The more I think about it, it's actually a brilliant move. They don't want to pay Dan to coach against them in Wash or Carolina.

They owe him two mil a year for two more years, But if Dan wants out he can tear up his deal and leave. He'll become a "consultant" exiled to reporting to his kitchen every day.
- madmike71

The new GM, whoever he is, will ultimately make the decision on Bylsma. His job isn't anywhere near safe.

Shero didn't draft Malkin or Crosby.

His first draft pick was Staal
- cap1681

That's right, the NHL drafted Crosby, he was a gift to Pittsburgh to save the Penguins from moving !!!

Any coach that was on on the chopping block are being kept for at least one more year in the hopes of landing Mike Babcock next season.
So far it's been the Leafs, Sharks and now Pens.
- NewfieStud

You can probably include the Blues on that list. Another playoff failure next year and Hitch is probably gone.

That's right, the NHL drafted Crosby, he was a gift to Pittsburgh to save the Penguins from moving !!!
- Prucha

And the NHL gifted the Rangers this last series because of St. Louis' mom dying.

You can probably include the Blues on that list. Another playoff failure next year and Hitch is probably gone.
- bluenatic411

do you think maf will be the next goaltender experiment?

Burkle - "Now Mario we fire Shero and keep Dan, Then the team tanks next season. We then make a big scene about trying to stick with Dan and sadly have to fire him. We get Babcock as coach and Then Connor McDavid in the draft and BAM back to the top the next year"

The new GM, whoever he is, will ultimately make the decision on Bylsma. His job isn't anywhere near safe.
- buffalofan19

Dan won't be coaching the Pens....period. The Pens don't want to pay his contract to coach against them. If Dan wants to leave, he can tear up his deal and save the Pens 4 million dollars.

Ron Burkle is really the owner of this team. He didn't get to be a billionaire by being dumb. If Dan wants to coach next year, he won't be getting money from the Penguins.

Look at it like a Non-Compete clause.

Source tells me Bylsma was kept on because there is a definite supply problem with NHL coaches. IMO, that supply problem will only be worse
- Eklund

Willie Desjardins baby.

Burkle - "Now Mario we fire Shero and keep Dan, Then the team tanks next season. We then make a big scene about trying to stick with Dan and sadly have to fire him. We get Babcock as coach and Then Connor McDavid in the draft and BAM back to the top the next year"
- cg17247

That absolutely absurd but makes a lot of sense !!! good plan, id be on board

And the NHL gifted the Rangers this last series because of St. Louis' mom dying.
- cap1681

Really?
Or was it just the fact that Crybaby was shut down, Hank was brilliant, and the Rangers depth at F and D was too much for the tear shedding Penguins?

And the NHL gifted the Rangers this last series because of St. Louis' mom dying.
- cap1681

Yea, that does not even make sense.

do you think maf will be the next goaltender experiment?
- Flyfreaky

They should have just stuck with Halak.

Really?
Or was it just the fact that Crybaby was shut down, Hank was brilliant, and the Rangers depth at F and D was too much for the tear shedding Penguins?
- Blueshirts16

Calm down, it was a freaking joke, response to someone saying the Crosby draft was fixed.....

Shero, in part, got fired because of bad drafting. See Pens fans, It's not easy drafting when your not tanking!

And the NHL gifted the Rangers this last series because of St. Louis' mom dying.
- cap1681

wow

Calm down, it was a freaking joke, response to someone saying the Crosby draft was fixed.....
- cap1681

Oh HAHAHAHA

Really?
Or was it just the fact that Crybaby was shut down, Hank was brilliant, and the Rangers depth at F and D was too much for the tear shedding Penguins?
- Blueshirts16

I am pretty sure the Pens have a way better forward core than you guys. Goaltending and defense is better for the postseason and that's why you guys won. Forwards win regular season games defense wins championships.

Oh HAHAHAHA
- Not_Yan

I knew someone was going to get all pc about it. It was funny, I laughed. I laugh at comedians making dead people jokes all the time. You'll get over it.

I knew someone was going to get all pc about it. It was funny, I laughed. I laugh at comedians making dead people jokes all the time. You'll get over it.
- Blackstrom2

oh HAHAHA

I am pretty sure the Pens have a way better forward core than you guys. Goaltending and defense is better for the postseason and that's why you guys won. Forwards win regular season games defense wins championships.
- mighty13duck

They may have the better two top lines but there is no depth there to speak of.

I am pretty sure the Pens have a way better forward core than you guys. Goaltending and defense is better for the postseason and that's why you guys won. Forwards win regular season games defense wins championships.
- mighty13duck

Never once have I disputed the talent of the Pens core. You can make that statement for almost every team in the NHL as there are only a few that can match the talent crop of Crosby and Malkin right off the bat with Neal, Kunitz, Niskanen and Letang

In my opinion the Pens ownership fired the wrong person. Coach Bylsma should have been let go last year but Ray, I think, is not the problem. I hope that Washington moves quickly to bring Ray there as he would be an excellent fit as would Barry Trotz behind the bench. Barry coached in the Caps organization before in the AHL with Baltimore and Portland from 1990 to 1997 winning a Calder Cup with the Pirates in 1994. Ray was assistant GM of the Preds when Trotz was hired as that club's first coach in 1994 and knows him well. In his eight seasons as GM of the Pens Ray transformed that club from a franchise that missed the playoffs from 2002-06 into a perennial championship contender, including two Stanley Cup Final appearances and a Cup title in 2009. The Caps could not do better than bringing Ray (whom I have known since he was nine years old) and Barry (a friend of 25 years) to Washington.
- iScoop

Yeah, but it was Shero's job to fire and rehire a new coach and he stuck with DB, so it all falls on his shoulders.

Never once have I disputed the talent of the Pens core. You can make that statement for almost every team in the NHL as there are only a few that can match the talent crop of Crosby and Malkin right off the bat with Neal, Kunitz, Niskanen and Letang
- Blueshirts16

Fact is, Penguins played like crap in games 5 & 6 and the Rangers capitalized. Then, in game 7, Hank stole it for you guys.

And the NHL gifted the Rangers this last series because of St. Louis' mom dying.
- cap1681

Uh, you might want to rethink that train of thought. Cause you're coming off as a DB, and I don't mean Dan Bylsma.

Fact is, Penguins played like crap in games 5 & 6 and the Rangers capitalized. Then, in game 7, Hank stole it for you guys.
- cap1681

And the Rangers played horrible in games 3 and 4. Fact is it is a best of 7. Just saying. And there is nothing wrong with a goaltender stealing a game. Isn't that why Fleury is so often criticized?