I knew it was a mistake to hire Dubas from the day it happened and every summer I say to fire him but people keep defending him. I've said it a million times, analytics are fine and all but you can't measure heart and determination with statistics.
For the first time in my life we were building a solid foundation, that looked like if the right people are brought in, could become champions. But instead of keeping an experienced GM we decided to hand it over to a rookie gm who never even played. Now it truly feels like we ruined it and we might not ever even win a single round with this core.
I'm sure the Dubas lovers will come at me with the, "he signed Marleau for 3 years", "Nikita Zaitsev 7 years", and look, I'd love for you guys to be right and rub it in as we make a deep playoff run, but its not gonna happen under him. He should have started his career in a Arizona to test out his analytics to see its over rated in a contact sport.
The worst thing is, even if we fire him now, the damage is done, theres not a whole lot of options. No cap space, no picks, no prospects. If we trade Marner or Nylander, we will get ripped off in a 2 for 1 trade. All we can do is hope he somehow drafted a few studs, which looks unlikely.
