from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

Kyle Dubas doesn’t sound like a man on the hot seat.

In a rare, wide-ranging conversation on the eve of the opening of Maple Leafs training camp, Dubas comes across as composed and confident — believing in his hockey team that has so many questions; excited, like most of us, for the start of a new season and all that is about to unfold.

He isn’t consumed with winning a single round of the Stanley Cup playoffs the way so much of Toronto is after repeated post-season disappointments that have plagued this franchise for far too many years. This is his fifth season as general manager, his ninth year with the club — and some wonder if there will be a next year for him with his contract set to expire. But the team has grown by 15 points in his first four years — just not enough when it matters most in April or May.

“You want to win every year, that’s why you do these jobs,” said Dubas, the married father of two, no longer a kid GM. He turns 37 in November.

“You’re at that point where that’s our goal. To win. Not just win a round. Our goal is to win the Stanley Cup. Not to win a series, it’s to win the whole thing. That’s what we focus on.

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