Playoff-less Penguins want to sign up Sidney Crosby long-term. Might be easy part of busy offseason

The Pittsburgh Penguins eventually became the team Kyle Dubas envisioned in his first season as the club's general manager/director of hockey operations. Pittsburgh's spirited 8-2-3 closing kick left it outside of the postseason looking in for a second straight year. “When things don't turn out well, that falls on the person in my spot,” Dubas said Friday. The Penguins were undone by the NHL's 31st-ranked power play and five months of inconsistency.