Dubas stated he was going to keep the Penguins competitive during this retool. He should have followed the Capitols plan because his plan was pitiful. Bringing in players from the scrap heap was never a good plan. Signing Karlson, re-signing Jarry etc etc would never have happened in Tor with Shanahan looming. Problem in Pittsburgh is you have an inexperienced Pres/GM who has no oversight. It will take years to recover. I feel for Sid. Gene in St Johns NL Canada. Big fan of your podcast.
Dubas couldn't do what the Caps did because the Caps had kept many more of their draft picks (vs Rutherford trading their picks for many years), resulting in a stocked farm team at Hershey. The Caps also had Backstrom and Oshie bow out early due to injury, so they had lots of extra cap space to work with. Penguins lacked cap space, draft picks and talent in the minors.
There was nothing to help the team in the off season. How many players would be knocking down the door to come play for a team that just missed the playoffs 2 years in a row? Context is needed
How can such mediocrity get to the NHL?! Are the players today just this poor OR is Dubas just poor at selecting and matching talent, OR is Sully poor at using talent?
ek, griz, graves are all on dubas and no coach can make a team win with them.
Dubas stated he was going to keep the Penguins competitive during this retool. He should have followed the Capitols plan because his plan was pitiful. Bringing in players from the scrap heap was never a good plan. Signing Karlson, re-signing Jarry etc etc would never have happened in Tor with Shanahan looming. Problem in Pittsburgh is you have an inexperienced Pres/GM who has no oversight. It will take years to recover. I feel for Sid. Gene in St Johns NL Canada. Big fan of your podcast.
Dubas couldn't do what the Caps did because the Caps had kept many more of their draft picks (vs Rutherford trading their picks for many years), resulting in a stocked farm team at Hershey. The Caps also had Backstrom and Oshie bow out early due to injury, so they had lots of extra cap space to work with. Penguins lacked cap space, draft picks and talent in the minors.
Dumbas has done nothing to help the penguins in the off-season. Just like in Toronto he is a failure.
There was nothing to help the team in the off season. How many players would be knocking down the door to come play for a team that just missed the playoffs 2 years in a row? Context is needed
@@mrchady So that means give gift contracts to Reilly Smith, Graves and 10 million+ to EK yeah right....he's been a disaster
Well my mom is dead but that was nice
How can such mediocrity get to the NHL?! Are the players today just this poor OR is Dubas just poor at selecting and matching talent, OR is Sully poor at using talent?