The rebuild or retool or re-whatever continues for Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas.
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The rebuild or retool or re-whatever continues for Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas, who, after the latest trade that sent Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor to the Vancouver Canucks, continues to mold the organization in his vision with a steady eye towards the next generation of Penguins hockey. [Trib Live]
With the surplus of draft picks and young players Dubas has acquired over the last several months, he also said the goal is to “operate as urgently as we can” to return the Penguins to the top of the NHL mountain. [PensBurgh]
The Penguins went on a horrendous 2-6-2 stretch in the two-plus weeks after trading star winger Jake Guentzel last season. With their big 2025 trade now in the rearview mirror, the team hopes to avoid another such slump. [Trib Live]
The NHL appears ready for exponential financial growth, as the league and the union have laid out a potential road map of salary cap structures in the coming years. [PensBurgh]
News and notes from around the NHL…
Well, folks, it finally happened. After weeks of locker room drama and discontent, the Canucks also shipped off forward J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers for Filip Chytil, a first-round pick (which was later sent to Pittsburgh in the Marcus Pettersson trade), and defenseman Victor Mancini. [CBS Sports]
The San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars also pulled off an impressive pre-deadline trade. On Saturday, the Sharks sent pending unrestricted free agents and Penguins icons Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci to the Stars for Dallas’ 2025 first-round selection and a conditional 2025 third-round pick. [The Mercury News]
Fans at a Toronto Raptors game on Sunday continued an emerging trend, also seen in Ottawa and Calgary at NHL games, of fans booing the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump announcing import tariffs on America’s northern ally. [Associated Press]