CRANBERRY, Pa. -- One of the questions coming into this training camp was how things would shake out with the Penguins' nine NHL defensemen.
While all spots are technically "up for grabs," it seemed pretty evident that the first five spots on the blue line were locked up, belonging to Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang, Marcus Pettersson, Jeff Petry and Jan Rutta.
That left Ty Smith, P.O Joseph, Mark Friedman and Chad Ruhwedel competing for that last spot in the lineup.
Dumoulin and Letang are an established No.