On the heels of a Stanley Cup Championship and a three year contract, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma is already looking towards next season.
With the opportunity to conduct a full training camp this September, Bylsma expects the team to become more familiar with the Penguins new system, which he believes, will lead the Penguins to playing even more aggressive than they did during the final three months of the season.
A key to the Penguins up-tempo system under Bylsma, is aggressiveness in the neutral zone and moving the puck up efficiently through the neutral zone from their defensemen.
On the backend the Penguins have their pieces in place with three puck moving defensemen in Alex Goligoski, Sergei Gonchar and Kris Letang.
Pittsburgh expects Kris Letang to continue his development towards a high/end #3 defenseman, while the team is very excitied about what Alex Goligoski will do next season.
Playing in Dan Bylsma's system, Pittsburgh believes Goligoski will flourish next season as some scouts indicate he's the best puck moving defenseman on their roster.
News and Notes
Ray Shero has identified Paul Bissonnette, Dustin Jeffrey and Tim Wallace as prime candidates to battle for a roster spot. Bylsma is very high Bissonnette as he played a strong part in Bissonnette's development in moving to forward.
Publically, Shero has identified Luca Caputi but the Penguins want Caputi to have a strong
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