Kyle Dubas has now mentioned several times performing with a spirit of defiance.
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I think everybody needs to be realistic in their expectations with this team.
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DK, the doubt is evident in the recent playoff losses. The strength of the upper echelon teams makes the Penguins seem very far away from threatening to make deep playoff runs. It’s not so much about quoting “doubters” as much as it is a reasonable conclusion to draw from the performances season over season, declining to the point of missing the playoffs. I support Dubas’ posturing that Pittsburgh, under the new regime which will give the Penguins’ core renewed guidance and support, is a city necessary to go through in order to win the Stanley Cup.
The Dubas press conference number 1 was such a joke. If you actually listen to what the content is of what he's saying rather than how it sounds, it's very worrying for Pens fans.
Eg: What about the aging players? Dubas: "it's ok Sully won't get old".
just mind blowing for an executive to come out with such a silly response.
Dubas called a press conference about 4 weeks before the trade deadline last season before the playoffs, just to say 'I want to tell everyone we aren't trading draft picks to try and win in the playoffs'. What kind of inane move is that? Ok, so obviously you are going to. So that backfires immedately. And who needs a presser for that?! wow.
I said it then, don't let him trade your future away. but leaf fans railed on me for my opinion 'we need to win now!'. But we won't with that same core………. picks,, are gone. …. so those new talented cheap young players will go elsewhere and they leafs got their A** handed to them by FLA. unreal. never seen anything like it .
Dubas freaking out in the box was not because he's into the game. it was because he spent 6 years tinkering with this team and making bad moves, especially in the goaltending department, without having a clue how to build a winner. That was frustration with himself not passion.
As long as the rags are in the league, expect chippy. 😅
press conference 1: Q: what about Sid's contract? Dubas 'oh i'm not sure, when does it end?' Reporter 'in 18 months'. Dubas 'k well no problem we'll deal with it in 18 months'.
Trust me. he should be a capologist in the back room. not a gm.
busy talking about how his wife loves pits but doesn't know when your top star's contract is up and doesn't have a clue what to do when it is?????? yikes.
that is ok, trade picks for karlsson! 😂 joker.
Toronto arguably got knocked out the last two years because (at least some considerable amount) of some line stepping from the opposition. Its not just a throwaway concern tbh but I think the group is actually better off than it was last year in that regard anyway
The Core + Karlsson and the rest all have a collective chip on their shoulder–something to prove! #LetsGoPens!
Just guessing here, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is a personal thing for Dubas himself. I mean, look at the way he left Toronto. How many people would've told him he's stupid to leave that Toronto team for an overaged Pittsburgh team? Nevertheless, seems to me this could be good fuel for guys like Sid, Geno and Letang.
IMO, I think there is nothing better for this upcoming season than for Crosby, Malkin & Letang to play with a "chip" on their shoulders. Plus the addition of EK. I don't think that bodes well for the rest of the league. Time will tell.
You’re telling me you haven’t read any of the dozen projections done by hockey writers and sites that put the pens at the middle of the pack, most saying we’ll just make the playoffs but not go far after that? That seems like a fair amount of doubt from the hockey community to me and something that we should be excited to prove wrong.
You've not seen heard or read anything of the kind??? You lost me Dejan. I agree with Dubas' statement when he says there is doubt. Any media outlet covering hockey is down on the Pens and our aging core. No one thinks they can do it. I think we can be like the 2018 Vegas Knights who were a bunch of misfits that no one wanted. We have a GM that's motivated to prove it. We had a core who wants to prove everyone wrong. We have a new bottom 6. A goalie who needs to prove it. and we have Erik Freaking Karlsson who wants to prove everyone wrong.