Pittsburgh Penguins Line Combinations To Start the 2015-16 Season

Mar 21, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center

(87) celebrates with goalie

(29) after beating the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports

As we all know by now, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced yesterday that there was a trade with the Vancouver Canucks. The Penguins traded Brandon Sutter and a 2016 third round draft pick for Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and a second round draft pick in the 2016 NHL Draft.

Also, the Pens announced that they had signed free agent Eric Fehr, formerly of the Washington Capitals. It was quite a busy morning for the Pittsburgh Penguins management staff who pulled off another trade, that as of now, seems like a perfect fit for a team looking to bring Lord Stanley back to the Steel City this season.

Eric Fehr and Nick Bonino are great additions to the scoring depth of the Pittsburgh Penguins, which has lacked tremendously in the past few seasons. Both are capable of posting 30+ points during the regular season, which is exactly what you need from bottom-six forwards. The best part about Fehr and Bonino, is that they were both formerly number two centers on their previous teams, which means they are more than capable of logging 20 minutes of ice time, if the opportunity presented itself.

Also, Fehr is a versatile forward, who can be a bottom-six center or even possibly a top-six winger. However, you’ll notice that I don’t have him included in this lineup. With no concrete date on his return, I wanted to stick to the starting lineup expected for opening night.

Throughout the next few slides, I took a line-by-line look at a projected offensive lineup for the start of the upcoming year.