Kovacevic: Can McCann get the job done between Marleau, Hornqvist on third line?

There won't be an HBK Part II.

If anything, the Penguins’ likely new third line entering these Stanley Cup playoffs -- Jared McCann, Patrick Marleau and Patric Hornqvist -- would have more of a HMM feel to it.

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As in, hmmmmm ... can they get it done?

McCann, speaking after the second day of the team's training camp Tuesday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, sure sounded optimistic when I asked how prominent a role he expects his line to have in any success this summer.

"It's gonna be huge, you know?" he replied. "We look at ourselves like the game-changers. We feel like we have something that a lot of teams don't. We've got that veteran presence with Patty, and with Horny, as well. I'm just trying to complement those guys as best I can."

And how, I pressed, might that look?

Because, as I pointed out, he’ll be working with two wingers who’ve made a living carving straight lines to the crease and capitalizing. And realistically, I added, tossing in that McCann plays a similar style, it doesn’t feel as if there’d be much tic-tac-toe component to what’s at hand.

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