Even though nobody with the Pittsburgh Penguins wants to come right out and admit it, the early stages of the offseason would seem to indicate some sort of a rebuild has arrived.
It may not be a total, scorched earth, get rid of everybody rebuild, but it’s pretty clear the Penguins are looking ahead toward the future with their offseason moves. Emphasis on acquiring future draft picks, short-term free agent signings that look to be reclamation projects, and not really doing anything to make the team noticeably better in the short term.
There are still a couple of months to go this offseason before the team reports to training camp so it is still possible — if not likely — more changes get made, but let’s take a look at the moves that have been made so far.