2015 NHL Draft: Pittsburgh Penguins draft review

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Photo: Daniel Sprong scored 88 points (39 goals, 49 assists) in 68 games for the Charlottetown Islanders in 2014-15. (Courtesy of Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


</p>For the first time in franchise history, the Pittsburgh Penguins used all four of their picks to select European-born forwards at the 2015 NHL Draft. It was also the first time it selected all forwards since 1978, when the draft was still referred to as the “NHL Amateur Draft.”

“That’s just the way the draft tumbled,†said Penguins Co-Director of Amateur Scouting Randy Sexton. “A little bit of a United Nations approach today I guess.… read more

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[Penguinator]

Good read & Spronger (what? You didn't see that one coming?) looks very poised & mature in that video.

Also, who is that blonde girl?

 

[Asuna]

Really? First time in Pens history they selected all European born forwards? That's interesting.

 

[wej20]

Good read & Spronger (what? You didn't see that one coming?) looks very poised & mature in that video.

Also, who is that blonde girl?

Michelle Crechiolo, she works for the Penguins on the website and social media.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Tiffels just slightly above average for speed? What's with the Hagelin comparison then? That dude is a speedster.

 

[Penguinator]

Michelle Crechiolo, she works for the Penguins on the website and social media.

If she was a cookie, i would have eaten her before Kessel could!

Seriously though, i knew she had to be some kind of attaché.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I'm really curious to see the new Hockeys Future prospect rankings for the Pens now that some are gone in the Kessel trade, and some of these new forwards coming in.

Patiently waiting.

Right now the top RW forward is, Zlobin.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

According to people here at HF, we have nothing.

 

[tom_servo]

Really? First time in Pens history they selected all European born forwards? That's interesting.

Well, it's pretty unlikely when you have seven picks.

 

[Asuna]

Well, it's pretty unlikely when you have seven picks.

Good point.

 

[#66]

According to people here at HF, we have nothing.

That's not true. Sprong alone make for an exciting upside.

I'll take a kid with that kind of upside over the pack of #4 and 5 upside defensemen any day of the week.

All the Pens have to do is stop trading away picks.