Penguins Offseason Strategy: Are They Building a Contender?

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00:00What is the on-ice direction of this franchise right now?

00:06The on-ice direction of the franchise, Rob, is simply, you know, we're not looking to

00:14simply squeak in to the playoffs, it's to return the team to become a contender as soon

00:19as possible.

00:20Can we do that this season?

00:22Can we do that next season?

00:24It's hard to put a time frame on it, but this is obviously not a strip it down to the studs

00:29situation here.

00:32The people in the room are too good for that.

00:34It's trying to use every method we can to acquire future assets that we can then bring

00:40into the organization through the draft or through, you know, younger guys through free

00:43agency that we can bring in here and they can pop, or via trade, or via waivers that

00:49can come in and support the core group that's here.

00:52Chief.

00:53Chief guys.

00:54Chief.

00:55He's looking for chief talent.

00:56That's what he's looking for.

00:57Chief.

00:58I mean to tell you.

00:59I mean, listen, they can't even, uh, they can't make the playoffs.

01:05They can't even, and then who they've added is, is awful.

01:10And who they have is decent at best.

01:15Decent at best.

01:16I won't deny.

01:17They got, you know, a few players.

01:19They got about six or seven guys that can really play hockey.

01:23And that's about it.

01:24Let's just calm down.

01:25My man needs to calm down.

01:27He's not fooling anyone.