Welcome to Part 2 of the mailbag. Part 1 was a blast, and honestly, I could have written three because of all the great questions. Thank you, as always.Hopefully, summer has been treating you all well.Away we go.Josh, do you think Sidney Crosby will win another Cup with the Pens, or do you think they will be middle ground until he retires? — @pittracefan1BWhat a question. Part of me feels like everything about Crosby’s career has been so preordained that naturally he’ll skate off into the sunset raising his fourth Stanley Cup. I wouldn’t be shocked if he plays another five years, and I do think the Penguins have a chance to build a real contender by then. Five years is a long time.Realistically, though, I don’t think they’re close to being a championship team, and the odds are against it. While I don’t think it will happen, nothing would shock me.I will say, it’s almost impossible for Evgeni Malkin or Kris Letang to win the Cup in Pittsburgh again. If Crosby stays around long enough and makes it to the top of the mountain again, it will be with an entirely different group than what he’s known.Where did the summer go wrong for Kyle Dubas? — @eri1102Nothing disastrous happened this summer. The Penguins didn’t do anything stupid.Still, it was a frustrating summer. Along the way, Dubas and his front office made a couple of puzzling decisions: Parker Wotherspoon gone? Surprising. Eight years for Ville Koivunen? Stunning.I think Dubas misread the market. He really thought he could slide up in the draft, and he wanted to, but the asking price was well beyond anything he expected.As far as I can tell, he has pushed plans back a year because summer 2026 wasn’t compatible with his vision for the Penguins. I understand the fans’ frustrations. Dubas shares them. Nothing has been derailed; rather, the plan has been delayed.Is Kyle still “aggressively” looking for trades, or is he comfortable with the team’s current structure and the logjam on defense? — @tanner9225Oh, he’s always aggressively pursuing trades. That hasn’t changed, but most general managers are content with their teams by now, so seeing anything massive in August, while not impossible, is increasingly unlikely.Josh, looking at how Dubas has navigated the past few offseasons with short-term deals and strategizing low-risk, high-reward trades, do you see a tangible difference in how the scouting and analytics department are operating compared to three years ago? — @Coltoncorby_Great question, but no, not really. Top to bottom, Dubas’ staff is a little bigger than it was a couple of years ago. In 2023, it really did feel like Dubas was doing all the work and was essentially isolated on an island. It’s a little different now, as Dubas’s preferred confidantes, such as Brandon Pridham and Wes Clark, have eventually joined the organization.I don’t see any tangible differences. There are just more people involved now, and Dubas has previously worked with them.It’s no secret now that the Penguins are under new ownership. What is the first meaningful change you expect fans to notice under the Hoffmann family, whether it be hockey operations, fan engagement, the arena experience or the organization’s overall relationship with Pittsburgh? — @kyleDubasburnerI don’t expect any noticeable changes at first. While the Hoffmann family does have experience in hockey ownership, it’s still new to the NHL, and I think the family appreciates that the Penguins have plenty of employees who know what they’re doing.