Last August, in the aftermath of a disappointing Maple Leafs playoff loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, I wrote an article titled “Tick Tock.” Rather than a reference to the short video clip service popular with a generation of youths who do all sorts of weird shit I don’t understand, this meant that Kyle Dubas had one more shot to try and prove that this core was worthy of contention. Dubas tried; he made a successful addition of T.J. Brodie and some more dubious additions of Joe Thornton, Wayne Simmonds, and later Nick Foligno. The team drew the Montreal Canadiens in Round 1, and after seven games, it failed.
Time Is Up
