what?
- Aetherial

I would like Dubas to stay with the Leafs

Apparently the leafs, earlier in the season. Had a deal on the table according to TSN radio 1050.
- Fakepartofme

Heard Bobby Mac on that same station this morning saying that any "trade discussions" earlier this year re. Nylander were completely fabricated media speculations.

I ask myself the same thing, every day

Honestly though, name one roster move the leafs have made that you think is attributable to Dubas.
- Aetherial

I dont know i dont work for the leafs management.

I am assuming he had a hand in that massive sports analytics deal they created.
Keefe
Marlies
Prolly had a hand in the Nylander selection which looking back looks unreal. drafting at 8 we ended up with at best the best forward and at worst the 2nd best forward (so far)

To be fair. As Leafs fans, the bar for "outstanding goaltending" is pretty low.
- AdamFrench

I would like Dubas to stay with the Leafs
- senstroll

nope, give me the new kid on the block

Heard Bobby Mac on that same station this morning saying that any "trade discussions" earlier this year re. Nylander were completely fabricated media speculations.
- fifty__missions

By TSN?

I only caught the tail end of it where they were discussing the "apparent deal"...then they went into imaginary situations of "would you trade Nylander for ...."

nope, give me the new kid on the block
- DDM-Coga

you can have Joey....

I dont know i dont work for the leafs management.

I am assuming he had a hand in that massive sports analytics deal they created.
Keefe
Marlies
Prolly had a hand in the Nylander selection which looking back looks unreal. drafting at 8 we ended up with at best the best forward and at worst the 2nd best forward (so far)
- Bigzby

He also lives in Hamilton i think

Soild ++++++++

nope, give me the new kid on the block
- DDM-Coga

I am reading that he has not done anything with the Leafs..so you probably want to pass on him to be honest

I dont know i dont work for the leafs management.

I am assuming he had a hand in that massive sports analytics deal they created.
Keefe
Marlies
Prolly had a hand in the Nylander selection which looking back looks unreal. drafting at 8 we ended up with at best the best forward and at worst the 2nd best forward (so far)
- Bigzby

No that was mostly their swedish scout. He really convinced the leafs management group that this guy had the most talent of the draft.

I would like Dubas to stay with the Leafs
- senstroll

Yep me too...him and Keefe..plus once Keefe hits the Leafs I should be able to get some stuff signed etc.

you can have Joey....
- Fakepartofme

I doubt he goes, that team is a joke and this team is about to be a power house and Lou is ancient.

Im pretty sure Lou said (paraphrasing here) after his contract is up if you werent ready to be a gm it wouldnt be because of him. Or some poop like that.

I am reading that he has not done anything with the Leafs..so you probably want to pass on him to be honest
- senstroll

So he would get along with hasnt done anything positive Joe?

No that was mostly their swedish scout. He really convinced the leafs management group that this guy had the most talent of the draft.
- Fakepartofme

Thank god for that well placed "prolly"

I dont know i dont work for the leafs management.

I am assuming he had a hand in that massive sports analytics deal they created.
Keefe
Marlies
Prolly had a hand in the Nylander selection which looking back looks unreal. drafting at 8 we ended up with at best the best forward and at worst the 2nd best forward (so far)
- Bigzby

Prolly not.

Dubas was hired about a month after the 2014 draft.

Do I have to start round house kicking people here. Put some respek on Duchenes name
- DDM-Coga

Apparently he's pretty much a third line winger because of the WC's.

Thank god for that well placed "prolly"
- Bigzby

I almost raged.


But then I read the "prolly"...and was like....its cool.

Prolly not.

Dubas was hired about a month after the 2014 draft.
- Atomic Wedgie

LMAO

Ill take the L on this one

Apparently he's pretty much a third line winger because of the WC's.
- AdamFrench

Yuge if True. So really should move him for a 3rd or 4th now?

LMAO

Ill take the L on this one
- Bigzby

No that was mostly their swedish scout. He really convinced the leafs management group that this guy had the most talent of the draft.
- Fakepartofme

I dont know how you can know that.

The leafs hired Cam Charron who wrote for Canucks army.
Dubas had to have a hand in that.

At the time Cam was very high on Nylander, wrote an article where he did not see how he would fall to the Canucks at 6
https://canucksarmy.com/2...ofile-3-william-nylander/

Also he had Kapanen rated a lot higher than he was picked. I doubt its a coincidence he was in the Kessel trade

No that was mostly their swedish scout. He really convinced the leafs management group that this guy had the most talent of the draft.
- Fakepartofme

Thommie Bergman.....one of the only scouts not fired

I dont know how you can know that.

The leafs hired Cam Charron who wrote for Canucks army.
Dubas had to have a hand in that.

At the time Cam was very high on Nylander, wrote an article where he did not see how he would fall to the Canucks at 6
https://canucksarmy.com/2...ofile-3-william-nylander/

Also he had Kapanen rated a lot higher than he was picked. I doubt its a coincidence he was in the Kessel trade
- senstroll

No. 13 – Jake Virtanen, Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

Virtanen is a very tempting name at No. 6. He’s big, scored a boatload of goals with a very good WHL team, and above all, is local. He was selected first overall in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft out of the Abbotsford Hawks, and also holds dual Canadian-Finnish citizenship. Something about the playing style of Esa Tikkanen injected into an Abbotsford kid scares the hell out of me, to tell you the truth, and the last thing the Canucks would want is to pass on Virtanen and see him blossom into a Milan Lucic-type on another team.

However, as Rhys will be perfectly content to tell you, Virtanen was the third highest-scorer on his line, and got help thanks to a career season from overager Brady Brassart. Banking on Virtanen’s 45-goal campaign as being fully indicative of his talent isn’t a safe bet, and Virtanen will spend the summer recovering from shoulder surgery.

Ya he did steal a game. gimme a break!
He had a bad goal here and there like EVERY GOALIE DOES.

Didnt bernier sh!t.
- Fakepartofme

deep breath

you're a fan, I'm not

It shouldn't matter to you

I would like Dubas to stay with the Leafs
- senstroll

So would I, but it is more of a continuity thing. The Leafs took a huge step forward this year and appear to be in a good position going forward with prospects, roster players and cap position.

I just really don't know what is attributable to Dubas and I don't think any of us do.