Penguins now lead the league in this hilarious statistic

Ever since the Penguins decided to finally turn their roster over and make changes in anticipation of a rebuild, general manager Kyle Dubas said he "wanted to get younger" but it seems like for right now, getting younger isn't exactly the case.

He is taking on older players like Matt Dumba and Connor Clifton to get picks back to help him with the rebuild that could take a few seasons to complete. These older players are driving up the average age of the team and the Penguins actually have the oldest team in the league now at an average age of 30.6.

Once Karlsson gets traded, the average age of the team should drop a bit

The Penguins average age of their team might be high now, but just wait till Dubas finally pulls the trigger on an Erik Karlsson trade and watch that age come down.

Erik Karlsson is 35 years old and he is not a fit with the current Penguins team. He has told Penguins management that he will accept a trade to a Stanley Cup contender.

Penguins fans are eagerly waiting for the team to announce that they have traded him away and to get some assets in return and when that happens, watch the average age of the team drop by at least one or two.

Clifton and Dumba can be flipped later and should help the average age lower even more

The sole point of acquiring Clifton and Dumba was to get an extra premium draft pick added as a sweetner to take them on.

But what Dubas can also do with them is trade them away at the trade deadline to contenders that are looking for help on the back end, and get even more assets in return.

He was able to do this with Anthony Beauvillier last season, and once he does this with Dumba and Clifton, the average age of the Penguins should be maybe near middle of the pack.