We've all made comments, one thing I did mention was with the new additions it would take time for everything to gel, you could tell things hadn't settled and people were finding their way. Also, we had horrific goaltending, every mistake was in our net and crushing softies killed us.
I stopped listening to those guys, their podcast became a joke. So embarrassingly bad and biased.
The big question is, what grade does Tre get? The summer of Brad not looking so bad today.
The inaccuracy was people doing the usual jump to conclusions stuff that happens here, like getting worked up about the number of regulation wins or losing to Chicago or Columbus.
He will get the credit, but the truth is that this team will make the conference final (which has always been what I thought would happen) very much because of the players who were here before Treliving showed up. Treliving's biggest contribution has been maintaining patience and adding balance to the lineup. Neither one of those things should be under-emphasized, but he will not be the sole architect of a successful outcome. People will, Heaven forbid, also have to give credit to the guy who preceded him...
In all honesty I have always thought this is the strongest playoff roster we've had on paper. Regular season I agree that we have had better looking rosters on paper.
They would be fighting for division lead if they didn't lose those games to Chicago and CBJ.
You'll always have extremes at both ends, some see them doing nothing right, some see them doing no wrong.
Dubas won't get much credit. If they get to the ECF, he will be blamed for failing to get them there in 5 attempts. Many fans already think he wasted 5 years of the window to win and he did it with Tavares not falling off a cliff. Tre getting there is year 1 won't do Dubas any favours.
you're right we should give credit to your boy Dubas for players who were here before him , lol
Well that means the Leafs aren't as consistent as those guys when it comes to winning, the current standings reflects that.
If you can find a post where I am "praising" any GM, have at it. The best thing either of these guys did was not bow to the pressure by trading one of the team's best players.
I have no doubt this is exactly what will happen.
A lot of the early failures were due to Samsonov melting down and being awful. Also, outside of Matthew's few hat tricks, he and Marner kind of got off to a slow start.
We are playing our best hockey anyways, still prone to defensive breakdowns, that's the key for me.
He shouldn't get a lot of credit, but a rational fan will still see his fingerprints.
the rational fan will understand he wasted 5 yrs of our elite cores window , the Dubesters will spin themselves stupid trying to give him credit for any playoff success this team has
It's not rational to say he wasted 5 years at all.
Agreed.
