The Leafs had their final media availability of the season yesterday, which was covered in great detail by Katya. Here, you get a combination of insight, platitudes, and “I’ll be better next year”s. The latter is what we heard out of William Nylander, which is covered in some depth in this piece by Chris Johnston.
Kyle Dubas essentially blames Nylander’s poor year on the contract dispute that prevented him from having a typical training camp and preseason experience. In particular, Dubas takes the hit for that having occurred. From Johnston:
The first-year GM said the blame resided with “me and me alone.