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No. Plenty of reasons to dislike and even fire Dubas, just use any of those. Management 101 is to measure employees on inputs not outputs. Winning playoff rounds is clearly an output. My main point though was that your lazy consensus doesn?t exist.

Firing Dubas for the team not winning playoff rounds would be the kind of reactionary mistake the Leafs used to make in the 80s. The GM's contribution is to put the best roster together he can. Unless the new guy can guarantee playoff success, which nobody can, that's a bad metric to replace...

I like the logic... but, it feels like a story I tell myself to pursuade myself it?s all going to turn out the way that?s best for me. Back when Marleau signed this deal, everyone said ? I wish it had been for 2 years instead of 3? with exactly this in mind. The catch was, he was only...

Is there any evidence for this, or is it an extrapolation of the scapegoating that?s been going on since before the playoffs even started? I think anointing an AHL coach the solution in Toronto would be great theatre in the media, not sure it would be great for the Leafs themselves.

This sums up how I feel... if the same series had been in round 2 (old playoff format), the response would be more balanced. It seems like many are taking their own bugbears and presenting them as evidence of a problem I?m not sure exists, and then declaring Babcock under a pressure I?m not sure...

Some economists did a paper on when hockey teams should pull the goalie a while back and concluded that it?s actually much earlier than anyone (including Babcock) is doing it, but since coaches are perceived better if the team only loses by 1 or 2 goals, they really only pull the goalie for show...

Never argue with a fool or a drunk. They bring you down to their level then beat you with experience.

He?s had a great year, but given that 6 of his goals were empty net, I think it?s likely we?re looking at the high water mark for Zach Hyman?s production.

Sorry to pick out a single point from a really good post, and then take it on a tangent... but I have been wondering what the sports science guys do with the various NHL teams training regimens when they?re in a position like a Leafs/Bruins or particularly Tampa. I?d presume there?s some sort...

What will YOU say if they miss? Will having played Chicken Little for months beforehand somehow make you feel better about it? Honestly curious...

So, criticising the GM for being ?fine with paying market value? seems like a strange place to set the bar of expectation. Am I misunderstanding? Also, if you?re basing your cap number on Eichel, remember that in October 2017 when he signed his deal, it was under a cap of $75M. The difference...

When the law is on your side, argue the law. When the facts are on your side, argue the facts. When neither is on your side, puns the table and make a loud emotional speech. Of course Marner?s agent doesn?t accept Cs are more valuable than the wingers. Similarly, the Leafs will be convinced...

I am thrilled we got Matthews signed under $12AAV. Should he walk in 5 years, I may change my mind, but otherwise, I like that both sides turned away from the 8 year deal... at his age, he could still sign an 8 year deal in 5 years, in a new cap reality. I was quietly thinking 13+/8 years...

This. I think the whole Babcock narrative, the "they're too soft" narrative etc are overcomplicating a pretty simple situation: The Leafs are built to score a lot, and they're not. Since Christmas: Rielly has 3 points in 11 games (and is still PPG as a DMan for the season) Matthews has 9 in...

Ah, fair enough. Is that a statement of opinion or fact? I.e is there relative data, or are you just pointing out that the Leafs have won a lot of home games?

Freakonomics radio did an episode where they worked with some people who had studied home field advantage, and found that the data says it?s real. They concluded the explanation was involuntary referee bias. For anyone interested the Freakonomics episode can be found here...

No. Hockey fandom is a wide church, but anyone who was booing Gardiner is a moron. There is literally nothing easier in the world than being a sports fan: cheer for the guy wearing your jersey. There is no upside to booing, there is downside, the boo birds people just failed at life?s easiest...

I like this... >105 seems a pretty good benchmark for "don't panic" status. Over the last 10 years, a handful of teams (at least 3 with a high water mark of 7) achieve >105 every year. Keeping in mind that points are a zero-sum game (i.e for any team to get a larger share, someone else needs a...

Isn't Herman saying that the second group of bars are the more controllable effects, and the ones that matter? i.e. shots share is more controllable than points? Or am I missing something?

I don't think where Nylander is at right now represents "going to the mattresses" though (nice line), as it sounds like (touch wood) things are going to get resolved. Where it seems to be with Nylander is that a ~$300k difference over ~6 years is ~$1.8 million, and that's worth taking some time...