Moore would legitimately be the best LW on the Leafs this season. For reference Andersen was 4th in the league SV% throughout his tenure with Toronto and 7th this year. He is paid 700k more than Mrazek.
You respond to a legitimate criticism with this and then proceed to complain about noise in this forum.
I’m glad Fred had a bounce back year in quiet Carolina.
Yes, because it’s old tired shit that’s been beaten to death by the dusty crowd in here.
This!
I think you're missing the forest from the trees here. Dubas took over this core 4 years ago and hasn't won a round.
I think you’re confusing me for someone who gives a shit what you others’ opinions of success and failure are, I saw a team push the soon to be 3x cup champs as far as they’ve been pushed in 3 post seasons. I would’ve loved to of won a round, but I also see the process and the team growing.
Blame the players or the GM is a good question IMO and is something I've been struggling with. But assuming you blame Dubas which seems obvious, which players are the ones you think he should move on from?
This is nonsense. Like I said before, almost everyone liked those trades. It's easy to say with hindsight that we never won with them so they were dumb trades, anyone could do that. Why don't you try deciding at the time the trades were made that we'll never win and we shouldn't do anything that makes us weaker a few years down the line? I can guarantee you will be laughed out of town because every TDL it's the same thing around here, almost everyone is saying you gotta go allin, keep our own rentals, you only get so many chances to win etc. Hell I was one of those wanting to trade JVR in his final year here and even that far back, most people were saying we should go for it.
Pointing to 2 players that Dubas was responsible for bringing in is a weird "flex" for Dubas. The team can coast to regular season "success" because of Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Tavares (Dubas signing), Rielly.......you know the core players he inherited (aside from Tavares).I asked you if you watched the playoffs and you come back with this crapola? Seriously? Campbell slumped for months and Mrazek had multiple injury issues during his worst season ever, despite that we finished 4th overall and you're pointing to some cherry picked regular season games to make some sort of point?
I can't wait to see what you come up with next!!
And that's the biggest problem right there.
It's never Dubas's fault. The players he signs if they get injured even if already injury prone, he couldn't help it. Core doesn't play up to par - we'll he can't play for them.
What's weird is you cherry picking our worst games of the season and thinking you've made some sort of valid point.
He did have 2 ECF and 1 SCF appearance during those 7 years
I agree with most of your post. I was also on this bandwagon. The assets the team missed out on from keeping JVR/Bozak/Komarov and acquiring Plekanec has always been painful.
How long is Kyle Dubas's rookie eligibility?
We just set a franchise record for points.
I'm not sure what you a referring to, I didn't cherry pick or give any examples in my response. Are you talking about cherry picking the 7 game sample size that is also known as the playoffs? is there an argument that the playoffs don't show what a team is capable of and better to use the 82 game regular season to determine how good a team is?What's weird is you cherry picking our worst games of the season and thinking you've made some sort of valid point.
You are right. It still wasn't a team primed to make a run. The D core in the playoffs that year was:
Is there a reason that our last minute comeback and overtime win is "an almost unprecedented stroke of good fortune", but when Tampa does it it's because they're a much, much better and experienced team?
That’s a good point, there was a lot more success with Cooper then what Keefe has had. I felt this year was an improvement though and Keefe probably deserves another chance, imho we’re really close.
Of course they are. JFJ and Nonis both assembled teams that were absolutely dogshit in the regular season, I'll dare to say that they're remembered for that. It's fair enough that people want to get mad at Dubas for the team not advancing in the playoffs, but the whole "regular season success doesn't matter" spiel is reductive to the point of absurdity. What matters is whether or not a GM assembles a good hockey team. Playoff success is part of what determines whether or not a hockey team is good, but at some point the narratives have to matter less than how the Maple Leafs actually play.
