At the bottom of his Monday “What I am hearing about the Penguins” article, The Athletic’s Josh Yohe dropped this nugget that caught my attention.
• There is concern within the organization that fans won’t respond favorably to a public admission of entering a rebuild. Personally, I think fans will respond well to it. These are smart hockey fans.
That brings me to two immediate reactions.
The first is that I agree with Josh that fans will probably respond well.
The second is that it is a rather misguided approach for the organization to take, and one that could actually end up burning them with the fans, resulting in the type of reaction they do not want — anger.