It’s Time for Penguins To Go All in on Kyle Dubas
The Pittsburgh Penguins need a new general manager and their top guy might have just become available.
The Toronto Maple Leafs lost their second round series in five games, and now the Pittsburgh Penguins should put on the full court press for Kyle Dubas.
The Penguins have been on the hunt for a new general manager for about a month and Dubas’ name has been brought up every step of the way.
According to numerous reports, Fenway Sports Group (FSG) just wrapped up their opening round of interviews and want to have a decision made in the coming weeks.
The moment the Maple Leafs lost in overtime of Game 5 to the Florida Panthers, the Penguins’ search got much more interesting.
While names have been rumored to be interviewed like Jason Botterill and Mathieu Darche, the Maple Leafs bowing out should shoot Dubas straight to the top of the list.
It’s not clear if Dubas was interviewed in FSG’s first round talks, but this is a guy you can amend some rules for.
Dubas not only understands what it means to keep a core group of players around, but also how to build an outstanding supporting cast.
People will point to the flaws that peaked through the last seven years of Toronto hockey, but that’s not on Dubas; he’s not the one on the ice.
Dubas entered his position with the impossible task of finding a way to keep Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and Willian Nylander around.
Not only did he succeed in doing that, but he also re-signed Morgan Rielly and found a way to squeeze in John Tavares in free agency.
From the start of the GM search in Pittsburgh, Dubas should have been a top priority, and now he has more freedoms to explore his options.
It’s up to FSG to hand him a blank check and the keys to the castle, now is the time.
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