Penguins Update: Big News in the ‘Burgh

Stanley Cup Final aside, you wouldn’t think there’d be a lot happening, hockey-wise, in the middle of June. After all, the Entry Draft isn’t for a couple of weeks with free agency to follow shortly thereafter. However, much to the contrary, yesterday was chock full of newsworthy items.

Item No. 1: the Penguins held a press conference at PPG Paints Arena to formally introduce newly minted coach Dan Muse.

After watching of a video clip from the Q&A portion, I couldn’t help but be impressed. Muse comes off as intelligent, energetic, enthusiastic and adaptive. In particular, he spoke of his desire to get to know all of his players to discover, among other things, what motivates them and makes…