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Certainly, it’s their worst season in his two years on the job since taking over from Lou Lamoriello, who hasn’t missed the playoffs with the Islanders since leaving Toronto. Lamoriello has a deep sense of team-building and understanding, something that Dubas clearly lacks.
And maybe the great Pat Gillick said it best about general managers: Every one of them makes mistakes. The difference between the good ones and all the other ones is that top-flight GMs identify their errors and quickly correct them.
The other ones — and this is where Dubas finds himself right now — are not so honest in identifying their mistakes and roster flaws. Nor are they strong enough and smart enough to find solutions for the apparent problems.
Alex Anthopoulos took over the Blue Jays believing in nothing but numbers. He left much smarter, much more successful, still believing in analytics, but believing that human quality is necessary to win.
That is the challenge for Dubas now with this top-heavy roster with top-heavy issues. The Leafs didn’t score in Game 5 against Columbus. They didn’t score in Game 1. They scored three five-on-five goals in the series.
A team completely based on offence, the highest-scoring since Sheldon Keefe took over as coach, couldn’t score when it mattered most.
A year ago, in the first round of real playoffs, they could have won the series against the Boston Bruins in Games 6 or 7. But they scored just one goal in Game 6 and one goal in Game 7. With this top-heavy roster of elite talent and enormous paycheques for Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, John Tavares and William Nylander, the Leafs have managed two goals in three clinching playoff games.
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