The Pittsburgh Penguins have had their share of problems over the past two years, and forward depth has been at the top of that list.
Scoring depth at the NHL level. The organizational depth to overcome injuries. Just having enough good forwards to build a consistently quality hockey team.
They also have limited resources and ability when it comes to fixing that at this point in the season. Salary cap space is tight (mostly due to their own decisions) and they do not have a lot of trade assets. Most of the NHL players have major contracts that will be difficult to move or have no-trade clauses, and they do not have many prospects that will be attractive as trade bait.