Kyle Dubas Reveals Why the Penguins Won't Rebuild Right Away

The Pittsburgh Penguins are just wrapping up their first season with Kyle Dubas as general manager. The year certainly hasn't gone the way the team hoped, but Dubas remains adamant that the team is not considering a full rebuild.

The Penguins are certainly in a tough spot as an organization right now. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are past their prime and they only continue to get older despite the fact that both players are still putting up good on-ice results. However, that is not enough for the team to make the playoffs. Still though, Kyle Dubas is confident he can turn things around quickly.

Dubas hoping to avoid proper rebuild with Penguins

The team made their first step towards a proper rebuild this year when they trade Jake Guentzel to the Carolina Hurricanes. Apparently, the move was unpopular on all fronts as the former Penguin revealed today that he never wanted to leave Pittsburgh.





That being said, the NHL is a business and Dubas had to do what he thought was best for the team in the long-run given that the team had very little hope of making the playoffs by the March 8th deadline. However, Dubas has since come out and said that he hopes to avoid a full-scale rebuild with the club.


There just might be a world where the team keeps Crosby around and gets back to the playoffs next season.While drama unfolds around him, Sidney Crosby remains one of the NHL's best players, and he's shown that he won't give up on the Penguins. His latest push to keep his team alive likely won't amount to anything, but it does show that he can still lead the team if they rebuild around him.



It will be very difficult for Kyle Dubas to figure out how to make that happen though. Even if the Penguins are able to get back to the playoffs next year, the odds of them making a serious push for the Stanley Cup are slim to none. Rarely have we ever seen a team as old as the Penguins miss the playoffs one year only to return to peak form the following campaign.

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