Who will be the first Penguin player born in the 2000’s?

Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports Cole Sillinger scored a goal for the Columbus Blue Jackets last night. Sillinger was just drafted this summer and was born in (brace yourself) May of 2003. Mason McTavish of the Ducks, also with a 2003 birthdate, has made the NHL and scored earlier this season as well.

In a way, this is a sign of just how far behind the Penguins are right now when it comes to developing young talent, being as they have not yet had a player born in the decade of the 2000’s even play a regular season game for the franchise to this point.

Players in the 2000’s start with the 2018 draft class, and the Pens are a team that have traded a lot of high picks in the past few seasons,…