Kyle Dubas Speaks to the Media (04.19.24) | Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas addresses the media following the 2023.24 NHL regular season.
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[@mtfan]

First acquisition needs to be a mic for Kyle with a volume knob that goes higher.

[@MrSHWP1]

That is a very accurate evaluation of that situation.😅

[@AJfanboy1]

Maybe the low volume was by design? All those moves he made at the beginning of the season did nothing.

[@mtfan]

@@AJfanboy1 nah it’s every press conference. Last year’s roster does even worse.

[@edschobs5204]

@@AJfanboy1bud, he brought in Graves and Smith that had really solid seasons prior to coming to Pittsburgh. You can’t predict solid players to be trash.

[@segasys1339]

The good mic was sent As part of the Karlsson trade.

[@Recon6delta]

I don’t know about getting rid of Ned! He stood on his head for us!

[@cwfutureboy]

Just a one year contract. Love to have him back.

[@youssefhimo1149]

They should get rid of Jarry. He gives too many soft goals. You can't rely on him in a tight game.

[@edschobs5204]

Nothing they can do. Can’t put themselves into a corner with the cap like Hextall had us before Dubas came!

[@rickmortt8546]

​@@edschobs5204 well we could've live without carlsson we already had Kris. Karlsson is paid 10mil and he also costed us playoffs.

[@jsebby2284]

In what way did he stand on his head for us? Like he was a fine backup - but he didn't have some crazy good season. I'm not against bringing back Ned for a fair price but it's not a necessity

[@user-er8dl8cq2n]

Need to play well all season long not just the last 10 games!

[@elizabethdobson7153]

Need to work on Power Play

[@ShawnBryant2024]

Facts

[@kevinhirtle9754]

Sullivan hasnt been fired yet????

[@maximus11400]

Why would he?

[@user-wv5bl9yo8b]

@@maximus11400because he is no longer a good fit for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

[@CK-8186]

Y??? It's not his fault

[@CrystalRedTintcoat]

Why? What would that do?

[@wolfmauler]

It's been the biggest sign of complacency at the club.

[@chade7669]

Please fire this man

[@serb68]

Coaching stinks, 31st in pp. 3 on 3 struggles. End of period goals. Giving up goal right after scoring. All point to coaching staff..

[@the12gaugeshotty]

The coaching staff isn't capable of stopping goals buddy. That's 100% the job of the goalie. Jarry needs to go.

[@theonetheycallpercules7384]

@@the12gaugeshotty would be easier to make saves if our defense wasn’t abhorrent, guess who’s our defensive and power play coach

[@AJfanboy1]

@@the12gaugeshotty, It falls on the goalie, but he is supposed to get some help. The defense and ALL players have looked crappy.

[@draneym2003]

How I would coach is score all the goals and never let one in. That's the level of commentary on here, starting with yourself.

[@draneym2003]

​@@the12gaugeshottyWhile we're at it, let's blame the power play on the concessions workers.

[@Pgh_heather_412]

I like the fact that he started by acknowledging staff that doesnt get the shout outs for what they do behind the scenes

[@JLo-py9gt]

Ex Leaf Dubass working his 'magic' again - taking a talented team out of playoff relevance. It's over for the Penguins.

[@maxmarsula299]

Former lead Dubas wins just as many playoff series as leafs in 2024. Just admit you were better with him.

[@Recon6delta]

Trade Ryan Graves he’s terrible!

[@user-kz2ro3hx9y]

So… fix the goaltending, turnovers, power play and dare I say……….. coaching, Sid the er, fully grown best player in the league deserves another cup!

[@AJfanboy1]

And the defense, and the light bumping instead of hitting, and the sluggish skating...

[@jsebby2284]

The goaltending is fine

[@j-ppepnii9425]

They should make a moves on free agency deadline to

[@Imnotactuallyadrinker]

Fire this man

[@joshstrickland6139]

The team really needs two very solid defensive defenseman.

[@hockeyedits87]

Pettersson is solid, but we need another

[@gerault.jean-michel]

Trade Moritz Seider. He is so solid.

[@MrNewman31177]

When he started out taking a sip from the water bottle I was waiting for him to throw it!

