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Dubas Flatly Dismisses ‘Fire Sale’ Penguins Trade Rumors

The Pittsburgh Penguins are indeed looking to add younger players and prospects, and they will likely do so via the NHL trade market. General manager Kyle Dubas has racked up frequent flyers miles scouting numerous teams looking to uncover young players who may be available.
However, a bombshell report claiming sources close to the Penguins told them that Dubas was looking for a “fire sale” appeared on a small gambling website RG.org (responsible gambling) on Monday. It spread rapidly and was retweeted by at least one large national podcast.
The report built on numerous other reports, including by PittsburghHockeyNow.com, on the potential futures of Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson. However, multiple points in the report have been refuted.
Read More: Up in the Air: Karlsson on Possible Trade, Penguins Path
Wednesday night on his bi-weekly radio show with Penguins TV play-by-play Josh Getzoff, Dubas essentially called BS on the report. With a combination of matter-of-factness and dismissal, Dubas debunked the report.
“As our actions have shown from last March (onward), we’re trying to bring in younger NHL players, bring in prospects, and bring in draft picks, with the goal being to quickly develop them into assets that can help the core win one more time and set the team up for the long-range future,” said Dubas. “That’s our goal, our ambition, and we’re not going to stray from that but to say that’s a fire sale or (we will) retain money on long-term deals–I understand how that stuff gets out and begins to take a life of its own–it’s not accurate.
“We’ve had lots of conversations, but are we telling teams that everything must go? No, we’re not.”
Dubas’s answer on the Penguins trade rumors begins at 13:40.
Dubas also spoke at length about Tristan Jarry, the Penguins goalie depth and the prospects such as Sergei Murashov working his way through the system.
The author of the report previously worked as a beat writer for MontrealHockeyNow.com, which is owned by PittsburghHockeyNow.com’s parent company, National Hockey Now LLC. At the time of the report, Montreal Hockey Now still appeared in his social media bios. However, he has not been a contractor or employee for NHN since June 2023.