What would a shortened regular season mean for Penguins?

Based on some late developments on Monday night it appears as if the NHL is now targeting a mid-January start for the 2020-21 regular season with a shortened, 56-game regular season schedule.

That schedule would include a two-week training camp and zero exhibition games.

There are still a lot of things to settle, from protocols, to opt-outs, to the schedule itself, to potential hubs, to the temporary divisional alignment, to the playoffs, and every other logistical thing that comes from trying to play a professional sport during a global pandemic, but mid-January seems to be the new target. Especially now that the league and the players have agreed not to change any of the financials in the…