I'll never buy the "gamble" or "bet" stuff to rationalize when you had a known quantity in net. Why gamble when you didn't have to? Is there anyone here who actually though Sparkles amounted to anything more than McBackup at best? Backup goalie is a tough gig, when you have a workhorse starter, Leafs finally found one and instead some misplaced loyalty ends up putting risk where none existed. Why bet in the first place? It only blew up in our faces because it really was a self inflicted wound.
Wasn't one bit surprised it turned out that way, whatever plan we had should have been revised when Sparks shit the bed in training camp. Goaltending is mostly mental, Sparks never had the temperament, no matter. It was error then, an error now, and Dubas is cutting bait, which bodes well.
The "bet" was self created. If it ain't broke....particularly when the alternative is what you had at best anyways, at worst, well.
I doubt we get anything for him, all the talk I heard around the league is this guy is fundamentally flawed.