Now that the Pittsburgh Penguins schedule has officially gone underway and the team has finally emerged with an identity, there are several safe assumptions to be made until the stretch drive:

- The Penguins are not and will not be as good as they were last year from an offensive standpoint. The PP remains potent because of Alex Goligoski and Miro Satan, and the PK could actually be better than it was last year with the addition of Mike Zigomanis and a third unit that includes Evgeni...