And it begins!!!...

The Penguins 5 month migration is almost over.

The Pens start their Preseason tomorrow against the Ottawa Senators. Crosby and Fluery will be playing but Malkin will not. Pens fans will be able to see the future the next night as both Crosby and Malkin will be in the lineup together against the Flyers.

From all the reading and viewing of the Pens I have done I must say I am pretty excited to watch this team. There is a lot to be excited about with the addition off Malkin. With Malkin centering the line with Malone and Recchi, the Pens now have the other scoring line to compliment Crosby's line which consists of Armstrong and Ekman. Malkin's line really looked to be in sync already in camp while Crosby line looks to still need work to recapture the chemistry they had last year.

The first two lines are set. The real decisions are going to be with the 3rd and 4th lines. LeClair, Ruutu, Moore, and Petrovicky are locks to be on those lines somewhere. The question come with Staal, Talbot, and Christensen with one of them not going to make it. Staal is the most likely one not to make it because he is only 18 and couldn't be hurt by another year in Juniors.

We will see how the preseason plays out...