Penguins Q&A with Dave Molinari  Share with others:  Print Email
Read Later Click here to submit your question  Q: While I
understand why Craig Patrick was let go (as general manager), I
believe he should have been given one more year to construct a
"new NHL" team. No one knew what the NHL would look like coming
out of the lockout. Patrick gambled in the wrong direction, but
only cost the team one season (in which two star players
retired, starting goaltender injured and there was a coaching
change). Of all the large contracts he handed out last year,
only John LeClair and Sergei Gonchar are left. Both players
produced in the second half of the year and the production was
worthy of the deals given. If he was still buried under several
multi-year contracts, I could understand letting him go. Taking
all of this into consideration, was this separation mutual? Was
Patrick ready for a change of scenery?  Gregg Fouch, Moon
MOLINARI: It's unlikely the separation was mutual -- over the
course of the season, Patrick