Penguins Update: Brain Dumpin’

Hey all. I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the Penguins essentially losing two players in the expansion draft, the only NHL team to have the dubious distinction of doing so if I’m not mistaken. Two good ones, I might add.

Yes, I know, it’s all about dumping dollars (or dowhers as some in the ‘Burgh would say). But still…

I’m also trying to recover from the giant bucket of ice water dumped on my off-season expectations by black-and-gold general manager Ron Hextall during a recent video conference.

Actually, I’d opined in previous articles that I had a difficult time seeing us making any significant additions either through free agency or trades due to cap constraints. So Hextall’s assertion that we’re unlikely to be very active in the free agent market doesn’t come as a complete surprise.

It does, however, bring a certain finality or set quality to the proceedings, not to mention putting a damper on the rest of the summer. Truth be told, I was kind of hoping Hextall would prove me wrong.

I mentioned this before, but I thought we had a pretty darn good team last season.

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