Huge over reaction!
What has Dubas shown he's not ready for the job?
He got Tavares
He got Muzzin without giving up a roster player or Sandin/Liljegren
He got Sandin, which is looking like a big steal
That's a damn good first year.
Dubas is not the reason Dermott and Gardiner got hurt, and he's not the reason Andersen hasn't been himself lately.
I'll tell you one thing, if a roster has two franchise centers, two top line wingers, a norris contender, and a vezina contender, there should be zero excuses for the coach not being able to get things done.
You want Lou back to give Zaitsev and Marleau extensions?
Dubas “ I can and I will” , “we are only looking at long term contracts”. Etc none of his sound bites needed to be said.
Anyone could have gotten JT. Our skilled players and his home town was what happened.
Muzzin trade appears to be at best just ok as of right now and we paid big for him when we needed a right shot D man.
My biggest issue is the sound bites and the need to get in a pissing match with his coach.
We added Petan at the deadline I like the add but why no depth D man with some size. Or even a forward with size.
People blame Lou for Zaitsev and Mathews contract but when he left we had a huge amount of cap space available to use. He got rid of Dion without retaining, he saved us money on the Marner contract with only paying some of the bonuses. He signed Rielly and Kadri at very good value. Traded for Freddy. I still say that Marleau deal was only a two year deal with him going to Lou’s island for the last season.
Babcock has a lot of blame no doubt and Shanny needs to pull his head out of his butt and stop the circus now.
I say Babcock is gone after the season even if we win a round. That does not change the fact that our roster is not near good enough currently.
Players have been given a licence to say what ever they want. This would never have happened with Lou.
I have lost a lot of respect for Babcock with his comments to the media. And knew that Dubas was in over his head this year with his attitude during media scrums during camp and not on the same page with his coach. Telling to me was Lou not at the press conference announcing Dubas. Just an FYI I wanted us to hire an experience GM. Toronto is not the place for a rookie GM to cut his teeth. His handling of the two contracts has been bad but expected.