The Pittsburgh Penguins are in a post bye-week slump, losers of three straight in an era under Mike Sullivan where they don't usually even lose two in a row in regulation. With losses, come changes. Welcome back to the NHL, Jake Guentzel.
#Pens forward lines:
Sheary-Crosby-Rust
Guentzel-Malkin-Hornqvist
Hagelin-Bonino-Kessel
Kunitz-Cullen-Wilson
-MC — Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) January 16, 2017These look about like optimal forward lines. As we opined last month, the Pens haven't been getting a lot of production from their left-wingers (outside of Conor Sheary) but Guentzel's path to the NHL seemed blocked by having veterans like Carl Hagelin and Chris Kunitz.