PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Ray Shero as general manager eight years ago with the mandate to build a roster around two of the games brightest stars and turn ticker-tape parades through downtown into an annual rite of spring. Nearly a decade -- but just one Stanley Cup later -- Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin find themselves on a perennially underachieving team. And Shero finds himself out of a job. The Penguins fired Shero on Friday, three days after another early playoff exit, this one a seven-game loss to the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Coach Dan Bylsma remains in charge until Sheros replacement gets a chance to evaluate the entire organization top to bottom. "We share the disappointment of our fans that we have not had success in the playoffs over the past five seasons," co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle said in a joint statement. "We believe that new leadership in the general managers office will bring a new approach and new energy, and help us return to championship form." Assistant general manager Jason Botterill will serve as general manager on an interim basis. Penguins President and CEO David Morehouse called Botterill a candidate to take over and believes whomever the team brings in wont need to make major changes on a club that won 51 games in 2013-14. "Its not a complete rebuild," Morehouse said. "This is a team that has had a level of success. What were trying to do now is get from good to great." Its a destination the Penguins reached only briefly during Sheros tenure, spending most of the time in a murky middle ground that made them one of the leagues model franchises during the regular season but a symbol of disappointment once the calendar crept into May and beyond. Pittsburgh won the franchises third Cup in 2009 but has failed to produce a bookend. Pittsburgh is just 4-5 in playoff series over the last five years after blowing a 3-1 series lead against New York. Morehouse didnt blame the 51-year-old Sheros ouster on one specific misstep. "This is a decision thats been in the works for a long time since weve won the Cup," Morehouse said. "We wanted to get back to the Stanley Cup finals and we havent and were going to make some changes." The Penguins brought Shero in before the 2006-07 season and tasked him with finding the right kind of players to complement Crosby and Malkins otherworldly offensive talent. It culminated on a giddy night in Detroit in 2009, when the Penguins edged the Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 to earn the franchises third Cup, a run that included the crucial trade deadline acquisitions of forwards Chris Kunitz and Bill Guerin. It was supposed to mark the beginning of a dynasty. Yet five seasons have come and gone with the Penguins in a familiar position: watching the final stages of the playoffs go on without them. It hasnt been for lack of trying. Shero remained aggressive in investing in a "win now" mode as the ensuing disappointments piled up. He enthusiastically said the Penguins were "all in" last year after trading for Jarome Iginla, Jussi Jokinen, Brenden Morrow and Douglas Murray. The moves often created headlines but little else, and boatloads of regular-season victories and a sellout streak seven years and counting proved no longer good enough. Whether Bylsma will be along for the ride remains unclear. The affable, open-minded Michigan native was a revelation when the Penguins promoted him from their American Hockey League affiliate in the spring of 2009, hoping his optimism would help a loaded team break out of a midseason funk. It worked brilliantly. Four months after taking the job, the former NHL nomad who spent nine seasons as a gritty fourth-line forward was raising the Cup in ecstasy. Considering Crosby and Malkin were both in their early 20s at the time, champagne toasts were expected. A half-decade later, Bylsma is the winningest coach in franchise history with 252 wins but the wait for another Cup run continues. While Pittsburgh enjoyed nearly unparalleled success from October to April -- including easily capturing the Metropolitan Division this year despite losing more than 500-man games to injury -- the Penguins again struggled to adapt in the post-season. Morehouse said the new general manager will determine whether Bylsma and the rest of the staff gets another shot. The 43-year-old Bylsma has two years remaining on his contract, the product of an extension he received last June as a vote of confidence from Shero following a four-game sweep at the hands of Boston in the Eastern Conference finals. The deal came with a promise to adopt a more defensive-minded approach. The Penguins even brought in longtime NHL coach Jacques Martin as an assistant, an old-school yin to Bylsmas new-school yang. Crosby took the blame for the teams underperformance as the Penguins cleared out their locker on Thursday. A day later the general manager ordered to put the leagues leading scorer in a position to keep Pittsburgh at the top was cleaning out his office. Whoever ends up redecorating will have his tough choices to make. At the same time, he gets to start with Crosby and Malkin firmly entrenched. Both players are signed through the rest of the decade. There are worse places to start. "A lot of teams would like to be where we are," Morehouse said. "However we do have high expectations and we do want to get to them." Replica Shoes 2019 . -- Damian Lillard couldnt believe when he got a clear look at the rim. Fake Shoes From China . Under the deal, the Vikings will donate an undisclosed sum of money to five gay rights-related charities over the next five years. 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He could hardly believe his fortune.The Sabres forward scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 1:18 left when a dump-in caught Montreal goalie Carey Price out of the net, lifting Buffalo to a 2-1 victory over the Canadiens on Friday night.It must be a lucky day, so Ill take it, Moulson said. I dont think Ive had one off the stanchion before.Tyler Ennis added a highlight-reel goal, and Jhonas Enroth made 30 saves as the Sabres rebounded from a home loss to Winnipeg on Wednesday.You never shoot it off the glass and hope it goes in the net, Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. Once in a while, luck comes if you continue to do the right things.It was the first win against Montreal in seven tries for the Sabres, who have won four of five after a 3-13-2 start.P.A. Parenteaus third-period, power-play goal ended Montreals scoring slump at 132 minutes, 36 seconds, but it wasnt enough for the Canadiens to avoid their second-straight loss.Montreal coach Michel Therrien chalked it up to luck, too, just not the good kind.Its a bad break, he said of Moulsons game-winner. Theres nothing you can do against a bad break.Buffalos first goal was a stunner, and it came just 3:27 into the game.Ennis skated through the right circle and around defenceman Alexei Emelin, but had to leap over Price in the crease. Falling with his back to the net, Ennis found the moving puck and flipped in a backhanded shot from the bottom of the left circle.I was thinking I was going pretty fast through the zone, and if I could just take it to the net Id get a chance, Ennis said. I got the puck back up on my stick and got lucky.Tyson Strachan then sent a two-line pass to send Torrey Mitchell in on a breakaway, but the Sabres centre put a low shot wide of the left post.Sabres right wing Drew Stafford was injured in the first periodd and didnt return.ddddddddddddNolan said Stafford was feeling better and would make the trip to Montreal for Saturdays game.Enroth was challenged by a series of shots during a scrum in the crease about 8 minutes into the second period, but was saved by a whistle with the loose puck in between a series of skates at the edge of the crease.You need to get those breaks sometimes, Enroth said. We need to keep building on those breaks and stay positive here.Moulson nearly made it 2-0 midway through the second, but his shot went off the butt end of Prices goal stick and wide of the net.The Canadiens had a chance on the power play just 55 seconds into third period, and they needed just 40 seconds to tie the game on a disputed goal.Enroth had the puck under his skate for multiple seconds when Parenteau jammed it free and into the net. The play wasnt reviewable.He said that I needed to cover it 100 per cent, Enroth said. If you ask me, I covered it with my foot. It shouldnt matter if you cover it with your glove or your foot, but playing against Montreal youre not going to get a lot of calls.Montreal carried the period, and Enroth made several tough saves including a chest stop on Max Pacioretty with 15 minutes gone.Emelin elbowed former teammate Gionta in the head at the 18:06, starting a mild skirmish and sending Buffalo to a late power play.But Ennis late dump-in took a wild bounce off the end boards to Moulson, who had skated hard into the slot. Moulson was left with an empty net to score the winning goal.Thats the way hockey goes, Ennis said. It doesnt matter how it goes in. As long as we get the win, were happy.We drew it up on the bench exactly like that.Price made 23 saves in