I read comments made by Penguins Poho/GM Kyle Dub During a press conference on Thursday morning. One of his most important punches? Youth is served. In the case of a draw between a child and an experienced veterinarian, the young person gets the nod.
“We will deal with the wrinkle effects of those on some of the more experienced boys,” said Dubas. “The message to the experienced boys is that the young boys will get it. They will get the chance. They must earn everything, but it has been very clear what the expectation is and it is up to them to hold their job and hold their places with the penguins and in the NHL.”
This is absolutely the way it should be, especially for ‘bubble’ children like Tristan Broz And Avery Hayeswhose path to the Bigs seemed to be blocked earlier.
Lord knows, I can read in things. But there was something in the tone of Dubas that was not quite right. It was almost as if he pointed a finger at the aforementioned veterans, perhaps even so far that they could subtly scapegoat for the recent bad results of the team. In fact, releasing themselves of Onus or the fault.
Refresh my memory. Who was those guys like Noel Acciari” Ryan Graves” Kevin Hayes” Danton Heinen And Matt Nieto In the first place, not to mention recent additions Connor Clifton And Matt Duma?
Jim Rutherford?
No.
Much malignant Ron Hextall?
Uh uh.
It was the spectacled man (at least until recently) in the black, with gorgeous glasses who created the Logjam in the first place.
You get my drift.
To dive down, rebuilding a hockey team is not an exact science, nor is it a linear process. There were more gaps to patch when Dubas arrived for the first time, and at a certain moment there will be between the old and new collision. To be honest, I think he did great to supplement an almost bankrupt prospect pool in a relatively short order.
Whether everything or some develop into contributors at the level of Big League can still be seen. But he is there in Pitchin ‘and that is all you can ask.
On the other hand, Dubas’s work at the level of Big League leaves much to be desired. So many of his additions have been flops or disappointments. Other Rick thinks he is too fixed on signing recovery perspectives from other organizations such as Tommy Novak” Philip Tomasino And Rafaël Harvey-Pinard.
I get it to a certain extent. Hit on one, it’s like found money. (Let him look like a genius.)
Unfortunately, players from that ilk are all too often nodules to be coal instead of the sought -after diamonds in the rough.
My colleague wonders if we might be better served to sign an impactful free-agent or two instead of throwing darts in a dartboard to see if one of these lesser boys lingers. For our POHO/GM, however, it can be a case of once bitten, twice shy when it comes to free desk.
It is still to be seen whether Dubas, currently in year three of a six -year -old deal, can eventually restore the pens in glory. Despite his glowing reputation, he was never completely able to put the finishing touches to an Uber-talented Maple Leafs team.
Just like players, managers may develop in phases while they learn from their mistakes en route. For now we must at least give him the benefit of the doubt.
Finishing school is still in session.
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