Well well well, after days of refreshing my Twitter feed hoping to see Kyle Dubas to Pittsburgh, it finally happened! Kyle Dubas is coming to the Penguins, but not as GM, but as the new President of Hockey Operations.
With not only Ron Hextall getting fired but also Brian Burke, it left a wide open hole in Pittsburgh that fits Dubas to a tee. With FSG looking for young, competitive and analytical management, that is exactly what they got in Dubas. It’s about as perfect of a fit as you will find so they’ve given him the keys to the organization and in todays NHL hockey video, I cover why.
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Will Kyle Dubas be a good fit in Pittsburgh?
Here's Dubas's idea of the perfect team…Pay 4 guys all the money…Fill out the rest of the roster with waiver wire league minimum guys that nobody else wants…Have no grit whatsoever…And sign as many 5 foot tall guys as you can find…Ya…what genius…lol
I told you, Shanahan is the problem… I knew it… But he has his yes man now…
Kyle Doofus
Wow, when he was in Toronto he was shittiest gm in the nhl, now he's gone and all of a sudden he's Jesus Christ.
The smart move is to start rebuilding straight away, its pointless to hold on to Crosby and Malkin with the hopes of winning a stanley cup when the team has no supporting depth.
Well he can’t do any worse at President than Shanahan did in Toronto. It boggles my mind how Shanahan still has a job
How does a guy with no history of success get a promotion?
Hey cannot get fired. Gets 5 to 7 years to screw up before he gets canned.
Fuck Pittsburgh is so lucky. Leafs absolutely gonna regret this when pens secure a couple cups. Shanahan should have been fired and replaced with Dub.
What an absolute monster. Penguins fans, you guys have scored more than you know.
Dubas and Kyle Davidson made a lot of moves together (despite Dubas baselessly accusing Davidson of revving up TOR’s own media on Fleury). CHI could be a dumping ground for short, big contracts PITT needs to unload… for a price (likely draft assets).
Dubas is way over his head. I can't believe Pittsburg signed this guy. Ego ?
Dubas is one of the worst gm in nhl history… he had it all! Sick contracts to trade, first overall pick+a lot more, sick prospects, unlimited money and he did NOTHING! He robbed an elite talent from ny islanders and still… nothing! How he even got a job is unreal.
I just can't see how the Pens become a competitive team again. Crosby, Malkin and Letang are all well-on, and I haven't seen any young players ready to become consistent second liners. Hopefully, he is given time to reorient the team to a post CML era. At least he's not dealing with trying to keep his core together.
As said, they do not to solidify their goaltending.
“His focus will be on goaltending, defence, and depth”. Polar opposite to what he did with the Leafs. Odd how that light bulb has turned on immediately after he is gone
I would bet Dubas in Pittsburg with the Pens wins a cup before the leafs. In the end the goal is to win the big prize.
ok wow only 1 first round draft pic since 2018 true since He traded away all the other draft pics , he traded for unrestricted free agents that didn't stick around that he obviously over paid for now Toronto has no good pics thanks to him, i am totally blowen away by how they think he is any good , any person could have done his job in toronto and been more successful i can't wait to see Pittsburg get screwed up by him
He should be successful. Although Pittsburgh loves their hockey, they don’t hold everyone under the microscope like Toronto.
Congrats Kyle…you will be missed in TO.
Now maybe a new coach that can make adjustments
He will trade Crosby to phoenix
How long until Sheldon Keefe joins him in Pittsburgh? He should also take Matt Murray with him. July 1st Justin Holl 4yrs/10.5M Penguins no movement first signing in Pittsburgh 😂
Dubas fucked up the leafs goaltending….well at least half of it. Campbell was playing pretty good with the leafs (alot better then Murray has been) I was surprised how bad Campbell got with edmonton although he got alot better down the stretch. I personally think the leafs would've been better off with Campbell and samsonov, Murray is just Terrible, can't even get 20 games out of that guy.
