DALLAS -- Teddy Blueger, freshly recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, skated with the Penguins on this Friday morning at American Airlines Center, and likely will make his NHL debut tonight against the Stars.
Not everyone in the organization thought this would ever happen.
Blueger, a 23-year-old center, was never blessed with the swiftest skating. But extensive power-skating instruction over the past year lengthened his stride and has him to the stage where, while he still won't keep up with Connor McDavid, he's done well enough to earn the promotion, putting up 12 goals and 14 assists in 45 AHL games.
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