The Pittsburgh Penguins are cleaning house.
The club announced on Friday the dismissal of president of hockey operations Brian Burke, general manager Ron Hextall, as well as assistant general manager Chris Pryor.
Burke, Hextall, and Pryor’s dismissal comes mere days after Pittsburgh missed the postseason for the first time in 16 seasons, dating back to captain Sidney Crosby’s rookie season.
It certainly didn’t help matters that the club, needing to win their final two games to clinch a playoff berth, dropped both at the hands of the lowly Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets.