A gm is likely not even going to know the players picked in rounds 3+. They will default to their scouts for that.
Hate that people just give all the credit of good late round picks to the gm rather than the scouts themselves that are actually doing the work.
Like leafs have continuously found late round Swedes who end up playing in the NHL. And that is because we have a great Swedish scout (Thommie Bergman).
Isnt that a weird take?
So if the GM gets bashed for missing picks but when they hit on later round picks its the scouts who the GM hired gets credit but not the GM?
Shanny and Dubas did build a damn good player development program here and increased the scouting Dept etc here if I remember correctly.
And in all honesty I dont get caught up with all the Dubas hating etc and now Tre is the guy kinda stuff. I mean Dubas did lose 1st rd picks to get rid of a terrible contract Lou handed to Marleau. And its not Dubas fault that a hightly touted 1st rd pick got cancer and passed away.
Even Tre first draft here was all of Dubas people making the calls as Tre had barely enough time to get his seat warm in his new office as the leafs GM.
We are lucky that our cupboards were not bare with prospects. We are witnessing it right now with these call ups. Our goalie depth has not been better. I cant remember depth this good in goal .
Tre stepped in a good spot with elite talent. Yes the cap is a problem having these high contracts. But with Tavares contract ending and Marners too, it may give us some room now to spread the cap even tho I would love to keep both at the right price.
In the end Dubas did make some mistakes.....just like every GM does. Every team has contracts they wish they could redo. Its the nature of the business. Im happy we changed direction with the GM and coach even tho I liked them both. It was time.
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