With the 2022-23 NHL season ending on Tuesday with the Vegas Golden Knights hoisting the cup we now can focus on the offseason. For the Penguins – the past season did not go as planned. For the first time in well over a decade the Pittsburgh Penguins failed to make the postseason.
The Hextall era is over. Between the questionable acquisitions, the decision to depart from young talent, hopeless extensions, and lack of attention to the goaltending fiasco, it’s safe to say change needed to be made in front office. Enter Kyle Dubas, negotiations seemed to move fairly quickly.