Metro Moves: Checking out what the Penguins’ competition has been up to

Now that the summer is more or less settling in and it’s just about “cottage season” for the NHL to retreat to their various summer vacation places for a bit, let’s check in on the main competition for the Penguins in the Metropolitan Division. Given the NHL’s divisional playoff structure, these teams are the most important ones to track.

We’ll start with the three teams that clinched the automatic three playoff seed in the division last season and look at the changes they have made since the season ended.

#1 Carolina Hurricanes (52-21-9, 113 points)

Overview: For the second season in a row, the Hurricanes won the Metropolitan division.