Jeffrey will be given opportunity to be #4 center on the depth chart

The Pittsburgh Penguins will hold their 2009 prospect camp from Saturday, Sept. 5 to Thursday, Sept. 10 in Kitchener, Ontario. Penguins’ prospects will compete in a Rookie Tournament at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium against prospects from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins.

The annual rookie tournament is a great opportunity for young forward Dustin Jeffrey to make an early impression to the Penguins staff before training camp begins on September 12th.

Of all the prospects invited to training camp, Jeffrey has the best shot of making the team.

In fact, the Penguins plan to give Jeffrey a prime opportunity to win the 4th line center job.

The organization would like to play Michael Rupp and Craig Adams on wing, which will open a spot for Jeffrey.

Pascal Dupuis will move to the 2nd line to open camp. Dupuis is expected to be given the first shot to play with Evgeni Malkin, due to Max Talbot being sidelined for another 6-8 weeks.

Jeffrey is a solid two-way player, who plays well in his own end. Slightly above average skater with some puck skills.

In training camp, one area where Jeffrey will have to improve is moving the puck quicker. At times he holds onto the puck too long and while he will be able to get away with it at next weeks prospect tournament, that won't be the case in two weeks.

To win the 4th line center job, it will come down to Jeffrey's ability on face-offs and play a role on the penalty kill.

There's a bit of concern in the organization regarding an injury to a top four defenseman and it's not Sergei Gonchar or Kris Letang.