goalie13 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) The Pittsburgh Penguins have relieved President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke, General Manager Ron Hextall and Assistant General Manager, Chris Pryor of their duties, it was announced today by Fenway Sports Group. John Henry and Tom Werner issued the following statement: "We are grateful to Brian, Ron, and Chris for their contributions to the organization over the past two seasons, but we feel that the team will benefit from new hockey operations leadership. While this season has been disappointing, we believe in our core group of players and the goal of contending for the Stanley Cup has not changed." The search for new hockey operations leadership will begin immediately. During this transition, the managerial duties of hockey operations will be shared among current Director of Hockey Operations, Alec Schall, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton General Manager/Manager of Hockey Operations, Erik Heasley and Hockey Operations Analyst, Andy Saucier. Head Coach Mike Sullivan will also assist during the transition. The Penguins missed the playoffs for the first time in 17 years, ending the longest-active playoff streak among teams in North American professional sports. The streak included three Stanley Cup Championships (2009, '16, '17), four Stanley Cup Final appearances and five trips to the Eastern Conference Final. This is only the second time since Sidney Crosby made his NHL debut in 2005-06 that the Penguins did not qualify for the postseason. Edited April 14, 2023 by goalie13 Added content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Should have blown the team up and started getting draft picks again. But I guess loyalty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) I don’t think that’s the issue because I think as long as Sid’s there you have to go for it every year, and Sid gets to decide when he leaves. They just did a terrible job of “going for it”. Picking up Granlund and Bonino while everyone else was picking up legitimately good pieces like Horvat, Kane, Meier, etc was mind boggling. I genuinely think Hextall is worse than Benning. edit: @Ghostsof1915 I meant to quote you Edited April 14, 2023 by Sean Monahan 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Their core guys still have a few years of good hockey left. Surround them with the right players and they SHOULD still contend. They're in a tough position now with barely any good prospects in their system and weak draft positions (sounds oddly familiar....). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Should have blown the team up and started getting draft picks again. But I guess loyalty. Agree completely, but now, they are locked into the aging core for another 2 - 3 years since they gave Malkin and Letang full NMC's last summer. They need to trade both of those guys and get more first rounders back and reset the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sean Monahan said: I don’t think that’s the issue because I think as long as Sid’s there you have to go for it every year, and Sid gets to decide when he leaves. They just did a terrible job of “going for it”. Picking up Granlund and Bonino while everyone else was picking up legitimately good pieces like Horvat, Kane, Meier, etc was mind boggling. I genuinely think Hextall is worse than Benning. edit: @Ghostsof1915 I meant to quote you They really did have a terrible deadline. The deals just made no sense. They have been going for it for so long eventually the mix gets sour. Same thing happened in Chicago, even here after 2011. Will be fun to watch what they do and how big they are willing to change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HKSR Posted April 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2023 You gotta wonder what would have happened had they just bit the bullet and paid a high price for JT Miller. Don't have a centre to send back our way? Then go get one so you CAN send one back this way. Too complicated? Ok, you're fired. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said: Agree completely, but now, they are locked into the aging core for another 2 - 3 years since they gave Malkin and Letang full NMC's last summer. They need to trade both of those guys and get more first rounders back and reset the team. True but you have to take into consideration of their ages and what kind of cap. Not a lot of teams would want to take that one I don't think or have the cap space to do it and if they did you'd have to wonder if both players would want to play for a team that either dumped salary to pick one or both up or simply have a lot of cap but not a good core or supporting cast that would support players like those two.. Hard to say really, who knows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Granlund and his 1 goal in 20 games for a 2nd round pick lmao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Brian Burke has already landed a job. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyone Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 this frees up Brian Burke to take over the job from Gary B... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 No matter who will be the next management, the team will be not easy to solve the problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 51 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Should have blown the team up and started getting draft picks again. But I guess loyalty. Sedins = Crosby/mAlkin to Pittsburgh In hindsight we couldve dealt the Sedins for a massive haul. But they are Canucks for life now, in our management now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DownUndaCanuck Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 They've made some pretty bad moves, obviously they're getting older and worse and have nothing in the pipeline, but plenty of picks to throw away and they wasted them. Their depth is dried up and honestly their defence without prime Letang isn't great. Petry and Pettersson are decent top-4 guys but they lack a star on the blueline. Terrible pick ups this off-season, meanwhile NYI haul Bo and they push them out of a playoff spot. There were a lot of talks around Miller etc. going to Pittsburgh and it never got done - Allvin pushed them all out of a job. I don't think Pittsburgh is finished as long as they have Crosby and Malkin still scoring over a point per game. Zucker comes off the books this off-season, they should be active in free agency to sign one defenceman, but they have a first rounder they should really think about selling over the next 3 years. I know there was chat of giving us two firsts for Miller and it never happened, so you know they're thinking about it. If they could somehow add a top scorer and a decent puck moving defenceman, they may well be back in the playoff mix. Can they afford a guy like Orlov, Klingberg or Severson? Give us a first for Boeser at the draft? They have to do something big or their stars will just dwindle out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 57 minutes ago, Sean Monahan said: I don’t think that’s the issue because I think as long as Sid’s there you have to go for it every year, and Sid gets to decide when he leaves. They just did a terrible job of “going for it”. Picking up Granlund and Bonino while everyone else was picking up legitimately good pieces like Horvat, Kane, Meier, etc was mind boggling. I genuinely think Hextall is worse than Benning. edit: @Ghostsof1915 I meant to quote you Exactly... Can't believe they paid a 2nd for Grandlund. He was good.... 5 years ago? People wrote Boston off many times, so I don't think it's impossible for Sid to make one more run at it. They would have to knock it out this summer and they don't have much currency left to deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 54 minutes ago, HKSR said: You gotta wonder what would have happened had they just bit the bullet and paid a high price for JT Miller. Don't have a centre to send back our way? Then go get one so you CAN send one back this way. Too complicated? Ok, you're fired. true story, I don't think Hextall is all that smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Well looks like Miller is here to stay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Staying 'elite' and hoping to 'compete' forever simply is not a sustainable long-term plan in today's cap-dominated NHL. They extended their competitive window FAR beyond what could reasonably be expected by acquiring the best player of his entire generation....now they're likely going to be in fringe-wildcard purgatory for some time unless new ownship/management realizes you need to take a few steps back before climbing up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginator Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Brian Burke has already landed a job. Yes! Take off Hrudey and put in Burke!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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