[@champ1618]

Ned was on the all rookie team, Ned won a championship with the Checkers. Ned needs a contract. The team played for him, he played for the team.

[@jsebby2284]

Ned was a solid backup - but he definitely doesnt NEED to be signed. Had a worse season than Jarry

[@natedawg3654]

Dubas took a struggling 91 point team, worked his magic and turned them into an 88 point team.😂😂

[@chrisvangorder4965]

When mentioning first year players KD did not even mention Matt Nietto? What is that about?

[@jamiekitsko58]

Can we trade for a sound guy

[@CarmonBenford]

NYR fired Gerard Gallant who got his team into the playoff but only round one and was fired. Bring him to Pittsburgh as coach.

[@syd4787]

Honestly…I wouldn’t be opposed. Wasn’t he Vegas’s coach in their inaugural season when they made the finals? I would definitely get rid of Reirden before Sullivan tho if we’re being realistic. The chances of them firing anyone is slim, but to fire both coaches is pretty much unlikely. Our power play has been the dagger this entire season. We’ve lost so many easy games simply because we couldn’t produce on the pp. There’s footage of Reirden trying to come up with plays during timeout and his clipboard being blank..

[@tbone2440]

that’s what i’m thinking

[@kates6876]

It says something that he doesn't stay with teams for very long. I don't think it would be a good fit for a veteran group like this.

[@smitdizz420]

I agree

[@smitdizz420]

He also took Vegas to finals

[@knightswhosayknee6827]

Bring back Jake. And brand new coaching staff

[@dzidziolus]

Nothing will change as long as Sullivan and Reirden keep their jobs.

[@SpecialksVideoChannel]

1 for 23 on the power play let teams come back on big leads? Fire the coaching staffffffff

[@knightswhosayknee6827]

It would be interesting to see a Carter and Jagr as pens coaches. Definitely would have Jagr in charge of PP

[@chade7669]

Jagr can’t even handle a credit card. Good luck with that

[@jasonmartin7711]

YOUTH !! trade players for draft picks and build youth movement. duh

[@chade7669]

Unfortunately the next 10 years we will be the worst team in the league cause they can’t get rid of old people

[@SpecialksVideoChannel]

Jagr as coach

[@maximus11400]

Just because he is a good player does not mean he can coach.

[@SpecialksVideoChannel]

@@maximus11400 he owns his own hockey team ya he can

[@johnnythunder196]

PP coach at the very least

[@chade7669]

@@SpecialksVideoChannelworst idea I’ve ever heard

[@TheSuperRetroBros]

Sulllivan has overstayed his welcome. Plain and simple. He is the reason we did not make the playoffs in 2024. 1 point away Dubas. He should've just been removed as soon as you were hired. Every coach has a shelf-life.

[@AJfanboy1]

Maybe if the players had played the entire season, like they did the last 10 games, it wouldn't have come down to one point.

[@teddyh871]

Yes thank you so much Carter… You basically did it all for free… Oh wait your 3.5 mill cap hit was a drag on the team for your turnovers and faceoff wins 🙄

[@chelious1973]

Sullivan has to go.

[@Nutzycop]

Trade trade trade, aint gonna go very far with current roster. Po joseph, letang, malkin just a few, then find a goalie and dump jarry. This organization needs to think bout winning not being inclusive.

[@jsebby2284]

POJ is and RFA - can't be traded. Malkin and Letang have NMCs - can't be traded. Nor should they be. What goalie? They aren't thinking about being inclusive lol

[@jeffdragna316]

Crosbys contract

[@tonightweareone]

FIRE SULLIVAN

[@pjc4425]

That will never happen , forget about it

[@richardweddle5336]

Why would that even be a suggestion? Reirden is the one that needs the boot.

[@danielpepe6223]

Agree, he's got to go!!

[@Recon6delta]

We should fire you 😂

[@nb.18]

Fire Dubas

[@forte7991]

This Dubas has no direction

[@MarciButler]

Please send tanger to Utah!

[@jsebby2284]

No

[@CK-8186]

No

[@stratman103]

Hey if he's on another team maybe he'll make a pass to Penguins players when we play them. He's a turn over liability.

