Thought it would be interesting to get a poll going to see if there's some sort of consensus on the aforementioned topic. Opinions seems to vary widely going through some of the threads of late.
i think Dubas is flat out brutalPeople tend to evaluate GM’s too much on a black and white scale.
I would say I’m happy with a lot of the moves that have been made. However, the results haven’t been there, but that’s part of the process. You don’t win the cup until you well, win the cup.
Dubas has seemingly excelled in recruitment. Mikheyev is a big get. Barabanov and Lehtonen both seem like additions that could be very beneficial in the current cap world at under 1M.
Jack Campbell was probably the best type of goalie we could have asked for, and it’s an acquisition that now has a lot of fans wondering if we can move Freddy and go with a cheaper 1A/1B system.
Jake Muzzin is terrific. I think that’s all that needs to be said. John Tavares is great. Still surreal he’s in a Leaf jersey. Jason Spezza came home.
The decision to waive McBackup for Sparks still bugs me. The Nazem Kadri for Barrie/Kerfoot trade didn’t work out, but I do wonder how the perception of that trade is, if Keefe was our coach since the start, as Barrie was more effective under him (though, invisible in the play in). I still think you can understand the mentality that went behind the trade though. Sometimes trades don’t work. Every GM has them.
While the Mitch Marner deal is uh.... not good, I think the William Nylander has turned out terrific for us. We’ve seen the returns of that Kapanen deal already. Johnsson and Kerfoot’s deals make them easily trade able.
Overall? There’s some really good, some good, some not so good. Kinda like every GM in the league lol.
This summer appears to be a key one in Dubas’ tenure.
Which RFA deals? Johnsson, Kapanen? Kerfoot?i think Dubas is flat out brutal
he took the eastern winners to 7 games in the POs last year and failed to even make the POs to a team that got booted in round 1
his speed skill philosophy will be the death of us ,,he is Anthopolous before the light went on , regarding character and other factors that you don't see on a f***ing spread sheet.
his RFA deals are terrible , his handling of back up tenders atrocious
Isn't there another thread that had the same kind of poll?
And many other threads that have absolutely nothing to do with Dubas, yet.......lolAnd 9 other threads discussing this