weird **** happens. injuries happen. every team runs into adversity during the year.

our roster couldn't over come it.

That's not how IR and LTIR work.

We never at any point had less than 22 active roster players. Every team in the league carries more than 20 players.

Zaitsev had nothing to do with the 1st, Kadri or Marner deal, so not sure why you would link him to that.

Pandemic's happen every year???

Leafs chances of making playoffs were above 85% at start of March. They dropped to 60%ish once the format changed, one of most affected teams by the change.

okay. trade brown from this roster. bring in 3 guys @ $700k, like we had last year. done.

sure. since i'm using a time machine to reverse what dubas did, i'd be better off leaving the zaitsev trade stand. but as a full body of work, we would have better off without his moves from last year.

Go further back in the time machine and stop Lou from signing Marleau and Zaitsev in the first place (or at least don't let him go crazy on the terms).

Problem solved!!

put yourself into a better position. the more things you do right, the better luck you have.

if they were in the top 2 in their division, their playoff odds would have gone to 100%.

lou is gone. don't care anymore.

dubas should be.

Nah I think he's happy here. Lamoriello/Trotz 2020. Make the Isles Great Again.

So in your mind, make pretty well no changes to the roster, don't overpay Marner, and keeping the 1st catapults the team to a 110 pt team?

Ahh... the Buffalo Sabre strategy of giving each new GM 2 years to see their entire plan through, that's a great idea!!

Where can I sign up?

Lou's fault on trading the 1st. And nothing matters this season. The play ins were a crap shoot

no. marner is the most egregious. but all of matthews, nylander & johnsson got more than they should have as rfa's. kerfoot is a complete waste. can't add a big ufa contract in tavares and then overspend on your rfa's. cap management is about making choices and using your leverage in contract negotiations; not overpaying everyone.

we have no room to add depth/improve without taking away something we need.

if the team is well-managed, we are probably 2 years away from being a contender.

need to re-stock picks and prospects in the meantime. give sandin and lilgegren a chance to prove if they can be good nhl players.

Marner overpay started with Babcock being an idiot to a rookie, and Lou having to give Sch. A bonuses to Matthews.

Nylander and the $3M RFAs got market value. Because Johnsson has not yet lived up to the deal due to injuries and whatever is hindsight. If you point to the $3M RFA deals as a blackmark against Dubas, then not much point in continuing this convo, because no way to crack through your bias. Kerfoot will be fine going forward.

Add $3.5M - $4.5M in caproom going into this season (pre-pandemic, unless Dubas should have foreseen that as well), and Leafs have no problem making moves within the cap.

Potato eh? Luckily for you, @Stan_Bowman may be available soon...

I’d say Bowman is in the top 10 GM’s currently in the league. He’s made some stupid trades, but who hasn’t.

disagree on market value for rfa's.

every team has to deal with the unknown of the salary cap. there is never a guarantee it is going up.

Not much point in continuing, pretty sure your Dubas bias is impenetrable.

Pretty sure he's still got a big fan sitting in Presidents office, so enjoy!!