The Penguins may have an old lineup, but when you look at it on paper it doesn't look that bad. A playoff team imo.
Without Guentzel in the lineup:
Rakell - Crosby - Rust
R. Smith - Malkin - Carter
O'Connor - Eller - Acciari
Nieto - Pitlick - A. Nylander
When Guentzel returns, that allows you to bump down Rakell to the 2nd line and Carter as the 3C and Eller as the 4C. They've got decent depth. Not #1 team in the East depth, but depth to be a #3 or WC1 team.
On defense you have Graves / Karlsson, Pettersen / Letang and POJ / Ruhwedel with T. Smith as a decent 6/7, and a guy that was highly touted when first getting drafted.
The biggest wildcard imo is Jarry, is he going to return to form? Or is he a mediocre goaltender?
It's hard to know what the next "big move" is. Are they willing to part with more picks? Is R. Smith on the way out as a piece to be flipped?
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