David Morehouse, the Penguins' president since 2007 and CEO since 2010, has presided over three Stanley Cup championships, four appearances in a Final, and a dozen-plus years of nothing but sellout crowds at PPG Paints Arena and, before it, Mellon Arena.
But 2020 has brought unprecedented challenges for him and the local hockey team, as it has for most of us.
I spoke with Morehouse at length early Sunday afternoon on an array of subjects, not least of which were the new labor pact that'll bring peace between the NHL and NHL Players' Association through the 2025-26 season, how the Penguins are navigating the lost revenue from the ongoing season, the respective futures in Pittsburgh of both Evgeni Malkin and Jim Rutherford, and much more.