LeafsNation75
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Without a doubt Dubas screwed up choosing Sparks over McElhinney going into the 2018-19 Season and having Hutchinson as the #2 Goalie last year.Dubas gave him arguably the worst backup goalie the Leafs had in the past 20 years, in fact I don't think it's arguable, I am refering specifically to Hutchinson but Sparks is on that list too.
You can't give your coach 1 goalie, Andersen is not, Brodeur, nobody is you can't have a guy play 70+ games you need 2 goalies now.
Dubas's refusal to address the backup for nearly a year and a cost this team probably about 30 points total from September 2018-Febuary 2020.
You talk about the Muzzin trade that's a great trade but it wasn't enough and I said it at the time. When Martin Marincin is ONE injury from playing that's not enough.
Dubas did not provide Mike Babcock with the proper depth.
It looks like He's done that for Keefe, or at least tried to we will see if it works, for Dubas's sake it better because I'm not sure how many more times this team can lose in round 1 before we start looking at management
However the problem was also Babcock not refusing to change his mind on always playing the #2 Goalie on the second night of a back to back, because that's also a setup for failure.