In this episode, the Nick’s discuss the Pittsburgh Penguins firing of general manager Ron Hextall, President of Hockey ops Brian Burke, and assistant gm Chris Pryor.
They are joined by Hunter Hodies (Locked On Penguins), Doug Glattke (Forechecking TV) to break down the move and discuss what could be next for the Penguins.
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Good step in the right direction.
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I love this podcast! They over the Pittsburgh penguins news perfectly! Keep up that good work!
Finally I wanted it the minute the third period was over in Columbus 😂
Burke was waving rainbow flags. Other than that, nobody knows what he did.
Kyle dubas
Doug Glattke had some Szechuan, China hot pot typa spicy takes.🔥🌶️
Right on! First step in the right direction.
Matt Murray to
Dave nonis as well
If you hire Marc Bergevin, you'll regret it.
~Habs fan
When I first saw this when I woke up I was super happy almost made me forget about missing the playoffs Almost
Made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think this is the end of an era btw. I think it could be just a down year.
It’s about time!
This made my day..
Whoever they hire, I hope it's an analytics guy. Not where advanced stats make all the decisions for you. But someone who sees the value in what those tools show you, and not stubbornly doing the opposite.
Likewise, if they hire someone like that–assuming he's still here–Sullivan will have to play by those rules. You can't have Sullivan stubbornly playing Carter & Dumoulin in place of a better, young player, despite every stat (and the eye test) telling you you're not playing your best roster.
Now that Hextall is gone, I have already seen several names floated as GM options, and I would love to hear your thoughts on this list of potential GMs- Jason Botterill, Alex Mandrycky, Laurence Gilman, Kate Madigan, Eric Tulsky, Paul Krepelka, Dan MacKinnon, Ryan Martin, Joe Will, Meghan Duggan, Kyle Dubas, Ryan Bowness, Cammi Granato, and Jamie Langenbrunner
This should’ve happened months ago but so glad it’s happened this is like winning the Stanley cup
Although GM Ron Hextell made some questionable moves, I will give credit where credit is due. When the Pens lost to the Rangers in the 2022 playoffs, he had a difficult mountain to overcome. He was tasked with trying to keep the core intact, as well as trying to bring back solid supporting players. Despite the odds, he brought back Malkin, Letang AND brought back Rust and Rakell on team friendly deals. Although, Hextall had his flaws during his tenure: not keeping Tanev during the expansion draft, trading McCann, trading Marino and Matheson, acquiring Petry, Granlund, pieces that made the team slower.
Wow, just found you guys and agree with everything you are saying.
They needed to fire Sullivan too. Jarry needs to be gone. Hextall was a desperation hire and we should of ended this a long time ago
Awesome Awesome!!! Keep it up guys. Enjoy your podcast very much.👍🏻👍🏻
Dubas please
Shoulda been months earlier….off-season get John Gibson & a competent backup…then work on bottom 6