CHICAGO — Zachary Lauzon knew NHL Draft weekend was going to be a bit of a surreal experience.
So when the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions called his name midway through the second round, that only added to it.
“It goes by really fast and it’s overwhelming,” Lauzon, 18, said. “I kind of blacked out when it happened.”
The Penguins made Lauzon, a left-handed defenseman from the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, their first pick of the weekend at No. 51 overall Saturday morning.
“Everybody says when you get drafted, you don’t have words to describe it,” Lauzon said.