Penguins take new, odd routes to find first time NHL players

The Penguins had some unexpected beginnings in 2023-24 from unexpected places

Last summer, here on Pensburgh we didn’t think there would be too many first time NHL players for Pittsburgh to break onto their NHL roster in 2023-24. The rationale was sound at the time:

The rest of Pittsburgh’s 2019, 2020 and 2021 draft classes are either low-hope, long-shot type of prospects who are either unsigned, have been traded or are out of the organization all together.