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Confidence leads Dubas to GM role

By Will Graves The Associated Press Kyle Dubas spent his first two months as the Pittsburgh Penguins director of hockey operations watching the staff around him adjust almost seamlessly to a new work environment. So seamlessly, it turned out, that Dubas feared any more change would affect the synergy he’s felt since joining the club on June 1. So rather than add another external voice to the mix, he opted to take on the role of general manager last week, confident there are enough checks and balances around him to put the Penguins in a position to return to contention in a ...

Pens trade for star defenseman

PITTSBURGH — So much for the Pittsburgh Penguins trying to walk the fine line between protecting the future while also making the most out of the present. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and company — new president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas in particular — are all in ...

Jarry eager to put injury woes behind him

PITTSBURGH — Tristan Jarry spent most of the past year in a constant state of flux, be it with his health, his game or his state of mind. If the Pittsburgh Penguins’ two-time All-Star goaltender wasn’t dealing with injuries that limited him to 47 games, he was careening between unbeatable and very beatable while flirting with career-lows in goals against and save percentage. And then there was the uncertainty surrounding both the franchise and his future with free agency looming. “There (was) a lot of unknowns and it’s always hard on a player when you don’t know what ...

Diversity group says NHL is ‘late to party’

The Associated Press Akim Aliu and his fellow members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance say they feel betrayed and confused by the NHL’s decision to launch — or as far as the HDA is concerned, re-launch — an inclusion committee to diversify the sport and make hockey more welcoming. Whatever happened, Aliu wondered, to the league announcing a partnership with the HDA to address the same issues three years ago? And why, the HDA wondered in releasing a scathing statement Wednesday, is the NHL essentially duplicating what they’ve been doing by funneling millions into programs at ...

Winners include Penguins’ signings

Barry Trotz was tired after a busy week of putting his stamp on the Nashville Predators by remaking the roster through some important comings and goings. It’s a good kind of tired. On what was technically his first day on the job as general manager, Trotz signed top two-way center and 2019 playoff MVP Ryan O’Reilly, rugged Stanley Cup-winning defenseman Luke Schenn and winger Gustav Nyquist who has something to prove. Those moves, even after trading Ryan Johansen and buying out Matt Duchene earlier in the week, made Nashville one of the big winners in NHL free agency. “I want ...

Jarry staying with Penguins

New Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operation Kyle Dubas made it a point to travel to Edmonton recently to meet with two-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry. Dubas walked into the sit-down with an open mind. He walked out of it convinced Jarry remains Pittsburgh’s best option in ...