Confirmed with Link: The Penguins have named Ron Hextall as general manager and Brian Burke as president of hockey operat

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Penguins name Ron Hextall as GM, Brian Burke as President of Hockey Ops

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[Just A Bit Outside]

Burke? Sweet Baby Jesus.

 

[ownal]

First order of business: Fire Sullivan?

 

[TooManyHumans]

Our truculence quotient just went up.

 

[EightyOne]

Good luck, gentlemen

 

[HandshakeLine]

Eh, I'll withhold judgement until I see how we do. Couldn't be any less effective than our last few years anyhow.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Sounds like Burke will be in charge of all hockey operations, likely overseeing an overhaul of the scouting, analytics, and other departments. Hextall will be in charge of player acquisition and management, handle the day-to-day issues.

 

[turd]

Ought to be interesting. Can’t believe I have to root for Ron Hextall and Brian Burke to take my team back to the promised land, but here we are.

 

[Jacob]

Burke rules. I love this.

 

[dogthateats]

 

[orby]

Hextall seems like a good hire. Burke, however...I don't understand that at all.

 

[TNT87]

Delicious.

 

[End of Line]

Burke rules. I love this.

Having him as president of ops will have a profound positive effect

 

[Jacob]

Gotta be the most ornery FO in the league.

 

[BHD]

Burke as president of hockey operations?

Let's f***in' go!

 

[dogthateats]

 

[backhandsauce]

Brad May to Penguins E5

 

[Empoleon8771]

"In their new roles, Hextall will oversee the Penguins' day-to-day hockey operations, reporting to Burke as his primary advisor. Burke will report to David Morehouse, the team's president and CEO."

Burke is replacing Karmanos' old role of being the intermediary between the GM and Morehouse. Have no problems with that. He and Hextall will work together to come up with a game plan for what they want the team to be like, and then he'll let Hextall do the trades and transactions and he'll deal with Morehouse.

 

[BHD]

Oh wait... any chance Burke pushes for Carlyle to replace Sullivan?

 

[66-30-33]

Hold onto your butts!

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

I...don't think I was asking for either of these.

Not saying it won't work, and possibly getting Burke more limited airwave time is to everyone's benefit. Hextall ain't married to any of this coaching staff - hiring wise - either. Who knows, we may just be embracing chaos early. Early-ish.

The timeline of this season is hard to track

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Shocked by the Burke thing. I thought he was kinda done and happy broadcasting. Had anyone else heard his name mentioned in any capacity? I hadn't.

 

[Khelandros]

Not to give people hope, @Honour Over Glory, but Reirden did the post practice interviews.

 

[66-30-33]

Burke as president of hockey operations?

Let's f***in' go!

LOL!!! this is going to be an adventure.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

This team is far too soff for Brian Burke.

This change of the guard hopefully means recent mistakes like the Matheson trade can be rectified more quickly.