I watch a lot of Maple Leafs games. I wince when things go bad, when a defenceman fails due to his own weakness or a momentary error. No one points a camera at me when that happens, though. For Kyle Dubas and Sheldon Keefe they get to react for the world to see.
I’m not saying I feel sorry for them, that’s part of their job, but they aren’t robots, so the emotions of those moments — and the more sober consideration of them — is going to have an effect.
This is the reality that the “play the kidz” crowd fails to see.