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Turbo said:
Must be really bad if they just flat out waived him to get rid of him instead of trying for a trade, even at a massive loss.... although he may have made himself completely untradeable well before this. A clear "addition by subtraction" situation.
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I believe they tried to trade him Kreider before their current deals but there were no takers.
 
The Penguins have a clear cut favorite for the job, but there’s a problem. He already has a GM job at the moment with the New Jersey Devils. Tom Fitzgerald is at the top of the Penguins list.

Team and league sources described Fitzgerald as the Penguins’ preferred choice to be their next GM. Working in Fitzgerald’s favor, the sources said, are his familiarity with Pittsburgh’s structure, in which a GM will report Morehouse; his strong relationship with team captain Sidney Crosby (Fitzgerald was an interim assistant coach for the Penguins’ 2009 Stanley Cup club); and his proven success as an evaluator and developer of amateur talent.

“If Fitzy wasn’t a GM right now, he’d be our GM right now,” a team source said. “He’s that great of a fit.”

The Penguins have informed the NHL of their plan to request permission from the Devils to speak with Fitzgerald, a team and league source said. They do not expect the Devils to
immediately grant permission but would “keep knocking on that door,” a team source said.

The situation with Fitzgerald in NJ is kinda weird. His contract expires in June and you would think if they thought he was the right person for the job he would have an extension by now. Regardless, there isn’t much the Penguins can do until they get permission from New Jersey to speak to Fitzgerald and even then they would have to wait for him to become available. Perhaps something could be worked out, but Fitzgerald’s situation is the most complicated out of the candidates mentioned.
 
Speaking of the Pens....Letang is now out as well.

@Corycm did they call you to come play Defense for tonight?


2 postponed games and now Letang is down! Good start to my week 3 lol
 
With no shortage of interest in the open Pittsburgh Penguins general manager position, the club has added three more names to its list of candidates.

Pittsburgh has been granted permission to interview New York Rangers assistant general manager Chris Drury, Colorado Avalanche assistant GM Chris MacFarland, and Boston Bruins director of player personnel John Ferguson Jr., TSN's Frank Seravalli reported on Tuesday's edition of "Insider Trading."

The Penguins have received more than 20 expressions of interest in the position, Seravalli adds. Pittsburgh is reportedly hoping to shorten its list to six or seven candidates by the end of the week and hire its new GM within the next two weeks.


Drury, 44, played 12 NHL seasons before retiring after the 2010-11 campaign. The Connecticut native joined the Rangers as their director of player development in 2015 before being promoted to assistant GM in 2016. He's also been the GM of the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack since 2017.

The Avalanche hired MacFarland in 2016 after he'd spent 16 years in the Columbus Blue Jackets' hockey operations department. The 50-year-old also served as the Blue Jackets' assistant GM from 2008-2015.

Ferguson, 53, joined the Bruins organization in 2014. He's also served as a scout for the San Jose Sharks and as the GM for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Jim Rutherford resigned as the Penguins' GM last week after holding the position since June 2014.
 
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