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They could probably get by with a better PP and goaltending and I think Dubas expected the team to do just that with the addition of EK.The Penguins top-9 is fine as it is, that's not the reason why they're struggling out of the gate. Their major issues are the powerplay and goaltending. If the Penguins would have as good of a powerplay as they should have plus were getting good goaltending, they'd probably be like 6-2 right now.
The Penguins are 7th in the NHL in 5v5 goals and 5v5 goals/60. The 4th line is the only line that isn't producing, but they're at least not getting scored on either. Their issues are in net and on special teams.
At this point I don't even know if Connor McDavid would fix our PP though. There's just something fundamentally wrong with how that unit is coached/deployed. Or perhaps the stars are running the asylum. I don't know.