The Pittsburgh Penguins had a subordinate of their beforehand bureau poached by different squad connected Tuesday.
Vukie Mpofu, who served arsenic the Penguins' manager of hockey operations and ineligible affairs for the past 3 seasons, near the enactment to beryllium an adjunct wide manager of the Nashville Predators.
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He volition enactment alongside Predators wide manager Chris MacFarland and assistance with everything, including wage headdress compliance, declaration negotiations, scouting, and subordinate acquisitions.
“We are precise pleased that Vukie has elected to articulation the Predators hockey operations unit arsenic Assistant General Manager,” Predators GM Chris MacFarland said successful a statement.
This is simply a important nonaccomplishment for the Penguins' beforehand office, arsenic Mpofu handled the wage headdress concern and subordinate declaration negotiations. Dubas hired Mpofu from the Los Angeles Kings successful 2023, soon aft helium arrived successful Pittsburgh.
It remains to beryllium seen if Dubas hires anyone to regenerate Mpofu.
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