The first year of the Kyle Dubas era of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey is officially in the books, and it did not end the way anybody hoped it would when it began. The Penguins missed the playoffs for the second year in a row due to some pretty significant flaws that not only remained from the previous season, but also in some ways managed to get even worse.
While it was only Dubas’ first year on the job, he still had plenty of fingerprints on this roster and overturned half of it in that one year. He is as open to criticism as any of the previous general managers that put players on this roster.