NHL Draft 2020: Penguins select Raivis Ansons in 5th round

via The Athletic In the fifth round of the 2020 NHL draft, with the 149th overall pick, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected forward Raivis Ansons from the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the QMJHL. Ansons hails from Latvia and is coming off his first season North American hockey league season.

This pick was originally set to be made ten spots earlier, but a trade with the Colorado Avalanche moved them back to 149th and garnered them an extra pick in the process. That extra pick comes at No. 211 in the seventh round.

Ansons stands at 6’1” and weighs in at 191 pounds according to his HockeyDB page. He is a left handed shot and plays the right wing. He spent his 2019-20 season in the QMJHL with the…