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Pens/Sabres thoughts: not much to learn from the first preseason game

There’s not too much value in the results of an NHL preseason game, especially one that sees a shot difference of 47-18 because one team brought their best two offensive players and four NHL caliber NHL defenseman and the other team didn’t bring any skilled NHL forwards and no real NHL caliber defenseman.

But let’s close the book on the Penguins trip to Penn State anyways with some threads to watch.

Poor gap control to the point that he might as well have not even been on the ice? Check

Taking penalties due to a lack of speed?