leaffan2005
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Just over the past short while that he's been gm:
1. Traded significant assets for Muzzin
2. Extended Muzzin
3. Traded for Clifford
4. Has constantly said his team needs to play harder
It only seems odd if you ignore what he does. He was also big on having apes in his Marlies lineups.
Muzzin I will give you.
Clifford again was a throw in in the Campbell deal. That deal wasn't made because of Clifford. And regardless he is an irrelevant player who can't really play much. Not sure why this is suddenly being used as an example of bringing on toughness. Don't we all want tougher guys who can play? Simmonds is much better than Clifford.
And he hasn't "constantly said the team has to be harder to play against". This is a very recent line that has been thrown out by Dubas. Maybe he finally realized building a team full of soft one-dimensional players who are skilled isn't necessarily the right way to go. But you can tell with the majority of his acquisitions and his general philosophy on drafting that this is not his usual shtick. And given the team not progressing at all under his reign and the obvious pressure he is under to win a playoff round, it's not unreasonable to suggest this may be coming from above him. Don't understand why this is so controversial of a take. Everybody here assumed he was helpless when it came to canning Babs but now he is a lone ranger when it comes to personel decisions.