Penguins training camp preview: Centers are old, but a strength of the team

The Pittsburgh Penguins are an old team, and they aren’t any older than they are at center. The five top options they have down the middle average 35.2 years old — and that’s with “youngster” Noel Acciari (31) chipping in to significantly drag down the number with Sidney Crosby (36), Evgeni Malkin (37), Jeff Carter (38) and Lars Eller (34) around.

With age, however, comes some of the team’s best players. (And, well, not in all cases though).

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin aren’t in their teens, twenties or even early thirties any longer.