If there is one thing that is unanimous with the fans, it is to fire Dubas. Let me try to talk to the fans away from the edge. I can understand the frustration, but the worst thing the Leafs can do is make a knee jerk decision and fire everyone.
I have often heard insiders say a new General Manager is given time to rebuild his team. When the GM is brought in, the people around him are not usually his own. He has inherited a coach and other coaches already in place. In other words, he gets a mulligan until he brings in his first coach. Babcock was not Dubas' hire; he was part of the different regime. Dubas never liked Babcock. There were rumors that he had discussions with Shanny about firing Mike. Dubas wanted Sheldon Keefe from the start. They have not given this dynamic duo chance to spin thier webs out yet.
The second reason for keeping Dubas is that he has never had total control of the team. I know he is the General Manager, but he clearly has to okay everything through Shanahan. The Leafs will deny that until they are blue in the face, but we all know Shanny is in charge. He has to cut the puppet strings and let Dubas make the moves he wants to do.
The third reason I say to keep Dubas is that putting a new GM in right now would set the Maple Leafs back a couple more years. I am not ready to do a complete rebuild. I am not sure the Leafs could do much of a rebuild because of the core's heavy cap load.
Last word
It will be interesting to see what happens in the offseason. Only time will tell which road this team will take?
Randy
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