ICYMI this week's Simmons Says from simmonssteve: Deifying of Kyle Dubas just can’t continue
Dubas did some nice work bringing in Jake Muzzin, Luke Schenn and TJ Brodie, trading for Ryan O’Reilly, developing Timothy Liljegren and Michael Bunting, signing Mark Giordano on the cheap. But he also did some less-than-ordinary work, trading a first-round pick away for Nick Foligno.
This is not the end for the Leafs. This is another new beginning. The mourning over Dubas really needs to stop.Does Doug Armstrong have any interest in being GM of the Leafs? So far, he hasn’t said yes and more importantly he hasn’t said no. Whether the Leafs have approached St. Louis ownership about getting permission to talk to Armstrong is another matter entirely.
The Oilers won again in ’87 and ’88 before the Wayne Gretzky trade was made and without Gretzky, they won in ’90. In between that, the Flames won their only Cup in ’89. And now, nothing. No titles. No true contenders. No Canadian teams a minute away from a championship celebration. Since the Habs’ win in ’93, I can think of only one Canadian team that should have won the Cup since then and that was the 2011 Vancouver Canucks, with a 3-2 lead in the final against the Boston Bruins. They were the best team in hockey — just not when it mattered most.
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