Are the Penguins Injuries Due to a Lack of Size?

A few of our faithful PenguinPoop readers have suggested in the past that the Penguins’ onerous injury situation is related to our physical stature. Comparatively small, by NHL standards.

With a little time to kill between games, I thought I’d do a quickie comparison to see what I could see.

Beginning in 2012-13, Toronto-based writer James Mirtle has published a list each year displaying the average height, weight and age of NHL teams, based on season-opening rosters.

Here’s the Pens’ tale of the tape.