How anybody can look at the resume of the man who has been general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the past five years and be impressed is beyond me.
It absolutely boggles my mind that five years of this buffonery later and there are STILL people supporting him.
What has he done?
Seriously. I really want to know. What has he done?
He brought in a bunch of cruddy defensemen, so many in fact, they can't even roster them all.
Whoop-dee freaking doo.
The team was going out in the first round just fine when they had Hainsey, Ceci, and Barrie.
How many free passes does this guy get?
I am flabbergasted, blown away, by the fact Tanenbaum allowed this to continue as long as it has. This is unacceptable and the fans should be furious, outraged, that there is a very real risk of losing Matthews to free agency. Only an incompetent fool would allow a lame duck GM like Kyle Dubas to remain in charge when the most important contract in Maple Leafs history needs to be re-negotiated.
Dubas was a failed player agent. RED FLAG!!! Maybe, just maybe, Kyle Dubas can't negotiate a contract.
When Dubas goes into the room to negotiate he has calculators, spreadsheets, and analyst reports in his briefcase.
When the agents go into the room to negotiate they have duct tape, zip ties, and Vaseline in theirs.
This is what five years of "we can and we will" has dissolved into: hoping the team wins a single playoffs series round before the Matthews contract expires.
Given they went all-in and blew all those assets, I'm going to suggest a single playoffs series round doesn't cut it. At this point, if the team doesn't make it to the cup finals, Dubas should be pounding pavement looking for a new job as soon as the final buzzer goes. Two feet and a heartbeat just like the rest of us working class slobs. Shanahan and Keefe can go with him too.
Keefe especially looks like he could use the exercise.
