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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2021 at 7:20 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 2, 2021 at 8:46 p.m.
Thread: Apparently the core is staying intact
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Nylander88</b></div><div>That's because Shanahan/Dubas are either stupid or stubborn like the idiot coach that didn't lift a finger to turn around an anemic power-play that lasted for weeks.</div></div>

Mr. Shanahan is certainly not an idiot. The man has 3 Stanley cup rings too his name, gold medals from international play, and is in the hall of fame. As far as being stubborn, he's an old school player who adopted analytics because he could see the way the game was changing. He has more hockey knowledge in the tip of his pinky finger than everyone on here combined.

Dubas did a good job addressing this teams needs last off-season and at the deadline. This isn't too say he hasn't made mistakes or shouldn't shoulder part of the blame for what happened, but give credit where credit is due.

I understand the frustration (I'm frustrated too) and personally I think they need too at least listen and seriously consider offers on the core players. The problem is Matthews isn't going anywhere, neither is Tavares, Marner makes too much and Willy showed up this playoffs. Maybe Rielly, but they'll have to turn around and replace his minutes, plus Muzzin's injury history, so who do you move and for what? Remember it has too make sense for the trade partner as well.

As <a href="/users/oneX" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@oneX</a> points out there's no guarantee that rout will work out either.