Dubas Explains One Mistake He Won't Make With The Leafs.

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May 19, 2018 (8:56)

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"Yesterday we shared how James Mirtle of The Athletic believes that new Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas will go for a grand slam type offseason. Possibly putting his hands on free agent forward John Tavares and trading for defenseman Dougie Hamilton. While landing both is probably a long shot, the Leafs new GM recently explained something he's definitely not going to do. «If you try to copy one particular team, you're going to end up as an inferior version of that team. You're not going to be able to do it as good as they did.»
That's definitely a good thing as we've seen teams try and be "tough like the Bruins". We can even look at the failure in Edmonton where new general manager Peter Chiarelli tried to build a big and tough team to compete in the west instead of giving Connor McDavid some fast skilled players. Chiarelli focused too much on the past trying to build a team like Anaheim to compete in the old NHL instead of looking to the future and the speed and skill of the new NHL. We look forward to seeing what kind of unique identity Dubas gives to the Leafs.
«If you try to copy one particular team, you're going to end up as an inferior version of that team. You're not going to be able to do it as good as they did.» Kyle Dubas.
— Jude (@JudeLeafs) May 18, 2018

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