CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Who will be Jason Zucker's center when the Penguins open the regular season Oct. 12 in Tampa?
That isn't settled yet.
How many goals can Zucker be penciled in for in 2021-22?
No way of knowing now.
What kind of role will Zucker play in whatever the Penguins are able to accomplish during the coming season?
That, Mike Sullivan suggested Saturday, is a pretty easy one to answer.
"(Zucker) obviously going be an important player for us moving forward," he said.
Barring a radical change in plans, Zucker will enter the season as the second-line left winger, with Kasperi Kapanen on the other side and the guy between them still to be determined.