Kyle Dubas will not be back as GM

[MMC]

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[Canucks LB]

I don’t by the fact that it’s Toronto or nothing, i think a president opportunity could sway things

 

[trick9]

HF will melt down after his new team beat the Leafs in R1 next season.

 

[EpochLink]

Pittsburgh bound?

 

[Panteras]

Well, def took its toll. You know you’re losing it when you’re getting into it with bottles and random fans.

 

[Riseonfire]

Probably because they can’t afford the water bill.

 

[DopeyFish]

toronto loses their best GM they've had in the last 5 decades, yikes.

 

[Dirty Dan]

I thought he made good trades, but he signs bad deals and he had a 4 year window

 

[HockeyVirus]

And now we see HF flip and pretend they haven't pretended he is a bottom 5 GM this whole time. He is an elite GM, and wherever he goes he will turn that franchise around.

Will be badly missed

 

[BLNY]

Exit PC, he said he wasn't going to be jumping into the fire with another team right away. He was going to take some time with his family. He was pretty candid how tough this year was on him. Regardless of whether you like the guy's work, he deserves to be happy doing it.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Damn. He wasn't terrible by any means, but he couldn't get the job done, either. They gave him years to build a contender, and they never made it past the second round.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side, but it makes sense. Keefe needs to be fired, too. He seemed to have no clue what to do with all the new toys Dubas acquired at the deadline. Strange times ahead for Leafs fans.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Servers crashing in 3....2....

 

[Canucks LB]

Dubas was not the problem, he literally did everything possible to put a winning team in Toronto.

He built a great organization, losing him is a massive blow, no matter how they spin this.

This firing is 100% because of the players underdelivering

 

[Zrhutch]

Feels like a misstep from the outside.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Wow this is crazy news. I really thought he would be back with the team. I figured he'd be making some changes this year but I am really surprised he is gone.

I assume this was his decision? From what I heard, upper management decided to keep him after the Tampa series?

Maybe the issues he described in his post-season presser about his family having a tough time with it was just too much. Can't even blame him, Toronto can be vicious.

 

[Kevin Musto]

It all stems back to blowing $11M on Tavares instead of improving defense, when you already had a franchise 1C.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

What if Brad Treliving and Kyle Dubas do the ol' key swap?

 

[Canucks LB]

It all stems back to blowing $11M on Tavares instead of improving defense, when you already had a franchise 1C.

Tavares was good for toronto until only recently, people seem to forget that

 

[nightonthesun]

If this had to happen, I get it, but let me know when they do something to address the team’s problems

 

[LOFIN]

Surprising, though his tone on Monday indicated that something was going down.

He had his flaws, but I think he still made lots of good moves and he's still so young and learning the ropes. This is from an outsider perspective. He has a great future in front of him as an NHL executive.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Tavares was good for toronto until only recently, people seem to forget that

He was never bad for them.

But it wasn't a wise allocation of cap space.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

It's very rare to see someone accomplish so little while raking in so much public acclaim.

Whichever team this guy goes to will probably see about the same results as the Leafs while he embarrasses himself by picking fights with opposing fans in the home team's club section.

Huge W for the Leafs today, IMO. Pains me to see it.

 

[Riseonfire]

Tavares was good for toronto until only recently, people seem to forget that

It’s not about being good. It was about adding to a position of need, which he didn’t do.

 

[ottawa]

Didn't he say he was considering stepping away fora bit but if he's a GM next year, it'll be with the Leafs so it's not like he's considering other opportunities?

Wonder who ultimately made the decision of him not being back.

 

[Icarium]

I hear that Ron Hextall is available.