The Penguins have a Sidney Crosby line. They have an Evgeni Malkin line (which is clicking more and more every game!). They have a buzzsaw.
But they need another line. The gamble in the off-season by Jim Rutherford was to give Mark Jankowski a shot at redemption and finding his early career form in Calgary. Give a shot to younger players like Sam Lafferty and Anthony Angello. Add Colton Scveiour in the mix, because Florida wanted to balance salaries and, ehh why not?
That mix hasn’t really worked.
When injuries cycle through, the Pens right now could have one of Jared McCann or Jason Zucker on this “extra” line, with the other playing on the Malkin line.