It’s been a month now with vacancies and reports abound that the Penguins are deep into the process to interview candidates for their open jobs in hockey operations. Some rumors even say the team is looking to have the process closed within the next few days and announced by next week at the latest.
With all the names floated and their various potential strengths and weaknesses, it’s a fitting time to take the temperature in PensBurgh land about who the leading contenders are.
We’ll focus on the general manager job, since chances are that will be the key position when it comes to developing and executing a plan to reach ownership’s stated goal of getting back to winning ASAP.