Roster Architect
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You make them better by adding what they already have a surplus of (offensive players) and taking away from their biggest improvement from year to year that's finally got them to win a division (defensive play) ... Dubas is smarter than this. He values puck possession, and with that defence Toronto wouldn't get the puck back very much unless it was in their own net. You say Dubas doesn't care about development, which couldn't be more wrong. He does and uses it differently than the common hockey brain around this league does. Most people see that as having to have high draft picks and top ranked prospects, but they're already proven to be good at a younger age. After the top 3-5 picks in a draft, the talent level generally falls off quite a bit and Dubas knows that he can get later round picks cheaper and stock up on them and develop those guys. It's how he got Robertson, Niemela, Kokkenen, Abramov, Abruzzese, etc. they're are real good prospects that Dubas took in later round and they're developing. Idk how that says he doesn't focus on development