Checking back in on the Penguins’ off-season checklist

Photo by Andy Marlin/NHLI via Getty ImagesAhh, the off-season. The Cup has been lifted, the games are over. The summer heat is about to set in. Is it hard to believe that it’s been now two months since the Penguins last played a game? Soon after was when we set out this course of action for this pivotal and important off-season. Now seemed like as good a time as any to check back in on it, remind you of some important dates as the flurry of activity is soon to approach.

Step 1: Hire new leadership

Well, give this one a hearty check and mark it off the list. It took almost six weeks from the firing of Brian Burke/Ron Hextall to the naming of Kyle Dubas as technically President of Hockey…