The NHL Entry draft hasn’t been as important as it is now in Pittsburgh in the last 20 years. The Penguins haven’t picked in the top 10 via their own draft choice since 2006, a span that will end next month when the Pens pick (likely either 9th or 10th overall) pending the results of Monday’s lottery draft. Pittsburgh did trade for a top-10 pick on draft night in 2012, but we didn’t have time to plan and prepare for that. This time, we do.
Pensburgh may do a lot of things, but scouting young players across multiple continents is not one of them to rank with much accuracy, so we will turn to the venerable Bob McKenzie from TSN for his listing of players.