If there is one thing that has troubled me about the Pittsburgh Penguins the past couple of years — outside of the lack of playoff appearances and playoff wins — it is the complete lack of an identity for the team on the ice.
What do they do well?
What are they good at?
What is their calling card as a team?
You just .... do not see it.
They are clearly not a Stanley Cup contender at this point, nor are they going through an obvious rebuild. There are signs they are doing a slow rebuild, or perhaps on the fringes of a rebuild, but they are not in that stage entirely.