On June 1st 2023, the Penguins announced the hiring of Kyle Dubas as the President of Hockey Operations. Dubas then named himself interim general manager, a position he later would keep as a full time role. That makes tomorrow the full anniversary, but it’s close enough for the Friday poll to look back on the first year of Dubas, as well as what comes next.
From the introductory press conference and over the last 364 days on the job, Dubas has weighed two converging strategies against one another. Or as we put it last year with the goals of:
Supporting the core players and starting to create the “next era” was listed as an intention moving forward.