No need to include Rust.

Crosby and Letang are so important, honestly they look pretty bad without them what a disaster.

Any PIT fans out here that can pitch in?

What makes you think they look pretty bad?

I dk man... when I look at the lines, they have Crosby and Malkin and all, but except that I feel like they don't have much deepness. I get the same feeling when I look at EDM lineup - they got McDavid and Draisatl and RNH, but after that? Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel and then it's a bunch of 3rd liners in my opinion. Feel like the departure of Kessel and Hornqvist aging really hit them this year. OH! And the D !

Am I wrong?

So clearly you haven't watched any games

Yes. Rust has shown himself to be a legit top 6 forward, McCann is becoming a solid Top 6 and really good 3C with Crosby back, Kahun has more goals at this time of the season than he did last season at this time in Chicago and he had a really good year last year. Penguins defense is a lot better than people think. Letang Dumo remains one of the best D pairings in the league, Marino has been a stud and is primed for the 2nd pairing RHD next year. Petterson is still solid and JJ has actually been playing fine thus far. The penguins are a lot better than most people think. Just because we dont have big name forwards outside of our top 4 which is fine but these guys are playing just fine

I understand if you're not a fan, and you dont watch many pens games it may seem like they lack depth. But... with the contributions from McCann, Kahun, Tanev, Rust, Simon, etc.. who have all played exceptionally well this season, I would argue this is the deepest pens team we've had since our cup runs. When fully healthy, I wouldn't be surprised to see a fourth line of:

ZAR-Bjustad-Hornqvist because there isn't much space in the top 9. Maybe Simon and Hornqvist could switch places but Guzental-Crosby-Simon formed a really nice line this year when healthy.

Trading the Penguins best and most productive (on a per game basis) winger this season, who also happens to be on a great contract seems like a pretty dumb move.

would you like to name one team that could play without it's best defense man and best center as well as they have?

The pens are 4-0-2 in their last 6. 5 of those games were without both Crosby and letang