I'm reading the HEXTALL article. And holy fucking hell, it is so damning. Beyond the whole fucking contract-gate fiasco that Sid, Kris AND Sully had to talk Geno down from there is just SO MUCH rage inducing parts. I'm gonna C&P some parts that truly stuns me.
To help sell a skeptical public on the new hockey leadership, Morehouse cooked up a story that Lemieux was heavily involved in the process.
OMFG. THEY LIED ABOUT LEMIEUX HIRING HEXTALL & BURKE?!
And the trades!!!
Hextall put Kapanen on waivers the day after fans chanted for his firing. Somewhat shockingly, the St. Louis Blues claimed him.
AND.
Hextall later enraged players and coaches by putting Brock McGinn on waivers while McGinn was enjoying some family time on the team’s annual “dad’s trip” in Nashville. Sullivan was forced to deliver the news.
Fuck, Sully really hated HEXTALL.
A four-game losing streak extended into the first week of November. By then, an exasperated Sullivan resorted to making one regular — Kasperi Kapanen, whom Hextall controversially re-signed during the offseason — a repeated healthy scratch. Days later, Sullivan asked Hextall for the first, but not final, time to trade for a defensive upgrade, specifically Jakob Chychrun, who was being shopped by the Arizona Coyotes.
Just WTF. And of course making Sidney Crosby DISAPPOINTED in the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Crosby rushed to console his now former teammate and after a few minutes returned to the dinner. “That’s not how we do things in Pittsburgh,” he said. Crosby remained mostly quiet the rest of the night.
What a shitshow. Fucking hell. He traded away Pens' future, wanted to break the core 3, ANGERED SULLY, made Sidney Crosby disappointed, and WASTED this fucking precious year for Sid, Geno & Kris. Fuck.
