JB7 wrote:Badonkadonk wrote:Bad move. Kyle had cracked the code the past couple of seasons, the only real thing I'll fault him with is trusting Keefe for too long.
The NHL playoffs are fundamentally broken and Dubas is paying the price for randomness and an oversaturated Toronto hockey media-market that fosters this "pressure" resulting in change for the sake of change.
Typical Leafs in many ways.
Cracked what code? That is team building approach was flawed... You can't fill a roster with puck moving players that are afraid of contact.
All of his last minute trades (acquiring bigger/tougher/grittier players) were to work in the exact opposite direction of how he originally built the team.
In his last few deals he acquired, Schenn, O'Reilly, McCabe, Lafferty and Acciari, and he moved out Sandin and Engvall to acquire picks to replace some of the picks he traded to acquire the grit.
The code of shifting away from purely talent accumulation to a better mix of physicality, while also improving the goaltending situation both current season and future (Woll's development). His transactions look different now than they did even a couple of seasons ago.
This is exactly like Alex Anthopolous. He'll take his learnings and some other team will benefit greatly from them.