I get Kyle Dubas had like a thing for his Soo Greyhound players but holy shit I didn't know how deep it went.
He's brought to his teams in the NHL from his Soo Days: Bunting, Campbell, Murray, McCann (then lost him in expansion), Hollowell, Katchouk...lol. I know the last 2 on that list, they came after he left but likely had scouting reports on them and kept tabs.
In any case, this was an interesting read, it's not filled with the whiny Leafs losers shit like it is here...
I was looking at the Pens schedule in the next little bit and they have an absolutely brutal stretch coming up starting November 19th. 10 game stretch where the face the Lightining, Jets, Utah, Canucks, Bruins, Flames, Panthers, Rangers, Leafs and Avs.
They legit might go 2-8 during that stretch. Their only wins this season are against garbage like the Sabres, Ducks and Habs
Another thing Wener mentioned in this was that him and Henry talk to Dubas everyday. I wonder how these conversations are going nowadays. "So uh Kyle, do you plan on running our 900M investment into the ground or is there some kind of plan here".
If they can go 0-10 or even 1-9, I think that should sort it with Sullivan being gone. Yeah I saw that kept tabs part too, I think Kyle is likely telling them what he can about the roster but it boils down to coaching, they (Werner/Henry) claimed they liked Dubas' moves this off season and wanted to be back to being a playoff team, well if he tells them I can make more trades like others did or we can go a different route...maybe that'll do it. Because if you do it by end of November, I am almost certain the Pens won't be the only team changing their coach by then.
I just hope they don't make David Quinn the coach and Kirk MacDonald isn't ready, I still prefer Todd Nelson just for how he connects with the players and his open mindedness with his discussions with players and feedback and his willingness to keep adjusting as the game goes.
Also, Pens were last valued at 1.47 Billion.
