Jason Botterill Still an Option in Penguins GM Search

The Pittsburgh Penguins could name a new general manager at any moment and the likely outcome is the involvement of Kyle Dubas in some way.

Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast stated that people in and around the Penguins organization are preparing for Dubas to take control.

If it ends up not being Dubas, however, who is left in the running?

Friedman stated previously that Mathieu Darche and Steve Greeley are being held as backup options if Dubas decides to go another direction, but there was a new name to add.

According to Friedman, he was told that Jason Botterill might still have a fighting chance in this race.

Botterill has been back and forth in the Penguins’ GM search since the very beginning and at multiple moments seemed to be completely out of the running.

For a few years now, Botterill has been making a name for himself in NHL front offices; as interim GM in Pittsburgh before the hiring of Jim Rutherford, to GM of the Buffalo Sabres, and most recently the assistant general manager with the Seattle Kraken.

Botterill is destined to once again be a GM or even a president in an NHL front office in the near future, as the Penguins have shown interest, but so has the Toronto Maple Leafs.