The NHL entry draft, scheduled as of now to go down on October 9-10 won’t be the biggest deal in the world for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their trade last month to add Kasperi Kapanen in part for a first round draft pick (15th overall) really took a lot of suspense and juice out of the event for the Pens.
Pittsburgh also is short a second round pick as a result of the 2017 expansion draft that sent this pick to Vegas in exchange for their assurance that they would select Marc-Andre Fleury in the draft.