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Juuso Riikola may be set to make his NHL debut tomorrow

After watching the first two Penguins games this season, it was pretty evident that the defensemen needed to stop coughing up the puck. The obvious solution for this: Riikola.

They were back at practice today, and it appears that the defensive pairing shakeup that was anticipated could be a reality tomorrow night against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Here's how the lines/pairs look:
Guentzel-Crosby-Hornqvist
Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel
Simon-Brassard-Rust
Cullen-Sheahan-Sprong

Dumoulin-Letang
Johnson-Schultz
Oleksiak-Riikola
Maatta-Ruhwedel— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) October 10, 2018

Olli Maatta being a potential healthy scratch in the third game of the season is interesting to say the least, but on a different note, Juuso Riikola making his NHL debut is something to keep an eye on.