The Toronto Maple Leafs are now 20 games into the regular season and there is no shortage of concerns and finger pointing up to this stage. Many are blaming the system, others blaming the coaching staff, the players and all the way up to the man responsible for assembling this team, the GM.
As is with any team-based sport, there is no single answer, when a problem exists it exists systemically. Players are underperforming, coaching staff are having utilisation issues and it seems clear that the team the GM has assembled doesn’t match the one that the coach envisions.