The Pittsburgh Penguins have done the thing! They have hired Kyle Dubas to be their President of Hockey Operations and they got the guy they wanted right from the start! For this episode, Hunter is joined by Doug Glattke of Penguins Twitter and Forechecking TV to discuss the crazy Thursday for the Penguins. They first get into their overall thoughts about the hire before diving into how he knocked it out of the park with the press conference. They analyze how Dubas seems to actually have a plan for the short and long-term future of this franchise while also looking at how Mike Sullivan is easily staying on as head coach. After that, the two discuss GM candidates and how Dubas is looking for someone “progressive.” Who could that be? The two give a list of names that Dubas could look to interview and whether Jason Spezza will be coming before ending the show with what Dubas’ first priorities should be. All that, plus much more, is on this episode of Locked On Penguins.
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Apologies if my face froze once or twice in the video. Wifi crapped the bed a couple of times for some reason.
I definitely think Granlund is getting bought out. Taylor Haase and Danny Shirey talked about four potential buyout candidates for the Penguins, and the one that makes sense and gives the Penguins cap relief, is Granlund.
Some Toronto media were bothered that they couldn't drive down to Pittsburg and crash the party, —- they were at the Leafs GM announcement One thing we should remember is that The new Leaf GM inherited a much better team than Kyle did. (No offence Pens), but the Leafs are a much better club. Lots of work to do in Pittsburg.
It's not going to help the Penguins right now, but another possible (rare) Hextall win could be 2022 4th round pick, goalie Sergei Murashov. He had a ridiculous year in Russia. Had a.948 save percentage in 37 games, in the MHL. And a .947 save percentage in his lone KHL game. He's only 19, so who knows. But considering the dearth of talent the Penguins have in the system, it's weird he's not being talked about by anyone, really. I know Danny Shirey brought his name up not long ago. But he doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar right now.
But you can't glean much from a presser. But Dubas was very impressive today, answering questions. There's a ton of work for him to do. But I think Dubas puts the organization on the right track in a big way.
Absolutely love this hire. I’m interested to see how he puts his fingerprints on this roster this off-season. I wonder what he’s gonna do with Zucker as a UFA if he will pay him or sign someone or a similar quality in free agency
I'm on board with basically everything Dubas said, especially that the defense needs a makeover. They gotta let Dumoulin walk (thank you for your service Dumo, but it's time) and try to move Petry and Rutta. I still can't believe the Pens could've had Jakob Chychrun, but Ron didn't pull the trigger and spent the money on Granlund instead. Ron Hextall literally ruined this team. He straight up did, I'm still kind of mind blown by how dumb he was. Dubas has his work cut out for him but I trust him.