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well, can't list matthews or nylander bc you cant give kyle credit for extending the two best playoff performers (old extension, not the one about to kick in, at 7 mil no less)... cant mention morgan reilly's extension because hes the best defenseman you have because you have to give kyle credit... cant mention matthew knies because kyle drafted him... cant mention bringing in mccabe at 2 million for 2 and a half years because you cant give kyle credit... cant give kyle credit for the ryan o reilly/ noel acciari trade last year, an actual good trade... then we had to not give credit to nick robertson for scoring 14 goals in 56 games at age 22 just because he did nothing in the playoffs, the same nothing offered by david kampf and ryan reaves, because then we have to give kyle credit...
what else... right, we cant mention extending david kampf who did nothing in the playoffs (except for 1 meaningless goal in a game they were already getting clobbered 4-0) because nothing is brads fault, we cant mention giving ryan reaves 2 mil per over 3 years on a 35+ deal because nothing is brads fault, we cant mention that brad's blueline trade acquisitions were lyubushkin and edmunson when chris tanev was available because nothing is brads fault and brad certainly could not have worked out such a complicated trade the way kyle could have, surely... and we cant mention that brad brought in guys to play boston bruins hockey rather than toronto maple leafs hockey... because nothing is brad's fault and everything is kyle's fault, surely.
and the shanaplan worked and shanahan was right to fire kyle, right when kyle wanted to make change and move out marner before his NMC kicked in, just as everyone is demanding as we speak, 365 days later. and yeah, i thihnk kyle dubas is perfect im just so happy that i get to watch ryan graves suck at hockey for the next 5 years im just thrilled cant you tell? clearly i can blindly defend all the moves he made because i think he's perfect and he can do no wrong just as you think he can do no right...
if you want to blame kyle for leaving keefe in charge after the montreal debacle, then fine, your perogative, but at what point does brendan shanahan ever get any blame for anything? he could have easily instructed kyle to fire keefe then, or after 22, or after 23, when each time, it was clearly time to move on. but no, the only change that needs to be made is kyle, because everything and every failure is kyle's fault, its not shanahans fault, its not keefes fault, and its certainly not the players fault. that is the crux of why i have such a problem with kyles departure and the picture painted about him as he left because all the blame was shifted onto him as opposed to spread throughout the organization, and the second he was ready to make change and try something new, he was fired, and he was basically shoved out the door without an inkling of respect. ron hextall was objectively the worst gm in the nhl last year, and he was shown more dignity and respect when he was fired last april, which seems impossible, and yet my statement is somehow true.
tl;dr, cant give kyle credit for any good thing he did because then hes not the horrific gm you paint him to be, cant fault brad for any bad decision he made because its simply too easy to blame kyle for a failure he wasnt part of, and shift blame to shanahan and everyone else, because my God does he deserve a lot of blame for the last 12 months and beyond that.
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