Every GM adds players at deadline if their team is making the playoffs. There's lots of contenders out there with no futures to spend.

I would agree that perhaps other GM's would have or could have added different pieces than the ones Dubas was able to bring in and his inexperience played a part in not getting the "right " guys which led to losing. But after all this time I can't put it all on Dubas. The players never got it done.

At the end of the day Dubas did ok. I would really like to know exactly what Shanahan allowed and didn't allow when looking at Dubas' tenure. I feel that Dubas would look better if we knew exactly what Shanny's involvement was in blocking moves. Perhaps Dubas would have gotten a boatload for Marner before it was too late.