The Penguins’ lineup when they take the ice to open the 2022-23 campaign will look like a lot of the same — but will also look a lot different, in many ways.
Thanks to contract extensions for Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Bryan Rust, Kasperi Kapanen, and Rickard Rakell, and Casey DeSmith, the Pens will have a lot of their core back for next season.
But they also have made a lot of changes. Out went John Marino and Mike Matheson, in came Ty Smith and Jeff Petry.
Jan Rutta has entered the mix as a free agent and P.