Penguins update

The Penguins have the Ottawa Sentors coming to town tomorrow night, and need to get on the winning track.  The Penguins are 4 points behind Ottawa (5th in conference) with 3 games in hand, but are only in front of 9th place Winnipeg by a single point.  I wish I could tell that any one of the Crosby, Letang, Neal, Staal gang was coming back tomorrow, but I can't.   That said, there was some decent news for the Penguins today. First off, though there was no official update, word is that there was no major damage to Craig Adams' knee.  He will miss some time, but not the season as some had feared.  In addition, the word is that 4th liner Arron Asham will be in the lineup tomorrow night, providing some necessary jam to the Penguins game.  Also, Dustin Jeffrey is likely to play tomorrow as well.  Though Jeffrey is not like getting Staal back, he did show some scoring ability in his time with the Penguins last season.  I would look for Jeffrey to center the second or third line, and he will add a little more offense to the Penguins. In a 25 game stay with Pittsburgh last year, the 6'1" Jeffrey scored 7 goals and added five assists while playing to a plus 5.   The Penguins have also called the Big Dog, Eric Tangradi up from Wilkes Barre Scranton in what will likely be his best audition ever to show he belongs in the show.  In the AHL this year, Tangradi leads the WBS Penguins in goals with 14 of them in 30 games, while adding 11 assists.  The Big Dog adds size and grit at 6'4" and 221 pounds.  He has shown a knack for creating traffic while he has been here, but not much in the way of skating or hands. He should get some power play and top six minutes and if I am Tangradi I play in straight lines, I crash the net, dig out pucks from the corner, and hit everything that moves.  I am beginning to wonder if Eric has the hands and wheels to be a true top six winger, but nobody would be hurt if he was a down and dirty, physical third line player that took the body, crashed the net, and chipped in some dirty goals when they are needed most.  Somebody needs to tell the Big Dog to play the same way he does in WBS, with some snarl.  The Penguins are not going to outgun anybody right now, but they can win enough games by out hitting and outworking opponents, while winning individual puck battles to stay in the hunt until the big boyz are back.