Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Jake Guentzel had hoped to have the ability to stay with the Pittsburgh Penguins however staff needed to go a unique route. GM Kyle Dubas stated on the commerce deadline that he hadn’t had critical contract talks with Guentzel’s camp since final offseason.
“My intention was to remain, however they only thought there was a greater route, to go a unique means,” stated Guentzel. “And it was out of my palms, so it was not my selection.”
Guentzel wouldn’t reply any additional questions on his future, if he’d contemplate re-signing with the Penguins.
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas on 105.9 The X on Mark Madden’s present feedback on Guentzel’s take.
“He’s entitled to his opinion, particularly on this market, to provide his opinion,” Dubas stated. “What I might say is that going into this yr, I hoped that every little thing would go to essentially the most optimistic viewpoint, we’d be a contending staff, and that may dictate decision-making in another way than it did.
“I’m sorry that it ended up being Jake because the one whose contract was up at the moment … that’s how he feels about it. Particularly proper after a sport, rivals like Jake are emotional. He’s entitled to really feel how he feels, and I don’t take umbrage in any respect.”
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas when requested a couple of rebuild and blowing all of it up.
“It’s not one thing that I take into consideration. There may come a time when that hits you within the face, however my view of it (is) relatively than deal with that, it’s making an attempt to deal with ‘how can we accomplish every little thing that we want within the brief run and the long term?’ Although I don’t push again on the notion that it’s a tall order (to win and rebuild concurrently),” stated Dubas. “So I don’t disguise from that or assume it’s incorrect, however my hope is that we don’t get to that time (of a full-scale rebuild).”
