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Penguins’ stock report: All the concerns and questions were on display

The first couple of weeks of the NHL season are a dangerous time for the hot take industry because there is a lot of noise that takes place early in the year. When you have nothing else to compare a player or team to it gets really easy to jump to conclusions and make bold statements that will probably end up looking dumb four months later. So let’s not do that, especially after one game.

But...

... if you entered the 2019-20 season having some concerns and questions about this Pittsburgh Penguins team (and given how many pieces are returning, especially on defense, those concerns and questions are VALID) then the season opening 3-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres was probably not fun because all of the questions and concerns you may have had were on full display for everyone to see.