In fairness to Hextall, exactly who was he going to trade off of that roster that was going to bring back a return that would change the direction of that club? In order to get you have to give and the Penguins bank account was nil. It was/is a bad roster that is far from it's prime.
The penguins got what they could obtain-an overpaid Granlund and over the hill Carter. Crosby, Malkin and Letang cost money then Guentzel had to get paid. That left the till almost empty. Injuries mattered with Malkin and Letang. They were the guys to move in a re-tool but no sensible franchise would take them on with their health issues and sizable contracts.
If Dubas takes on the Penguins job, I can see him bringing Keefe along with him and replacing Sullivan. Then Sullivan working with Tortorella.
Yeah. He did an amazing job with trades, fantastic with cap management, and a very good job at drafting, but the pro evaluations and hirings were the disaster that sunk him here.
And they even liked Hakstol until he demanded an answer on his future from them.
The thread is about something else now, and you're attempting to derail it with your whining about the topic you claim you don't want to see. So cut the hypocrisy and stop trying to make the thread about the thing you claim not to want.
He's a Torts' protege, the two are close, and he might want a year off.Yeah, Mike Sullivan, who has won more cups than Torts in less than half of the amount of seasons as a head coach, is going to accept being Torts heir apparent for a year or two. He definitely won't receive any offers better than that across the league
Probably because some old timer contrarians feel the need to keep propping up the team's dinosaur coach, desperately trying to keep their outdated worldview relevant despite the fact most people don't really care what they think.