[@jsebby2284]

@@stratman103 he's not a liability though

[@ryanmaxwell5076]

@@stratman103 You’re delusional, he’s a career +100 player and was +13 this year. He also played all 82 games, averaging 25 minutes a game and had 51 pts with limited PP time. You don’t end up with those numbers as a “turnover machine”.

[@jamiekitsko58]

He signed no less than 2 bad contracts for term Graves and Jarry

[@jsebby2284]

Jarrys contract is fair. But yeah Graves is terrible

[@jamiekitsko58]

@@jsebby2284 Jarry basically is the backup his inconsistent play makes his contact bad

[@jsebby2284]

@jamiekitsko58 basically the backup is incredibly debatable. He's the starter. A proven starter. Ned was just as inconsistent. His contract was fair at signing

[@jamiekitsko58]

@@jsebby2284 he's a backup at best he was out played by Alex Ned and he should have never been signed to the length of 5yrs but keep telling your self he's a starter

[@jsebby2284]

@jamiekitsko58 no he's not lol - that's just a factually incorrect statement. He's a proven starter. He also wasn't outplayed by Ned. The contract was fair. I will keep saying he's a starter. Because that's just a factually correct statement

[@AuntieHeather]

Jeff Carter as coach!!!!

[@rickmortt8546]

Pens fans have a memory shorter than fish! He has his evening, enough of him already. He can do equipment max.

[@rtghyzgamer7262]

Get rid off tristan jarry only 19 wins 51 game played

[@jsebby2284]

Imagine judging a goalie based on win total haha

[@pjc4425]

Terrible strategy , next session doesnt look so promising

[@adamlewis5700]

I wouldn't read too much into this. This is all GM speak. There will be massive moves this offseason and I guarantee one of or both Jarry or Graves will be traded away.

[@cbrazzoni666]

@@adamlewis5700if jarry’s locker room comments were true he’s def gone. And it would seem like Ned starting that last game was a shot fired at Jarry. Graves we can only hope.

[@NESADDICT]

@@adamlewis5700 I agree what’s he suppose to say. The coaching was garbage and it’s time for him to move on? It’s gonna be a diplomatic message.

[@Connor8609]

Jarry was garbage. Signing him to a 5 year was obviously a mistake. @@NESADDICT

[@pjc4425]

@@Connor8609 A big one , same with Graves

[@stratman103]

Tell us how you're going to get out from under the poor decisions to sign 58, 71, 27 and 35 to contracts they're WAY not worth. Edit: So you're gambling next season's goaltending situation on "How Jarry reacts." At least you have a plan. Edit again: Dude. The moment you signed the above listed players I knew the outcome of this season. It was obvious to anyone following the club. And it's sounding to me like you're going to do the same thing for the THIRD season in a row expecting different results from the last two. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

[@jsebby2284]

58, 71 and 35 weren't poor decisions. Plus Letang and Malkin weren't even his decisions lol. Graves was for sure though - although we're probably stuck with him haha Edit: no you didnt and no it wasn't. Also, he's only been here for 1 year - ehat is this 3 year nonsense you're talking about?

[@maxmarsula299]

What? Letang and Malkin were signed by Hextall. Where have you been for the last year.

[@Sourdoughgeneticz]

Imagine Joel Blomqvist getting to learn from Marc-Andre Fleury

[@jmorv8866]

Bring Jake back, bring Jagr back to the family and coach the team and grab a better goaltender.

[@Thehockeyoutsider99]

If Guentzel wasn't traded away then they would have made the playoffs.

[@Connor8609]

That's completely inaccurate. With Guentzel they were a 1 line team. Once Bunting showed up they became a 2 line team.

[@Chris-qo2jx]

If Jake wanted to stay he would have signed an extension. I think acquiring Bunting was a good move.

[@edschobs5204]

Yea, Bunting was the missing Piece. Jake’s a great player but the team got better when Bunting Joined Malkin!

[@manwhore7019]

hire mario to coach the powerplay

[@manwhore7019]

fire dubas and bring jake back

[@Chris-qo2jx]

Jake didn’t sign an extension. He wanted to leave. Move on.

[@CK-8186]

I agree 💯