The NHL announced the order of selections for the league\u2019s upcoming draft, which well be held June 26-27.<\/p>\n
In total, the Penguins currently have five selections:<\/p>\n
First round \u2013 No. 22 overall<\/p>\n
Second round \u2013 No. 39 overall (from the Winnipeg Jets)<\/p>\n
Second round \u2013 No. 54 overall<\/p>\n
Third round \u2013 No. 86 overall<\/p>\n
Sixth round \u2013 No. 170 overall (from the Nashville Predators)<\/p>\n
Two of the selections the Penguins currently possess were obtained via trades:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The No. 39 overall selection came as part of a deal that sent defenseman Luke Schenn to the Winnipeg Jets on March 7, 2025. The Penguins also acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2027 NHL Draft in that transaction.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The No. 170 overall selection came from the Nashville Predators as part of a deal that brought forward Cody Glass and a third-round selection in the 2025 NHL Draft to the Penguins in exchange for forward Jordan Frasca on Aug. 13, 2024.<\/p>\n
Four selections that originally belonged to the Penguins are currently elsewhere as a result of trades.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A fourth-round selection (No. 118 overall) and forward Michael Bunting went to the Predators in exchange for Schenn and forward Tommy Novak to the Penguins on March 5, 2025.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A fifth-round selection (No. 150 overall) and a second-round selection in the 2025 NHL Draft went to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a second-round selection in this year\u2019s draft and a third-round selection in 2025 on Aug. 13, 2024.<\/p>\n
That second-round selection in this year\u2019s draft acquired by the Penguins was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets as part of a deal that brought forward Egor Chinakhov to the Penguins on Dec. 29, 2025.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A sixth-round selection (No. 182 overall) and forward Alex Nylander went to the Blue Jackets in exchange for forward Emil Bemstrom on Feb. 22, 2024<\/p>\n
\u2022 A seventh-round selection (No. 214 overall) and forward Valtteri Puustinen went to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Ilya Solovyov on Jan. 20, 2026.<\/p>\n
Note: Kain Tisi, previously the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins\u2019 goaltending coach, has been hired for the same position with the Hamilton Hammers, a new American Hockey League franchise that will be affiliated with the New York Islanders. A member of the Penguins\u2019 organization in various capacities, Tisi had overseen the development of goaltending prospects such as Joel Blomqvist, Sergei Murashov and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL announced the order of selections for the league\u2019s upcoming draft, which well be held June 26-27.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-712499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}