Eklund: It's Official.....Dooby Dooby Dubas...to Pitt

Love it

But not as GM???????? But has to OK all the GM does.

Honestly this is a fantastic hire. He will do very well without the Toronto shackles.

So happy for Dubas, I wish him well.

Good place for him. That team is derelict of youth. The 35 year old core players rule the roost. It'll just be a retool that will go nowhere. It doesn't happen until the core of the Penguins are usurped and moved elsewhere.

I suppose all of us experts can start chiming in on who he should name as the worst choice for GM. I'd guess given the delay in this announcement he's already made his list and probably even talked to some of the candidates.

guess the GM will just be his lap dog

“You won’t see me popping up somewhere else in a week from now”!! He was right, it was two weeks.

“It’s hard on the family”!! So I think I’ll uproot them and move them to……Pittsburgh.

Hopefully he can spell better than EK.

Good place for him. That team is derelict of youth. The 35 year old core players rule the roost. It'll just be a retool that will go nowhere. It doesn't happen until the core of the Penguins are usurped and moved elsewhere.
- PrinceLH

How dare they let the greatest player of his generation have a say in how the team is constructed. What does a guy who has won three Stanley Cups know about hockey teams?!?

guess the GM will just be his lap dog
- hello it's me 2050

Probably not, but...if that turns out to be true Botterill and his reputation as a cap numbers guru more-so than a brilliant evaluator or talent and team fit would seem like a good fit.

Eklund: It's Official.....Dooby Dooby Dubas...to Pitt
- Eklund

Pens need a youth injection.....I guess starting with the Gm makes sense.

That being said, Dubas probably has more pressure in Pittsburgh than Toronto given the tight window.

edit: did not see he's been named team president

Pens need a youth injection.....I guess starting with the Gm makes sense.

That being said, Dubas probably has more pressure in Pittsburgh than Toronto given the tight window.

edit: did not see he's been named team president
- Alexzanki

lol, no

“You won’t see me popping up somewhere else in a week from now”!! He was right, it was two weeks.

“It’s hard on the family”!! So I think I’ll uproot them and move them to……Pittsburgh.
- Bullot

Again, that was before he was unceremoniously fired.

Honestly this is a fantastic hire. He will do very well without the Toronto ugly socialist tax system.
- LeafsPain54

I hear 🙉 ya.

I hear 🙉 ya.
- THE EVIL WITHIN

“You won’t see me popping up somewhere else in a week from now”!! He was right, it was two weeks.

“It’s hard on the family”!! So I think I’ll uproot them and move them to……Pittsburgh.
- Bullot

Context matters. He got the rug pulled out from under him. You think things would improve for his family in Toronto after not getting extended by the Leafs under those circumstances?

Again, that was before he was unceremoniously fired.
- jmatchett383

I unbanned you on the flyers board. MJL is waiting with open arms and legs. 😁

Honestly this is a fantastic hire. He will do very well without the Toronto shackles.
- LeafsPain54

This time Dubas gets to do the shackling.

“You won’t see me popping up somewhere else in a week from now”!! He was right, it was two weeks.

“It’s hard on the family”!! So I think I’ll uproot them and move them to……Pittsburgh.
- Bullot

At the time, all signs pointed to Dubas being brought back (literally had a contract agreed to in principal if I recall correctly). So I'm sure it was hard to envision going elsewhere. However, when you all of a sudden have no job, priorities change.

This is not hard to fathom at all. No matter how much money you make, going from a paycheck one week to none in a month, people shift their focus.

“You won’t see me popping up somewhere else in a week from now”!! He was right, it was two weeks.

“It’s hard on the family”!! So I think I’ll uproot them and move them to……Pittsburgh.
- Bullot

exactly. I think this goes further back that is being led on. I dont think he wanted to leave, but he def had cahunas to ask for the moon and the leafs called the bluff.

At the time, all signs pointed to Dubas being brought back (literally had a contract agreed to in principal if I recall correctly). So I'm sure it was hard to envision going elsewhere. However, when you all of a sudden have no job, priorities change.

This is not hard to fathom at all. No matter how much money you make, going from a paycheck one week to none in a month, people shift their focus.
- Whipper

Context matters. He got the rug pulled out from under him. You think things would improve for his family in Toronto after not getting extended by the Leafs under those circumstances?
- Only_A_Ladd

I call BS. No rug was pulled. He took a gable knowing he had somethig up his sleeve.

I feel like it was for Bud Ice? Is that correct? I def remember the commercials but my memory is lousy