Quoting: drambui
it really goes to show that most of his moves were good.
some.of these looks bad and its not really.dubas fault tavares moves looks bad because of the covid flat cap.
in the end thats 6 bad move. verdict his still out onsandin but i think they will regret it too
marleau trade was necessary, he dit not sign that dinosaur.
wont blame him too much on a draft pick that got a cancer diagnostic.
ceci's deal was his q.o offer from the sens. keeping zaitsev would have been worse (and not his signing).
He was a kid learning on the job. He made unprecedented moves by trading a first (Seth jarvis) with Marleau when teams can go over the cap by 10% in the offseason.
He signed Matthews and Marner to unprecedented deals. They weren’t bridge deals, they weren’t long term deals, they were deals for top dollar that led them straight to UFA. He handcuffed his team for years with the flat cap.
The deadline when he aquired Nick Foligno can only be described as one of the worst in history. He traded a 1st, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 7th for Nick Foligno, Dave Rittich, Ben Hutton, & Riley Nash. None dressed for the Leafs in the playoffs except Foligno who played 4 games with no goals and 1 assist. He played 4th line center in game 7. Dubas effectively traded an entire draft for a 4th line center with no goals tht left the next year in free agency.
Those are all huge mistakes that were obvious to even casual fans at the time. I’ve often wondered why the Maple Leafs gave the keys to a multi-billion dollar franchise to a kid with ZERO NHL GM experience. He has been effectively learning on the job.