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Prospect preview: Pool (finally) looks deep

The Penguins' prospect pool has been pretty shallow in recent years.

That's not much of a surprise. That's the price to be paid for winning back-to-back Stanley Cups -- the Penguins had to mortgage some of the future in order to stay in win-now mode.

Entering the 2019-20 season, the pool is looking much deeper, and the pro teams are poised to have exciting seasons. Here's a preview of the Penguins' system this season. I'll include links to features on players mentioned, so you can take deeper looks at the prospects.

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

This is the most confident I've felt about a Wilkes-Barre team entering the season in the years I've been following the team.