He's not overestimating our D, he is being smart by not showing a sign of weakness. The last thing you want to do is show the 30 other GMs how desperate you are to upgrade the D. That's more of a play out of the Marc Bergevin playbook.
Seems like we have a lot of people around here that go to Brock University...
I'm a Dubas fan but treating a university student like that with a decent question backed up with some stats seems a bit unnecessary
Could be that he's defensive about the issue since he didn't do anything in the offseason.
Maybe Dubas do not believe in those stats quoted.I'm a Dubas fan but treating a university student like that with a decent question backed up with some stats seems a bit unnecessary
Maybe Dubas do not believe in those stats quoted.
dat kid is right
this d won't make it out that 2nd round
common sense
The guy that asked the question did a Reddit AMA here:
For those of you who don’t use Reddit, he said he took it as a compliment, as in the way he asked the question was so well thought out that Dubas thought he should be a journalist. Naturally it’s been framed as an insult.
Here’s how he recounted the incident:
“The tweet that was sent out earlier didn't really portray the question correctly. This is how it actually went.
I first congratulated him on being the second youngest GM in NHL history and asked him if I could ask him a question about the team since most people were there to ask about what he looks for in jobs.
He told me to ask the question
And i said "Obviously the leafs have big expectations this year and you have one of the best offensive lineups in the league but with defense being your weakpoint, as you were 28th in expect goals against and 25th in shot attempts against, what can you do to improve in that category"
He then laughed really loudly and said "wow thats one of the toughest questions i've had" and followed by asking my program in which I said Sports management. And then he told me to consider journalism. I didn't take it offensively and was just grateful to be able to ask him a question, i take it he was more impressed with me
why? Should he be trying to win by getting outscored by the other team?"He answered it by saying that leafs currently have a really strong offense and they plan on winning by simply outscoring the other team. He said that he lets the coaches really worry about the defense and wanted to add that he wanta to bring exciting hockey to Toronto"
This was his actual answer.
Not sure if I like that answer.
What's new. A sports reporter taking something out of context and trying to make it sound like he insulted the kid
I’ve probably spent more time in school than most people here, and that was never a saying I heard anyone say.There is no question here that Dubas is putting that student down. You can call it an insult or admonishment. Either way, it is entirely negative.
One question. Did you guys and gals actually go to school?
The joke back then, was fail all your courses, there is always journalism!
That is how it is in university, always has been, always will be.
And this, this is what everybody forgets. Even I wouldn't have thought about a statement like that but that kind of puts things into a real perspective regarding our D.Common sense said Vegas wouldn't make the playoffs last year.
There is no question here that Dubas is putting that student down. You can call it an insult or admonishment. Either way, it is entirely negative.
probably because they've created a lot more degrees like sports mgmt which kids can breeze throughI’ve probably spent more time in school than most people here, and that was never a saying I heard anyone say.
A cinderella exception changes your opinion about our defense?And this, this is what everybody forgets. Even I wouldn't have thought about a statement like that but that kind of puts things into a real perspective regarding our D.
Could be that he's defensive about the issue since he didn't do anything in the offseason.
I’ve probably spent more time in school than most people here, and that was never a saying I heard anyone say.