This guy has nailed the off-season in my opinion, some of these deals might be a little bit questionable (Jarry, Graves term) but he has drastically improved our team since he’s came in. The depth he’s brought in has been incredible. Him and Omar Khan need statues built ASAP.
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Don’t forget Spezza 🙌
Let. Dubas. Cook.
I don’t know about statues, but some of those bottom 6 players that he signed for around, or even right at league minimum are pretty great.
If you look at the career numbers from some of those guys a couple of them are only a season or two from 20 goal years. You can’t necessarily expect that kind of output from a bottom six player, but it it points to some offensive upside for guys that are mainly in a checking role.
The Jarry signing was necessary in a really tough goaltender market. I think that if the goaltender that they acquired is able to be a consistent backup then the Pens will be ok in net.
Upgrading the blueline is also a significant factor in how well the goaltenders perform.
I really like the idea of the front office hiring younger, maybe more open minded people more versed in analytics.
He’s also overhauling the training department which could probably use some improvement with the amount and type of injuries that the Pens have had to deal with over the past few seasons. It’s especially important with an older roster like the Pens have.
As a leaf fan i was disappointed to see him go. Was surprised he gave Jarry the term since he never gave that to any goalie before but the Pens are in good hands
Even if we miss the playoffs again, at least he made moves that should make the team better instead of sitting on his hands like Ronny did
Team is nearly identical to what he acquired minus Dumo for Graves. Build a statue!
Dubas doing what he does best, finding those pieces for cheap that fit the roster. I was worried that maybe some of those players he was getting in Toronto were simply because it was Toronto but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Some of those depth guys will inevitably end up in Wilkes which should help the baby pens have a better season also.
Goalies has always seemingly been his weakness but there really wasn’t a better movie available in net that wouldn’t hurt our chances overall, and I like what he did for the goalie depth.
I trust dubas and his ability to put together a solid regular season roster. It’s up to the players in the playoffs, and I’m guessing we should get more evidence that the core in Toronto just doesn’t have that playoff gear after this season.
Leafs fan passing by because reddit likes to recommend your sub to me.
This guy is a magician, I’m happy crosby can be even more competitive with Dubas’ touch
Honestly getting him was as good of an off season signing we could have asked for.
He’ll bring us back to the promise land again sooner rather than later and we won’t be complete dog shit once the big 3 hang them up.
Thanks for the multi-year contracts to bottom-sixers that render them unmovable. If Hextall did that, you’d have the torches and pitchforks ready.
I love when people complain about Graves’ term. If you have ever said “I like the money but hate the term,” you need to consider that you wouldn’t have one without the other!
Dubas Khan
He’s doing better than I was expecting. But he’s still not done.
he’s cute as a button too, complete eye candy
I remember when people were singing praises for Hextall, GMJR, Shero, etc. Let’s not put the cart before the horse here.
Not sure what validity there is, but if we give up two first rounders for EK, we’re hemorrhaging the future and he’s just Hextall 2.0. I’m in a win now state because we only have a few years left with the core but I hope he doesn’t destroy the next 5-10 years of the Pens for 1 guy.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the moves Dubas has done so far, but he is far from being a Pittsburgh god here.
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