If a lot of people are expecting the Pittsburgh Penguins to enter the free-agent market this offseason, it probably isn’t.
Penguins hockey president Kyle Dubas said in an interview with NHL.com on Friday that he would opt for smaller stakes rather than signing a star player. According to him, smaller stakes could be the solution.
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“I don’t think we’re going to win a big free agent,” Dubas said. We’ll likely opt for more subtle bets. “We’re going to need them to be successful, but I don’t think we’re very active in the market for attackers looking for long-term contracts because it’s very expensive,” Dubas said on Friday, whose words were once in the NHL were expressed .com.
Dubas said he wants to add deep players who can help the team’s stars like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel and Kristopher Letang.
“You have to add talent and I’m thinking of the attacking group in particular,” said Dubas. Last year, the group put in great performances from their regulars and still missed out on the playoffs. We need players at the end of the lineup, in the third and fourth rows, who can bring some benefit,” the hockey player replied.
in front of the net
One of the priorities of the great boss of the City of Steel team is that of the number one goalkeeper, Tristan Jarry.
The masked man is still unsigned for next season and could be free on July 1 if he struggles with the Penguins.
Dubas said no goalkeeper in the organization could replace the 28-year-old goalkeeper.
“We have young goalkeepers that we like but nobody is pushing them. We need to find a solution with Tristan or we need to look into the matter to find a solution which could be through a trade or in the free agent market.
Jarry was 24-13-7 with a 2.90 clean sheet average, a .909 save percentage and two shutouts in 47 starts last season.
The Pittsburgh team missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2005-06 season.