Not to pile on, but has Lou signed any contracts post-NJ that weren't too much money and too much term? Zaitsev, Marleau, Matt Martin top the list, but there are more. It's not like this is hindsight either, those signings were all questioned at the time. Add to that Lou's penchant for trading 2nd round picks for replacement level 4th line rental centers combined with Hunter's complete inability to get any value beyond top 10 picks and you get a complete lack of depth and flexibility that the Leafs could have used once the cap went flat. Dubas deserves some of the criticism that he gets, but part of his downfall was failing to clean up the stinking mess that Lou and Hunter left behind.