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habdynasty
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All these teams making moves to their management and coaching staff after one or two bad years makes the sclerotic Molson-Bergevin era look even worse.
The Pens miss the playoffs one time and they clear out their upper management.
I really hope Molson and Gorton know what they’re doing.
The Pens miss the playoffs one time and they clear out their upper management.
I really hope Molson and Gorton know what they’re doing.
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Can we find an improvement over Burrows in the off season ? There's going to be a lot of coaches looking for a spot, most of them with a lot more experience .
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Really strong second half from Kotkaniemi this year…not too long ago I had raging debates on here that when Kotkaniemi would be 23-24, he’d be as valuable a player on a roster as Danault was, who at the time was monopolizing all of the ice time down the middle for the Habs.
He’s not quite there yet…but…..
He’s not quite there yet…but…..
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Agreed…I don’t see #1C ceiling but an all-around 2C is what he’s trending towards.
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This guy wrote a SCATHING piece in the Athletic, and he noted that part about Hextall's assistant being the one to push for Granlund. But there's no doubt how Yohe felt as he finished the piece.
"Hextall is one of the worst general managers in franchise history. He may well have destroyed the Penguins with his ghastly record of player transactions.
It’s easy to say that Hextall is a fool, and surely this explains why he stunk as general manager. Maybe.
More than anything, though, Hextall was a weakling during his time as Penguins’ general manager. Tough guy Hextall, the goalie with an attitude, rolled over and let his assistants make decisions. He let his players make decisions. He let fans make decisions. He sat quietly in his office all day while the rest of the organization was fading away."
Yohe: Ron Hextall, in the end, didn't have the backbone for the Penguins' GM job
Ron Hextall, above all else, didn't have the conviction of his Penguins GM predecessors.
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Barrett Hayton (#5 pick in 2018) is on a similar trajectory. His 22-23 numbers are almost identical to KK's.
It takes time for these guys. Many posters here were dumping on Dach when we acquired him last year as if he was washed up at 21.
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Did we ever get anything like this written by anyone about Bergevin?This guy wrote a SCATHING piece in the Athletic, and he noted that part about Hextall's assistant being the one to push for Granlund. But there's no doubt how Yohe felt as he finished the piece.
"Hextall is one of the worst general managers in franchise history. He may well have destroyed the Penguins with his ghastly record of player transactions.
It’s easy to say that Hextall is a fool, and surely this explains why he stunk as general manager. Maybe.
More than anything, though, Hextall was a weakling during his time as Penguins’ general manager. Tough guy Hextall, the goalie with an attitude, rolled over and let his assistants make decisions. He let his players make decisions. He let fans make decisions. He sat quietly in his office all day while the rest of the organization was fading away."
Yohe: Ron Hextall, in the end, didn't have the backbone for the Penguins' GM job
Ron Hextall, above all else, didn't have the conviction of his Penguins GM predecessors.
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This guy wrote a SCATHING piece in the Athletic, and he noted that part about Hextall's assistant being the one to push for Granlund. But there's no doubt how Yohe felt as he finished the piece.
"Hextall is one of the worst general managers in franchise history. He may well have destroyed the Penguins with his ghastly record of player transactions.
It’s easy to say that Hextall is a fool, and surely this explains why he stunk as general manager. Maybe.
More than anything, though, Hextall was a weakling during his time as Penguins’ general manager. Tough guy Hextall, the goalie with an attitude, rolled over and let his assistants make decisions. He let his players make decisions. He let fans make decisions. He sat quietly in his office all day while the rest of the organization was fading away."
Yohe: Ron Hextall, in the end, didn't have the backbone for the Penguins' GM job
Ron Hextall, above all else, didn't have the conviction of his Penguins GM predecessors.
To be honest that seems unprofessional and unnecessarily personal.
It's what I'd expect to see on HF not from a paywalled hockey journalist.
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Apparently Fenway Sports Group (ownership) have targeted Dubas - not surprising since the owner John Henry tried very hard to poach Billy Beane from As once he bought Red Sox and is a big time analytics guy further influenced by his hedge fund background
Mario is nothing more than a figurehead w Pens now since selling the team to John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group
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We can. However, I believe the plan is to avoid systems coaches at the moment and keep development and culture coaches. In Burrows’ case, he seems to be a developing coach as well. If they aren’t happy with him when the team is ready to win I expect them to upgrade but there’s no rush.
Turns out his usage as a teenager didn't ruin him at all.
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Can’t say anything on Hextall because I wasn’t following it but I’d argue that some people deserve a good blasting.
I didn’t read anything tin that excerpt that was over the line. To bring it closer to home, is it wrong to describe Therrien as a bully if that’s what he really was? It’s personal but it’s absolutely correct.
You mean starting off as an 18 year old and not dominating off the rip, doesn’t mean your whole career is doomed?
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I don't know. I mean I'm not outraged but I do think it's unprofessional. Calling him a fool and a weakling could be replaced by showing his ineffectiveness.
It just screams someone who's got a personal gripe with Hextall over a hockey analyst.
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Nothing that harsh in the mainstream, but then against it's pretty easy to trash an organization from top to bottom when you don't rely on them to put foods on your table.
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