And Now…Your 2022-23 Penguins

With Thursday’s regular-season opener against Arizona fast approaching (and every other media outlet doing it…lol), I thought it would be an opportune time to post the Penguins’ 22-man roster. Ages include in-season birthdays.

A random observation. For years I’ve been harping on the fact that the Pens would benefit from some functional size. Well, glancing at our lineup, it appears GM Ron Hextall agrees. Thanks to the presence of newcomers Jeff Petry and Jan Rutta, our defense is noticeably larger. We’ve got at least a handful of sizeable forwards to boot.

While I wish we had at least one guy who played with a physical edge and served as a deterrent (feisty Josh Archibald doesn’t quite fit the bill), the added bulk should help us better withstand the physical rigors of the regular-season, not to mention the playoff grind and the odd Jacob Trouba elbow smash.

Without further ado…our roster:

Center	Ht	Wt	Age	Left Wing	Ht	Wt	Age	Right Wing	Ht	Wt	Age
Crosby Malkin Carter Blueger Poehling	5-11 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-2	200 195 219 185 197	35 36 38 28 24	Guentzel Zucker Heinen McGinn	5-11 5-11 6-1 6-0	180 192 188 187	28 31 27 28	Rakell Rust Kapanen Archibald	6-1 5-11 6-1 5-10	195 192 194 176	29 30 26 30
Left Defense	Ht	Wt	Age	Right Defense	Ht	Wt	Age	Goal	Ht	Wt	Age
Dumoulin Pettersson Joseph	6-4 6-3 6-2	207 177 185	31 26 23	Letang Petry Rutta Ruhwedel	6-0 6-3 6-3 5-11	201 201 204 191	35 35 32 32	Jarry DeSmith	6-2 6-0	194 180	27 31

 

While We’re At…

…here are your Baby Pens. While there may not be a budding Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin in the bunch, I find the number of players in their early 20s encouraging. Hope for the future!

Center	Ht	Wt	Age	Left Wing	Ht	Wt	Age	Right Wing	Ht	Wt	Age
Poulin Frasca Gruden Glover Houde	6-1 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-0	208 184 172 200 172	21 21 22 22 22	O’Connor Hallander Caggiula Ansons Devane	6-3 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-5	200 190 176 191 239	24 22 28 20 31	Puustinen Nylander Legare Andonovski Svejkovsky Olson Kalmikov	5-9 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-10 5-11 6-0	183 192 205 195 165 180 175	23 24 21 23 20 23 21
Left Defense	Ht	Wt	Age	Right Defense	Ht	Wt	Age	Goal	Ht	Wt	Age
Smith Friedman Ouellet Ortiz	5-11 5-11 6-0 5-11	180 185 196 181	22 26 29 21	Fedun Maniscalco St. Ivany Swoyer Reinke	6-1 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-11	200 205 198 192 181	34 23 23 24 26	Lindberg Gauthier Tokarski	6-0 6-2 6-0	180 208 198	23 21 33