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Take Town: Taking a look

Charles LeClaire - USA TODAY Sports
NHL

Here's a question for ya: Are the Pittsburgh Penguins good again?

Obviously, it was a rough start. A 3-6-0 record in which they were only outscored by three (29-26) but the ways in which they were losing was brutal. The way things went you'd think the goaltending and defence was the problem, but averaging fewer than three goals a game was the real problem, right?

But it seems like the offence turned a corner more recently, and they'd won five in a row going into last night's loss to the New Jersey Devils. Even leaving aside the 10-goal scoring spree against the San Jose Sharks, they have 17 goals in their last five games, and yeah, they haven't really played anyone with high-level goaltending of late (the Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Je

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