Crosby's Playoff Drought Highlights Penguins' Aging Roster

0:00On April 22nd, Sydney Crosby's off to a quiet start in the playoffs held scoreless in the first two games against the Philadelphia Flyers. He's logging over 20 minutes of ice time per game and firing a team high seven shots, but nothing's going in. This drought is shining a harsh light on the Pittsburgh Penguins ongoing roster retool. It's been a rough year for number 87, including an injury that knocked him out of Canada's Olympic gold medal game. Without him during the regular season, the Penguins managed just a five win, six loss, all free overtime record. If Jenny Malcolm has chipped in a goal and an assist so far, but the team leans hard on its veterans. Fans and analysts see the bigger picture here. Pittsburgh's top five regular season scores are all over 30 years old, with 28-year-old. Thomas Novak is the youngest standout at 42 points. And these playoff games, four of the five penguins with points are also over 30, exposing the lack of young depth. Coach Dan Mews has Crosby centering Bryan Rest and Yegor Chinacov right now, banking on Sid's magic to elevate them.

1:04The hope is prospects like Ben Kindle, Igor Chinacov, Rutger Magrardi, and Harrison Bruneky keep developing to carry the load as the old core. Fades. The Flyers already highlighted Pittsburgh's thin lineup, and unless Crosby starts producing, this series could end fast, that might spell the beginning of the end for one of hockey's all-time greats in the postseason spotlight. This has been NHL News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.