Bob Pompeiani
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The Penguins are the real injection of life here just because it's been not around for three years and all of a sudden looking for the right pieces.
And Kyle Dubas, when he first came in, overpaid some guys.
But, man, he has masterfully gotten out of a lot of those deals and brought people in, added to his draft equity.
He's done a lot of good things.
And the problem, or it's a luxury potentially problem here, is that when you have guys like Mantha and Brezzo playing well and you keep them around, there are other guys in their organization who I think
are waiting for a chance, a good chance.
And I think they have talent, guys like Rutger McGrory.
We saw Billy Coivin up here, but he doesn't get a lot of time.
Not that he deserved it.
He didn't play all that well, but he's held in pretty high regard.
And then you have Horkoff, you have Zahn, and you have number one picks who are going to get more ice time as they go.
So you have to be mindful of that, and that is sort of the โ
the minefield that Kyle Dubas is going through right now.
He wants to win now.
He also needs to load the system up, and I think he's done a pretty good job doing both.
Coming up tonight, it's Tampa Bay, Jake Gensel and company.
You know, another guy, Austin, who doesn't get enough credit, and even though everybody knows his name, because when we talk about MVPs of the league, his name is out there, but it doesn't really move to the point.
But if you look at the numbers that Nikita Kucherov is โ