
PHILADELPHIA -- Start the clock. Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas will be on the job for two years in June, but the first quarter of his seven-year contract was spent trying in vain to patch a leaky dam and, upon obviously failing that nearly impossible task, setting the table for the next era of Penguins hockey. Time moves quickly. After a sad loss to the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday, the Penguins are just two points out of the Eastern Conference basement, with only the Buffalo Sabres trailing. Yes, the Penguins have sunk to the Sabres' depths. Despite three more years