BOCA RATON, Fla. — Kyle Dubas has pretty much seen it all this season, at the helm of a Toronto Maple Leafs team that seems playoff-bound but not without some dramatic ups and downs.



It has tested even his normally calm and zen-like demeanour. He wouldn’t be human if it didn’t. But you also get the sense from the Leafs GM that he feels this crazy journey has a purpose, that his young core of talented but inconsistent players will grow from fighting through the adversity.



We sat down on Tuesday afternoon at the GM meetings for the latest in my series of Q&A interviews with NHL GMs.



I know you’re an avid reader. I can’t help but ask you, if there’s a book on this year’s Leafs, what’s the title?



Oh geez. That’s a deep question right off the hop (smiles). I don’t know, I don’t think the book is written yet. “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin, would...