Absolute fact. That core should have been broken up into smaller pieces across all lines and d pairs.Shanahan survived more firings than he deserved to. His "Shanaplan" seemed to consist of building around the core four chokers and filling out the roster with random cheaper pieces. Should have been shown the door around the 4th or 5th playoff choke.
He got rid of Lou and promoted Dubas at absolutely the wrong time. Because Shanahan blindly bought Dubas's snake oil.I mean, the leafs were set up pretty significantly to be successful. It's not his fault the team is a cumulation of mental infants who freeze under pressure.