This idea that Lou left a mess for Dubas is comical. Sure he made some errors, guess what the Dube did as well. He’s also the guy that traded the “unmoveable” Phaneuf boat anchor and managed to do things like get a second rounder for Polak twice. I was fine Dubas taking over, Lou was getting old, I wanted to wait one more year and let him do the contracts, then out the door. People love to parse out things that fit their partisan narratives, but the fact of the matter is if you review both their tenures, I’m hard pressed to see this glaring gap in competence. Foligno is every bit as bad a deal as Marleau, you can argue this stuff all day. I just find it amusing the way these basement warriors rip the shit out of Hall of Fame GM’s, coaches, when the guys they defend have accomplished sweet f*** all in the end.
Dubas inherited a fantastic gig, as Treliving said yesterday the hardest part is acquiring top end talent, Dubas walked in after the “pain”, with young studs to build around any organization would have killed for. All the Dubist spin doesn’t change that.
I will say again, to show I’m pragmatic, I voted for Dubas to return, I felt he had grown well into the job, his past mistakes and philosophical failings modified enough for me to say bring him back. That said, the way he handled the last few weeks, I couldn’t be more happy we turfed his entitled, narcissistic, duplicitous self. The new guy looks on par, we won’t miss a beat.
