Confirmed with Link: Kyle Dubas Not Returning

[Da Mash]

That's great news!
I was always against his idiotic philosophy of building a team around skilled players who were afraid of contact and had no willingness to put their bodies on the line in the playoffs.

He built a team that was flashy for the regular season but were bullied and out-willed in the playoffs.

bye bye

Can you tell me another sport that changes rules in playoffs?

No wonder the NHL is losing viewerships.

You play 82 games with NHL rules that make the game fun and the stars shine.

Then playoffs come and rules change to glorify goons.

Bad product

Imagine if we had Olympic size ice in NHL

That would be great hockey IMHO

 

[HamiltonNHL]

@Jimmy Firecracker - title change ? Dubas gone (Shanahan presser at 3pm EST

 

[sxvnert]

Who in the media is saying that? I thought it was pretty clear Dubas will not be back as a GM this season if it's not with the Leafs.

Almost every single leaf reporter (most are dubas shills anyways) have made the comment.

 

[thewave]

Where's Dekes ? LOL.

Someone said he was on a flight back to the Soo

 

[ShaneFalco]

I thought he built a pretty good team. Our roster for the playoffs this year was pretty stacked.

His mistake I think was with the coaches. I don't think Babcock or Keefe ever got the most out of the talented players we had.

Hard to get the most out of players that won't go hard to the net
But I do agree, Keefe didn't help things at all

 

[trellaine201]

Ugh and he left the organization in a mess. Very few draft picks.

 

[Tak7]

He might not be out of answers, but when his answers to goaltending include Matt Murray held together with velcro, the team is better off without said answers

Time will tell.

I'm not convinced they'll be "better off without" him - this feels like the sort of move that leads to the bottom falling out and a franchise regreting it down the road.

Time will tell.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Why? That's a strange take to me. He's a free agent, the Leafs didn't want him, he can go anywhere he wants.

Is that confirmed the leafs walked or did Dubas reject the offer to take time off from the NHL?

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Dubas' mission statement when he came in was that they were going to build a safe environment and protect the players. Not only did they succeed in doing so, they went completely overboard.

Massive contracts, zero accountability, no repercussions for the empty 'give a shit' meter, walking statements back when Mitchy does not agree with them. (even though they were 100% accurate)

Knies getting abused and injured, Kampf getting stapled after the whistle, no push back at all from this group. I guarantee you Shanny was losing his f***ing mind watching that...the new coach is gonna be a hard ass who's gonna demand more.

 

[ToneDog]

Kyle bet everything on this core and lost. Good bye.

 

[notbias]

Yet the one that has accomplished literally nothing more is a genius?

And wasted an entire 4 years of Matthews prime

I am never going to call him a genius, I just think he was our best option.

I think Lou is one of the worst GMs in the league.

 

[justashadowof]

Promote Pridham to GM, Spezza to AGM

I suspect that Spezza's time in the Leafs' front office has probably come to an abrupt end today.

 

[Bellzy]

Let the exodus begin! Getting rid of the dubas fans is the best part of this.

Maybe you can be a yotes fan

Na probably black hawks for bedard. Or Seattle with cool jerseys lol

 

[HamiltonNHL]

I am sure Keefe is next.

He'll be gone when the replacement coach is found by the next GM.

 

[al secord]

I have stayed away from this Board because of the Dubas followers .... See ya

The rebirth of the Franchise begins - Keefe is next !!!

Bring some Adults in to run this team !!

Burke, Nonis, Lou, Wilson, Babcock...excuse me if I'm not dancing in the street

 

[BayStBullies]

I bet Shanny refused to give up control on final call for hockey ops. Good luck to the next guy.

 

[Martin Skoula]

0 playoff wins, a waste of the best crop of ELCs we've ever had.

Amazing GM.

Lou methodically builds from the net out, that’s why it took him 3 years to get this lineup of Norris candidates together:

Rielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Marincin-Polak

 

[Ziggdiezan]

That is why having a GM with 1 year less is very dangerous when making a huge splash at the deadline on UFAs who appear to be walking.

Never thought deadline buys were worth it. If the core can't get over the hump, adding some secondary pieces won't change that

 

[justashadowof]

Kyle bet everything on this core and lost. Good bye.

This is the digested down truth of the matter. And as others have posted, it's the core he believed in who let him down.

 

[binop7]

In the end, despite some good moves, some horrible ones, some shrewd thinking, some good and bad culture wise, he really accomplished nothing, given what he walked into. Nobody thought we’d be sitting here with so many failures after he was hired.

Exactly. All this Dubas praise shocks me. Dude made a few good moves with the surrounding pieces of the team, but never fixed the real problem at the heart of this team. He didn't have either the stones or was too stubborn to do it and it's the hill he died on. I'm glad he's gone. Wish him all the best but right now all I see is a slightly better John Chayka. I don't expect this huge success wherever he goes like some dubites are saying

 

[Fogelhund]

Looked great in the 2nd round didn't it.

If you think we lost because of goaltending.....

 

[Trapper]

I'm scared the new GM will lead us to only one series win in like 5 years.

And pay half the cap (or more) on the core.

 

[DarkKnight]

There’s goes 10 forwards 8 D next year. We will never know…

 

[sxvnert]

Marek throwing out Mark Hunter

LOL

Hes been shilling Hunter to the Flames for weeks as well.

 

[rocketman588]

Na probably black hawks for bedard. Or Seattle with cool jerseys lol

Whoever wins the cup this year