Kyle Dubas disappoints Penguins fans with offseason plan

It was a fruitful era for the Toronto Maple Leafs with former general manager Kyle Dubas at the helm. Under his tenure, the Leafs were a routine powerhouse in the regular season and always viewed by pundits as having a chance to make a deep playoff run.

Unfortunately, the Leafs only won a single postseason series under Dubas, and he would be terminated by team president Brendan Shanahan not long after their Round 2 postseason loss to the eventual Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers. He's since been hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins as President of Hockey Operations. 

And if Penguins fans were hoping that he would be an active player in free agency by bringing in top names to the Steel City, they may have to temper those kinds of expectations. Based on comments that Dubas made today, the Penguins will not be active in the free agency market for anything other than bottom-six players. 

Penguins fans, it's certainly been one prolific run of the franchise that two decades ago appeared on the verge of relocation. But as they say, all good things must come to an end. And with the franchise trio of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang all nearing the end of their careers, things are not about to get any easier for the Penguins. 

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