For GM Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins, a new organizational direction is clear - if you've been paying attention

The Pittsburgh Penguins were behind the times. After the Penguins and owners Fenway Sports Group hired Kyle Dubas as president of hockey operations and later as general manager, Dubas immediately embarked on a modernization of the front office.

Dubas has his hands full to improve a Penguins team that looks an awful lot like it did during the last two seasons.

As a matter of principle and strategy, this season’s Pittsburgh Penguins trade chatter has focused far more on the exit door than who or what might be the return.

According to a new report, the Pittsburgh Penguins' general manager and President of Hockey Operations Kyle Dubas is looking to make a fire sale on the trade market.

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas has dismissed rumors suggesting the team is "looking for a fire sale" ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Addressing the speculation straightforwardly, Dubas ruled out such an idea and outlined the franchise's strategy for as long as the current core of veterans can produce and contend for titles.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are. The team is simply the exact sum of its components, uniquely assembled by general manager Kyle Dubas and directed by coach Mike Sullivan. Unlike past iterations, Dubas appears to understand and work with Sullivan to provide players capable of fitting in with Sullivan’s philosophy.

Dubas has been attempting to reshape the Penguins' roster by adding youth and trading away veterans like Jake Guentzel, Rielly Smith and Lars Eller. He could be forced to do more of the same moving forward. Pittsburgh Penguins reporter Josh Yohe was asked about how Dubas will handle star defenseman Erik Karlsson 's potential trade.

No, the Pittsburgh Penguins are not preparing for a fire sale. Kyle Dubas made that abundantly clear in his recurring appearance on the GM Show with Josh Getzof

The Penguins have started their seven-game road trip off strong, winning two of three games thus far, most recently against a challenging opponent in the Kings. “I was very happy for the guys,” Kyle Dubas said in the latest edition of the GM Show.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed a considerable amount of trust in Kirk MacDonald. MacDonald, 41, is in his first campaign leading the Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas denied speculation about a fire sale, but how many of their top players could be traded?