Is Mike Sullivan Driving the Search for the Penguins’ Next GM?
I was reading an article by Dan Kingerski on Pittsburgh Hockey Now when I came across an item that sent a shiver down my spine. Namely, that Stan Bowman (pictured above) has popped up as a possible candidate to replace Ron Hextall.
Scion of former Penguins coach and hockey legend, Scotty Bowman, Stan served as the general manager in Chicago from 2009-2021 where he presided over three Stanley Cup winners. While not to demean his considerable contributions to the cause, I used the term “presided over” because much of the heavy lifting…i.e.; drafting franchise cornerstones Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith…was performed by his predecessor Dale Tallon. Similar to the way the Pens’ core was already in place when Ray Shero replaced Craig Patrick in 2006.
Once the Blackhawks began to slip, Bowman didn’t seem to have too many answers. He resigned from his dual post of President of Hockey Operations and General Manager in October 2021 in the wake of an investigation into an organizational mishandling of an alleged sexual assault by a former Hawks staff member.