Last year we marveled about how quickly Kyle Dubas turned the Penguins over as soon as he arrived, with what ended up being eight new players to the roster. He’s done about the same again this year, there could be as many as seven new players making their Penguin debut on opening night this season.
The shuffling of the deck has been mostly at the bottom of the lineup with a ton of players coming and going. Whether it’s through waivers (John Ludvig, the departed Jansen Harkins), trades (Emil Bemstrom, Cody Glass, Michael Bunting, Kevin Hayes, Rutger McGroarty), tryouts (Jesse Puljujarvi), free agency (Sebastian Aho, Anthony Beauvillier, Matt Grzelcyk, Blake Lizotte) the Penguins have left no stones unturned in the effort to bring in new faces.