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Originally Posted by Spurs
Deepest in the league? It is mediocre, maybe deep in mediocrity but nowhere near one of the top groups in the league.
Campbell has shown his whole career that despite moments of good play he can't be relied on. Anderson was a decent move but it didn't work out, he wasn't able to give them the level of goaltending they needed. Samosonov again not good enough. At some point when the results aren't there the GM has to take some responsibility and with Dubas the results weren't good enough.
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He has to take responsibility, but none of those goaltenders were bad with the Leafs. They actually were all reclamation projects who exceeded their expectations.
Regarding defence, they essentially started with Reilly. Almost nothing else when he was first with the team. The "problem" with their defence is defenceman 3-7 were more or less interchangeable. One wasn't that much better than the other but #7 was never bad. Gio is more or less their #7. How many teams would like to have that? They just didn't have the upper end talent. What was their downfall ultimately was their best players didn't compete hard enough. Doesn't mean they aren't close to moving over that hump. I didn't like how Dubas handled himself towards the end, but he was a good GM in many ways. Trying to keep a young core together is tough and admirable.