Captain Sidney Crosby, entering his 21st NHL season, desires winning the Stanley Cup a fourth time. Center Evgeni Malkin and defenseman Kris Letang, each set for his 20th season, do too. Muse, hired June 4 as Penguins coach, gets that. But rushing won't work, he said.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are trying to navigate their way through the twilight of the Sidney Crosby era to the dawn of whatever comes next. It's a transition general manager Kyle Dubas has repeatedly said will not be easy,

Maybe Dan Muse will win the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Maybe he’ll be fired in a couple of years. No one knows. Sometimes, though, you can learn something from a first impression, like at Wednesday morning’s news conference at PPG Paints Arena.