DETROIT -- In only eight days, the Penguins will open their 51st season, which means there isn't much time for management to sort through final roster decisions.
Which should mean, in turn, that plenty of weight would have been placed on the performances of three pivotal forwards -- Scott Wilson, Tom Kuhnhackl and Greg McKegg -- in the 4-1 preseason loss to the Red Wings on Monday night at the new Little Caesars Arena.
Except, of course, that it's preseason, right?
"It's another time you're on the ice for your team," Wilson was telling me after scoring the visitors' lone goal. "It's a chance to compete."
Compete, indeed.
The goaltenders are settled. The defensemen are mostly settled, presuming that both Chad Ruhwedel and Matt Hunwick make the Nos. 6 and 7 spots in one order or the other. But the forwards are left with two openings, based on my conversations with the Penguins' decision-makers on the trip:
To continue reading, log into your account:
