Please Grade Dubas on today's Free Agent Pickups.
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Ritchie made me eat crow in a way that I thought he would flourish here but has disappeared.
Bunting is a huge surprise.
Kamf is quiet but good defensively
Mrazek is a disappointment
Kase plays hard but can't finish... Seems like another Mychihev.
I give him a C so far. But the good news is it can't get any worse unless Bunting falls off a cliff
Bunting is a huge surprise.
Kamf is quiet but good defensively
Mrazek is a disappointment
Kase plays hard but can't finish... Seems like another Mychihev.
I give him a C so far. But the good news is it can't get any worse unless Bunting falls off a cliff
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I bet you can guess who sits in the front row.
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More important how are we grading those key losses and players considered expendables?
Zach Hyman .. 11 games 7-3-10 points who is currently outproducing our Rocket Richard winner Matthews 10 games 5-3-8 points.
Jared McCann .. 8 games 3-4-7 points who is outproducing > Ritchie 13 games 0-1-1 points + Kase 13 games 1-1-2 points + Kampf 13 games 1-0-1 point [= 39 games 2 goals 2 assists 4 points] combined.
Freddy Andersen .. 10 games 9-1-0 record (1st overall) & GA/G = 1.73 (4th) & SV% = .939 (Tied-5th) >>> Petr Mrazek (on LTIR) 1-1-0 record & GA/G = 4.20 & SV% = .877
This could have been soooooo easy ...
- Don't protect Holl $2.0 mil in expansion but Jared McCann (@$2.9 mil) instead.
- Don't sign Ritchie + Kase + Kampf for $5.25 mil but re-sign Hyman instead.
- Don't waste $3.5 mil on injured Mrazek but re-sign Andersen @$4.5 mil to tandem with Campbell.
- Cut/waive Engvall and sign Michael Bunting instead.
** Essentially a few minor tweaks and we could have brought back last years team and been in a better position today.
What this all shows is last years players & team >>> this years new players and team, BUT last years players and team was not good enough to win a playoff round as heavy favourites.
However if the team direction is downwards by the transactions made intended to improve, how does that effect the grade performance of the GM?
Leafs currently on pace for 95 points = marginal playoff team / wild card.
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I mean none of them actually do anything. You could swap them out for any remaining UFA and there wouldn't be a noticeable difference.
This seems like a classic case of the usual suspects loving the moves because they were moved, and then you watch them play and you're left thinking, what was the point?
This seems like a classic case of the usual suspects loving the moves because they were moved, and then you watch them play and you're left thinking, what was the point?
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ToneDog
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One by one the shine of each of this summer's value signings is starting to wear off. Bunting is holding the fort but even he is slowing down as well.
God help us if we have to go through another attempt to fix things next summer.
God help us if we have to go through another attempt to fix things next summer.
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I don't fault Dubas from moving on from Andersen.
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That's an annual event now isn't it?
They'll need to shuffle the deck chairs again to pay for the raises to Reilly, Campbell, and to a lesser degree Sandin and Liljegren.
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Ritchie and Mrazek are so far looking like busts - given Mrazek's injury history not sure why they went for 3 years
Kase is miscast
Kampf - he is what he is and is not going to start scoring goals Sheldon
Bunting has been nice
I think the team isn't as good as last year's
Kase is miscast
Kampf - he is what he is and is not going to start scoring goals Sheldon
Bunting has been nice
I think the team isn't as good as last year's
ToneDog
56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
Bad enough they brought back the core, bringing back the supporting cast that walked was not in the cards. Instead in with the new and out with the old and the worser we get yet another year under the Boy Wonder. Please tell me this charade will end soon.
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Freddy Andersen's league best numbers in most goalie stats categories in front of a Carolina built team, sure look different then Andersen numbers ever did in front of a Dubas built team did.
Andersen's best personal stats as a Leaf goalie was back in 2017-18 with 38 wins and record setting 105 point Leafs team.
Then the Leafs changed GM's and Andersen's stats began to decline each year thereafter, until he was set free and now he is back on top again.
I wonder what conclusions we could draw from that, when grading GM performance even if we didn't want that player back?
ToneDog
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As long a Dubas is allowed to carry on with his blurred vision and Shanny can bullshit senior management that they will win with this core, strap yourself in.
ToneDog
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What good is it if Andy plays great during the regular season and sh1ts the bed in another game 7 ?? At the end of the day Andy is known for not being to handle big pressure moments. Hoping he can change that this year with a better team in front of him.
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Kase & Kampf- B
They have been as advertised and generally have been good wrt the job they have which is taking almost every D zone far off and push play to the other end. For a combined $2.75m that’s good value and with Engvall with them for a tidy $4m this line gets their job done. Wouldn’t mind a goal here & there.
Bunting B
Good value, positive energy and shows flashes of skill. More finish would br appreciated.
Ritchie F
Brutal player. Only saving grace is hopefully he can be used as cap ballast for an upgrade later on this season. Bad teams will take a flyer on a big body more them small ones.
Mrazek gets an incomplete as 5 periods isn’t enough to make any determination on.
Up to now, overall probably a C or C+
They have been as advertised and generally have been good wrt the job they have which is taking almost every D zone far off and push play to the other end. For a combined $2.75m that’s good value and with Engvall with them for a tidy $4m this line gets their job done. Wouldn’t mind a goal here & there.
Bunting B
Good value, positive energy and shows flashes of skill. More finish would br appreciated.
Ritchie F
Brutal player. Only saving grace is hopefully he can be used as cap ballast for an upgrade later on this season. Bad teams will take a flyer on a big body more them small ones.
Mrazek gets an incomplete as 5 periods isn’t enough to make any determination on.
Up to now, overall probably a C or C+
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Every year people blame the coaching and depth.
How can it be anything but a fail.
If it isn’t Ritchie it’s Thornton or Simmonds then Holl or Dermott depending on who touched the puck last in a series defeat.
You have Spezza, then everyone else people blame and the core of 40 million. Maybe it’s more than just free agent pickups.
Your core should be balanced to play playoff hockey style.
You should already have a strong support with Hyman/Kadri/other depth skill.
Then you add a piece or 2. If you have to rebuild the bottom 6/D every year, your build + core are probably wrong.
How can it be anything but a fail.
If it isn’t Ritchie it’s Thornton or Simmonds then Holl or Dermott depending on who touched the puck last in a series defeat.
You have Spezza, then everyone else people blame and the core of 40 million. Maybe it’s more than just free agent pickups.
Your core should be balanced to play playoff hockey style.
You should already have a strong support with Hyman/Kadri/other depth skill.
Then you add a piece or 2. If you have to rebuild the bottom 6/D every year, your build + core are probably wrong.
ShaneFalco
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But they care deeply and will develop that killer instinct any year now.
Trapper
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It’s the same thing over and over again.
String of good games then a series of failing to start on time, followed by an epic loss to a Zamboni driver or restroom attendant.
Prople think we crap on them for a 5-7 game stint but it really is a continuation of every lack of intensity, killer instinct, what have you. If you don’t have it now, sorry.
It’s the collection of the 4 plus the salary of the 4 that will be the nail in the coffin.
Switch a Marner/Nylander with a Marchand type, free some money to upgrade Engvall/Kerfoots to guys like a Justin Williams, Oshie, Palmeri, etc. or continue in the same loop we are in.
ShaneFalco
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And complete no-shows when JT went back to the island for the first time or when Campbell played his former team. When healthcare workers were in the stands...... it just goes on and on
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Andersen will be judged by his playoff performance. It's a wait and see at this point.
Carolina has a nice team, suck for them if the goalie can't carry the load when it matters.
