from Emily Kaplan of ESPN,
The Penguins also added six players during the previous season. Because of that, Rutherford is preaching just a bit of patience.
"From where we were a year ago to where we are now, we have 11 new faces in our lineup," he said. "It's a lot of change. Some of it was to transition on the fly, to get younger. Some of it was dictated by the cap. So I would suspect it will take our team a few weeks to get adjusted to each other."
The GM said he expects the coaching staff to jumble around line combinations until something clicks -- and that was before the Malkin and Bjugstad injuries.
The question is: Have they done enough, and can they gel in time?
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