A genuine question for leafs fans

When your think your team is a contender and doesnt show up during playoffs for 6 years in a row, you need to change more than just goalies or coaches.

IMO It's about time TML fans get mad and realize the same team will get the same result if they dont break the top 4 to get a good defenseman.

I kinda disagree with some of your scenarios. Keefe hasn't had much options to play Holl....Muzzin, Liljgren, have all been injured.
Dubas and the Leafs management have been poor. Very weak drafting, prospects and have mismanaged the cap badly where the Leafs are depending on too many players to play above their contracts.
Leafs are kinda "stuck" with their roster now due to so many high cap..some non value players.
Leafs were probably at their high water mark last year with the group of players they had.
Next time the Leafs can make a legitimate run will be in 24/25. Matthews, Nylander, Murray, Muzzin and Brodie will gone via UFA or retired......that's 34m. Hopefully the Leafs have a GM that can spend the cap better than the current regime.

Another big problem was the cap not rising like a lot of teams had anticipated.

That's true, but the Leafs have had a habit of paying "hometown premiums" to their own players. At the time of signings. when they had comparables....they overpaid.

Oh absolutely. How 3 players fleeced a GM that badly and all in a row is extremely frustrating.