PatriceBergeronFan
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Rutherford, Bergevin, Dubas.
Very first post said it perfectly. Well done.
Rutherford, Bergevin, Dubas.
he seemed to get great value (still yet to be seen) on most of his draft picks as well. Aside from slightly overpaying Tavares (who would have got more elsewhere) and Marner and the Kadri trade, I think Dubas has done a really good job.From what I have read from Flames fans it seems that Dubas made a good signing getting T.J. Brodie for 4 years and $5 million AAV. Plus it's hard to say anything bad about Wayne Simmonds getting 1 year and $1.5 million or re-signing Jason Spezza to another 1 year $700,000 contract.
So maybe it will take away the attention off him for those who hate everything he's done since being named the Leafs GM.
We already know San Jose was offering Tavares $13 million, so I wouldn't include signing him to $11 million with the contract he gave to Marner and the Kadri trade.he seemed to get great value (still yet to be seen) on most of his draft picks as well. Aside from slightly overpaying Tavares (who would have got more elsewhere) and Marner and the Kadri trade, I think Dubas has done a really good job.
People seem to forget that this is only his 3rd off-season as GM of the Leafs. But people are either to impatient to see his vision come to fruition or specifically on this site, will take any opportunity to bash a certain team without any apparent reason.
It was great how Dubas was able to get rid of Zaitsev's horrible contract and even though he had to take on Cody Ceci, 1 year of him was better than 5 more years of Zaitsev.
I can only speak for myself, but the idea of Simmonds on a league minimum contract would have been in tandem with a serious offer to Pietrangelo. So now that Toronto isn't trying to force feed an $8 million plus contract under the cap, the difference between $700,000 or double that at $1.5 million isn't the end of the world.
However, I would like to find some more money to squeeze in a Corey Perry if possible. He's still got a lot of juice left from the playoff run.
Jim Benning AINEC
Only a few minutes ago we saw Lou Lamoriello trade Devon Toews to Colorado for 2nd round picks in 2021 and 2022, because the Islanders are having cap problems due to Lou's spending on other players like Anders Lee and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. However since Toews was already an RFA trading him doesn't solve any of their cap issues.
This Toews trade reinforces my Lou vote.
At least with the trades Kyle Dubas made of Kapanen to Pittsburgh and Johnsson to New Jersey, he was able to get rid of Kapanen's $3.2 million contract and Johnsson's $3.4 million contract off their salary cap and didn't need to retain either of their contracts.If the Isles bowed out early in the playoffs, Isles fans would have been marching with pitchforks for Lou.
When did this vote take place? When the Isles were free-falling in the regular season?
Doesn’t this make more sense if the poll was “who’s the worst GM in this offseason after Pittsburgh won their cups?”
Were allowed to adjust to what’s happened since? This isn’t a career poll, it’s a right now poll.
The horror of Dubas giving Wayne Simmonds 1 year at $1.5 million, Zach Bogosian 1 year at $1 million, and Jimmy Vesey 1 year at $900,000 how will we live with ourselves. Oh wait I forgot he also signed TJ Brodie to a 4 year contract worth $5 million who isn't scraps.Its Dubas AINEC. Picking up table scraps doesn't change that.
They all would take him at 1.5