really wasn't a surprise (not discounting what you said)... when a guy is known as a rover....

that's what I find hilarious about the entire aquision/trade and what's happened to this point with Barrie...

i) acquire a guy who's not known as a defensive stalwart to play in your top 4
ii) this top 4 guy can't kill penalties, has trouble at 5v5, and really hasn't meshed with anyone he's been paired with
iii) give the PP time to the new guy - at the expense of your only legitimate top2 defenseman
iv) fire the old coach and subsequently get 3-5 really inspired games out of the guy

none of this should have been a surprise to anyone.... but it seems to have come as a surprise to the Leafs management

what did the management think the reaction to Barrie would be when he started playing like a defensively-inept Jake Gardiner?

don't make "no" sense...
- BorjeFan4Ever

#keepJakengivehimarighthandstick

Dubas moves since becoming GM of the Leafs

-signs igor ozighanov, calls team a bunch ass kissing wussies and leaves after 1 season
-signs par lindholm, trades him mid season for nic petan
-drafts rasmus sandin, sean durzi and others
-signs john tavares, his best move by far, likely encouraged by mlse, rogers & bell
-trades matt martin to the islanders for goalie prospect eamon mcadam
-signs tyler ennis, 1 and done
--waives calvin pickard and loses him
-waives curtis mclheinney who did a great job as backup and loses him, current backup of tampa bay lightning
-promotes sparks, sparks turns out to be a bust on the leafs, ends up traded to vegas for david clarkson's horrible contract back and a 4th rd pick

-trades connor carrick to the stars for a 7th round pick
-signs william nylander after allowing him to sit out until december to a 6 year 6.96 million dollar per year deal, nylander has bad offensive season, more than rebounds next season
-trades josh leivo to vancouver for michael carcone (who?)
-acquires michael hutchinson from panthers for 5th round pick, ends up not being good enough backup, ends up trading him to colorado for round 2 of calle rosen

-acquires jake muzzin from kings for carl grundstrom, sean durzi and 1st round pick, to date has been a somewhat decent deal, leafs may have overpaid to get him
-signs auston matthews to a 5 year 11.634 million dollar per contract extension
-signed ilya mikheyev, good signing but has his wrist cut by skate blade and future is in question
-signed yegor korshkov, decent leafs debut
-trades rights to defenseman fedor gordeev to the wild for a 7th rd pick, couldn't get him signed or didn't want to sign him
-trades patrick marleau's remaining year of 6.25 million cap hit along with the leafs 2020 1st rd pick top 10 protected and a 2020 7th rd pick to carolina for the purposes of a buyout in exchange for a 6th rd pick in 2020

-signs andreas johnsson to 4 year 13.6 million dollar deal, johnson has been hit by injuries all season and is currently out 6 months
-signs kasperi kapanen to a 3 year 9.6 million dollar deal, not having a terrible season but not having as good a season as hoped.
-hires dave hakstol as assistant coach
-continues to re-sign martin marincin over and over again
-trades nazem kadri, calle rosen and 3rd rd pick to the avs for tyson barrie, alex kerfoot and a 6th round pick, a trade that has turned out to be an epic fail
-lets jake gardiner walk without getting anything for him, signs in carolina, should have traded him before his last season ever started

-signs jason spezza 1 year 700k, kenny agostino, kevin gravel, nick shore (lost on waivers)
-trades nikita zaitsev (trade requested), connor brown, michael carcone to ottawa for cody ceci, ben harpur, aaron luchuk and a 3rd round pick, this has been another fail of a deal, gambled on ceci and he has sucked and got injured, lost connor brown in this deal who was at very least a good penalty killer, harpur will never play a minute for the leafs.
-signs ceci to a 1 year 4.5 million dollar contract, ceci is not even worth half of that

-signs alex kerfoot to 4 year 14 million dollar deal
-trades rights to dakota joshua to blues for futures
-signs garrett wilson, kalle kossila, pontus aberg, and tyler gaudet
-trades andreas borgman to the blues for jordan schmaltz
-signs mitch marner to a 6 year 65.3 million dollar deal 10.893 million per
-fires head coach mike babcock
-promotes marlies head coach sheldon keefe to coach of the leafs
-signs sheldon keefe to 3 year contract, team continues to struggle under him after excellent start to new coach

-re-signs justin holl to a 3 year 6 million dollar deal, 2 per, 6-7 guy i guess?
-re-signs marincin again and again and again
-trades trevor moore, 3rd rd pick and conditional pick to kings for jack campbell and kyle clifford, after creating the backup problem himself he finally solves it a full season and a half later and has to give up moore to do it
-re-signs pierre engvall to 2 year extension at 1.25 per, excellent signing
-trades mason marchment to florida for denis malgin, not sure why this happens
-trades aaron luchuk and conditional 6th rd pick to ottawa for max veronneau
-trades ben harpur to nashville for mikka salomaki, touted as a good 2-way player has yet to happen at the nhl level for salomaki

-waives dmytro timashov and loses him to detroit
-trades steve urkel and 1.1 million in cap space to vegas for a 5th rd pick so they could get in on the deal to retain 1.1 million on robin lehner to help vegas make their deal for lehner, dubas uses his team's cap space attained by multiple injuries to his own team to help vegas instead of his own floundering team that is barely clinging on to a playoff spot at the trade deadline
-trades jordan schmaltz who also never plays a minute for the leafs to the islanders for matt dorito

if kyle dubas was a hitter in baseball his batting average would be under .100 almost 2 years on the job and the team would be considering cutting him or sending him back to single A ball.
- ghetto puck

yup.

hit one grand slam on tavares. and had a few other hits.

but a lot of strike outs and ground outs for double plays.

yup.

hit one grand slam on tavares. and had a few other hits.

but a lot of strike outs and ground outs for double plays.
- Tumbleweed

I mean it's also like the 2nd inning but I guess that's beside the point. 🤷‍♂️

I mean it's also like the 2nd inning but I guess that's beside the point. 🤷‍♂️
- joel878

the way poop is going he'll be lucky if he even gets to the 4th inning.

I mean it's also like the 2nd inning but I guess that's beside the point. 🤷‍♂️
- joel878

In leaf land you only get 2 innings.

In leaf land you only get 2 innings.
- shack67

here have the keys to the ferrari.

wait? what did you do?

you traded in the ferrari for a mustang?

are you crazy?

did you at least make some money out of the deal?

NO?

here have the keys to the ferrari.

wait? what did you do?

you traded in the ferrari for a mustang?

are you crazy?

did you at least make some money out of the deal?

NO?
- ghetto puck

Lol @ dubas Inheriting a Ferrari.

He inherited an Audi on a lease agreement with no fuel and numerous faulty parts.

For what it's worth, I told you guys this 10 months ago.
- Scabeh

Yeah but to be fair, Habs fans told us Domi was a legit #1 C also.

What D do we have lined up tonight?

Is Ander10 playing or are we starting the better goalie tonight?


GLG

I don’t foresee prettiness in the near future - t-minus 3 hours

I mean it's also like the 2nd inning but I guess that's beside the point. 🤷‍♂️
- joel878

Lol totally lolololol