There was zero finger pointing at Dubas all season aside from the standard critics, and that was largely he's a social justice warrior he looks like Harry Potter blah blah blah type criticism. It wasn't a thing until they went belly up again in round 1. People were largely happy with the team he put on the ice after a summer full of whining about him.
I think his refusal to budge off of the 4 forwards thing will bury him in the end but I'm inclined to see what he's got up his sleeve before casting judgement. It is what it is at this point, another GM is steps backwards. It'll take years for The new GMs vision to run its course.
For better or worse him and the team are pot committed now.
- joel878
To be fair, I was excited going into last season even though I've never been a fan of Dubas' skill/talent beats grind philosophy. I've been a consistent GRIT proponent for years.
We had Hyman, Bogo, Andersen hadn't died yet, and he added Foligno and Simmonds. I was ready for a great season and playoff run.
We lost key players to injuries and it exposed our depth...more importantly lack of heart and push back from the Big 3. If it wasn't for Campbell's performance, not sure how last season would've really gone. So kudos to Dubas for him I guess.
So next season is gonna be interesting when 90% of the heart and jam is gone in the form of Hyman, Bogo and Foligno...as it stands so far.
At least we have Marner and Rielly with one year remaining.
