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The Pittsburgh Penguins announced a flurry of promotions within their front office on Thursday, which included the appointment of Kyle Dubas as general manager.
Dubas was hired as the Penguins' president of hockey operations in June, and was conducting the search for a new general manager before ultimately assuming the position himself.
"At this time, I feel it is best for continuity that I formally continue in both roles as President and General Manager in the hockey operations department," said Dubas via the team's website.
"We will continue to reevaluate the GM position alongside all others in future off-seasons, to ensure that we are optimizing all facets of the department. We have a small but extremely dedicated management team here, and I have come to know each of them quite well over the last couple of months."
The 37-year-old was fired as GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs in May after five seasons at the helm, while the executive was deciding between extending his contract with the Leafs or stepping away from hockey for a bit.
Pittsburgh was quick to act, swooping in and hiring Dubas to run their hockey operations department after parting ways with previous president of hockey ops Brian Burke and general manager Ron Hextall. The Penguins failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
The Penguins continued to form Dubas' front office with Thursday's promotions, notably bumping Trevor Daley and Amanda Kessel up to the roles of special assistant to the general manager.
Daley, a 16-year NHL veteran and two-time Stanley Cup champion with Pittsburgh, spent the last three seasons as a hockey operations advisor, helping with player evaluation at the NHL and AHL level.
Kessel, a former United States Women's National Team star and Olympic gold medalist, recently completed a year in the team's executive management program, and will focus her work in hockey research and development in her new role, among other things.
Dubas and the Penguins also brought in longtime NHLer and Toronto front office protegé Jason Spezza as an assistant general manager on June 14.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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