So hey, this is nuts, but I have found not one, but two people in our city.

Just really not all that nuts about the way the hockey team has started off.

Good morning to you.

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Thursday morning, I'm Dan Kovachiev of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

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It's Penguins versus Panthers tonight in Sunrise, Florida.

That's a 708 p.m. face-off against the two-time defending champs,

who will enter the game, I guess you could say, as underdog since the Penguins are five and two and the panthers are four and four.

But I'm kidding, of course.

Either that or I'm just kind of falling into line.

Meaning with how the top two hockey people in the operation itself seemed to feel about this start.

The other night after the penguins blew out the Canucks 5 to 1,

I asked Dan Mews,

just if there's been anything at all to date that's been a pleasant surprise to him,

something that for all his preparation he couldn't have seen coming

amid this 5-and-2 start.

Here's the whole thing.

Dan, in general, over the course of the seven games that you've played, is there a part or an aspect of your team's play that has been maybe a pleasant surprise to you,

something that no matter how much you prepared is head coach that you didn't see coming.

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