One thing about Dubas that I love is that he is going to put an end to this Polak(and hopefully Hainsey) non-sense.
By far the biggest glaring hole on the team was that our right-side D could not make a play with the puck. This is why Zaitsev bouncing back is massive.
Dont mean to nitpick, but leaving Carrick unqualified is not something I see Dubas doing. The guy got a 7th for Nolan frickin Vesey. Asset management is really important to him as it should be.Rielly - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Holl
Borgman - Rosen
This is probably what we have penciled in as a starting 8. Carrick will be unqualified and released as a free agent imo. Orzhiganov is a wild card. If the Leafs make a move for a D-man you can almost certainly kiss one of these 8 players goodbye. Gardiner moving for a RD of similar or lesser calibre seems like a possibility with the potential to move Hainsey back to LD and have Rosen and Borgman as options after Dermott.