There's no reason why Dupuis' inclusion can only come at the expense of a player who played in the playoffs, and vice versa. Even if you leave Dupuis off, if you assume the 25 players is hard and fast, that still doesn't leave enough room for all who played. If the Penguins choose to include front office names at the expense of players, that's their choice and shows what they value. No reason to pin that on Dupuis not being sufficiently deserving when he's done everything in the capacity of a good teammate except actually play games. I think that people who write off the importance of this moment for Dupuis forget that his last playoff series was the 2013 sweep against the Bruins. This is the last chance for him to be honored as a player, I don't see how you don't give it to him.