Dubas played the young progressive role so well and conned everyone into thinking he knew what he was doing when in reality he got played by everyone he made a trade with and then somehow conned the Penguins into making him President of Operations.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who picked up on what was really going on! He's a weasel who marches in homosexual/gay parades. The Leafs still don't have a solid goaltender. While they are about to watch Frederick Anderson and the Carolina Hurricanes go on a run to the conference final once again.
@@TheBillaro The facts speak for themselves. From wikipedia: He began as head coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, whom he led to the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals. In 2005, Babcock signed with the Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2008, and helping them to the Stanley Cup playoffs every year during his tenure, becoming the winningest coach in Red Wings history.
He lost nothing. He's not negotiating from a place of power. Foligno was a seller's market. Toronto was lucky they got him for the reason the scout said at the beginning - they had the weakest first round pick in the draft. Foligno probably preferred Toronto and Columbus honored that. "clearly lost the negotiation." psssht. what do you know about negotiation?
@@Coatay And you say that proudly! Dude, there's no comparison between the NHL trade market and whatever you claim to be doing. The standards are different, the goals are different, and the timelines are wildly different. For one, there's a heck of a lot more scarcity in the NHL trade market than the real estate market. In the NHL, GMs routinely overpay because it's the only way to acquire an asset to address an urgent need. You apparently wanted Dubas to negotiate harder, which suggests that you don't understand all the reasons he didn't.
You can see right here how the paralysis and second-guessing creeps into EVERY decision in that market. The post game tradition in the Leafs dressing room after a win is so uptight and robotic it's hard to even watch. I sincerely feel sorry for Leaf players.
Reading the texts during the call, its interesting to see who the leafs were interested when adding D Kulikov for a 3rd Gologoski for a 2nd Oesterle for a 3rd and maybe Pateryn
@@eriklakeland3857 I agree Toronto may not because their fans and media are just a brutal vice that squeezes the team until it disintegrates. But Dubas is perfectly capable of winning a Cup elsewhere.
@@jon8004 I'm not a Leafs fan and while this seems like a wild maybe hateful take it is just anyalitics. Kyle Dubas let 18 active nhl forwards come and go in his time as GM. Including Matthews and all their big guns, the top 14 of those forwards he didn't signed out scored the Leafs this year by a margin
Dude, all the top teams give away their first-round picks when they're trying to win. I'm a Caps fan. We traded away our first rounder nearly every single year when we were in the thick of it.
@@jon8004 dude....he signed 2nd contract RFAs to league leading contracts, making cap space tight then traded away the only way to get cheap contracts to fill the roster out. He royally fucked up a golden platter of talent
@@nipzie He really didn't. All of the top guys he signed to those contracts could be traded away in a matter of hours for a handsome return. If he fucked up, the Leafs would be trapped. They've never been trapped. If they want out of Marner, they can trade Marner. Tavares? They can trade Tavares. Minnesota is trapped. San Jose, for the longest time, was trapped. Toronto isn't trapped. They've just been giving a core of elite players as much time as possible to convert on their talent. But they could pull the ripcord on any of them tomorrow. If Toronto wants to fill the roster out they can. If they need to trade picks to move money they can. They're in their prime. The goal should not be prospects, but roster-ready players.
and we wonder how Dubas got fleeced in the contractual negotiations with the core four - "whatever" - says it all and Shanny oversaw all this. time to go.