For every good step… he made some serious blunders as well. Trades he is probably 70/30 in making good deals to bad… but look out this guy is WAY too personable with his players and its clear that agents walk all over this guy. From the big guns to the depth players he rewards too many players for what he perceives they will do and not what they have done or can do. I'm not talking about the "core four" everyone knows about those guys, look at contracts like Kerfoot and anyone on the Leafs roster in the past 5 years making 2.5 mil who should be making 1 or less. Yes he could get legacy players to resign here cheap like Speeza and Gio but he's also handcuffed himself by giving away a million here, a million there which has led to things like not being able to sign Zack Hyman for instance who would have stayed for 1 more million. Then there are the trading to get rid of problems like Marleau for a 1st. Lots of arguments to be made but as Hockey fan and not just a Leafs fan, Dubas is a stubborn, egocentric man who will die on the hill of his core beliefs that you can judge hockey success through moneyball tactics… and to an extent he is right if Presidents trophy banners and point record seasons equal success to you… Toronto is not Seattle, we are looking for a championship. The fact that Seattle made it to game 7 of the 2nd round in year after drafting a bunch of 3rd liners the year before and the Leafs can't put together a roster who knows how to play playoff hockey is to me Dubas's fault.
Kyle was saying only a week ago that he couldn’t see himself anywhere else except in Toronto …riiiiight
I didn't like hextall as a goalie with Philly and I didn't like him as Pens GM.
…just name spezza as GM already 👍
He’s a failed GM. I can’t believe this
After pass GM's, Dubas was a breath of fresh air for Toronto. Im sure he will learn from his mistakes and do better.
Because the vanilla hockey team he helped create, that club ppl call the Toronto Maple Leafs, its core ingredients is just 3 table spoons of soy boys, an almond and add sugar to taste. Thats the recipe for disaster.
Side note*
I heard Babs stuffed Marner into a locker once and took his Nintendo.
I don't think he did that great of a job in Tor, some of the contracts are definitely questionable which all GMs have but people think this guy is some wonder GM. Here is a stat for you, they only have 3 players drafted after the 8th overall spot on their roster and only one of them worth anything the others are unproven. He traded away all his draft capitol for win now or just didn't draft good and now you have no win now and not much in the pipeline. And in Pitt he will be working with an aging core unlike in Tor where the core was young and had some time.
Kyle dubas the super twat
He wants to much power too fast..big issue
Rip panguins future. Guy had a royal flush and failed in toronto. He cant negotiate contracts at all, and agents will milk him for all their worth. It will be a shallow roster, dont worry though he will trade all the drafts away for a clear cut playoff run year after year.
Dubas needed this..fastest GM to President historically. He is a very smart cookie. He no longer has a blockade to his ideas…no shannahan to tell him what to do all the time. Good Luck Pittsburgh! You have a kickass President imo. But be concerned… if u get Sheldon Keefe or Nylander… that may be a problem. But who knows 😅
Seriously, you dolts think a an absolute failure is the Pens savior? Must be tons of lead in the water in Pitt…
the guy injects his family into his public job's new contract. He also is a liar and has no integrity,,,,,
The penguins are done until their next #1 draft pick era, anyone who disagrees is living in the past. At least the Red Wings (their SCF counterparts a decade ago) are already ahead in their rebuild. This isn't the WWE where Hulk Hogan can get "one more title run" in his semi retirement just because people want it to happen. The Hawks, Red Wings, and now Penguins are heading for rebuild.
Look out Pittsburgh. Dubas gonna lock Crosby and Malkin into $15M/year for 7 years each, and fix your goaltending problem by bringing Murray back. ;p
I think he’ll do well. But what he should focus on not so much “surrounding the again core” but to make the “core” actually the surrounding pieces. If you can acquire another top level talent or 2 now all of a sudden they can drop just a touch in role/responsibilities and then you can surround the rest with young fast and north south type players who don’t necessarily need to have the most talent.