team and their play/results so far. They may not be as upset as some, but they can?t be satisfied.
Part of what got us to this point is MLSE declining to renew Dubas in summer '22.
Dubas had a big shopping spree at the last deadline trying, in part, to make sure they won a round so he'd have a leg to stand on for his contract renewal.
I'm sure they're tracking this season.
The trajectory the Leafs are on is to fall short of last season.
How could they be 'satisfied' with that?
I hate to relitigate the point, but part of the reason we're here is because Dubas really wasn't that great a GM. Full stop.
I?m not a Dubas apologist or anything but compared to every GM since Quinn he was pretty good. Maybe that?s a low bar, but the leafs had almost 15 years of terrible GMs up to Dubas, and yes I?m including Lamoriello.
He was a rookie. I think he was evolving and maturing.
He didn't seem to get the grit a team needs at the outset. He was heavy into skill. Towards the end, he pushed for more grit.
As well, I think they put a gun to his head in his contract year which pressured decisions that may well not have been made.
Didn't care for his exit.
Liked him more than JFJ, Burke & Nonis. Not sure about Lamoriello - have to think about that but its possible.
But he'll likely be a decent NHL General Manager for years to come. He's not stupid.