Moments ago, the penguins announced that they relieved general manager Ron Hextall, President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke and assistant general manager Chris Pryor of their duties.
Fenway Sports Group who own the team also released the following statement as part of the firing:
Pittsburgh will immediately start looking for replacements to their hockey ops department amid what will definitely be a busy offseason.
With the rumours already swirling around Toronto Maple Leafs general manger Kyle Dubas, is that who they made the opening for?
POLL | ||
AVRIL 14 | 259 ANSWERS Breaking - Pittsburgh Penguins fire general manager Ron Hextall, others Is the Penguins cleaning house overdue? | ||
Yes | 205 | 79.2 % |
No | 54 | 20.8 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
Noel Acciari | - | - | - | |
Mason Appleton | - | - | - | |
Nicolas Aube-Kubel | - | - | - | |
Morgan Barron | - | - | - | |
Anthony Beauvillier | - | - | - | |
Zach Benson | - | - | - | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |