Zero suprises in seeing this. Last season with the emergence of Scheifele as a PPG player, Ehlers as a stud, and Laine as a breakout rookie we valulted past most teams as far as combined high end scoring talent.
The problem is we had crappy goaltending, poor discipline, crappy PK, injury issues, and bad coaching and yes I know the record is stuck,the record is stuck, the record is...........
The real question this year is will our goaltending, discipline, and coaching allow our skill advantage to take over?? We have the horses but that and 5 bucks won't get you anywhere in this league if you leak in net. Pens were going nowhere championship wise until Matt Murray arrived and they flipped coaches and they havehe highest top end skill.