After having no first round draft pick, the Penguins finally got to choose a player with the 58th overall selection in the NHL draft, and took forward Tristan Broz, an 18-year-old lifelong Penguins fan from Minnesota.
From the Penguins (Michelle Crechiolo @PensInsideScoop / Penguins Team Reporter):
Scouts had Broz, the No. 28-ranked North American skater, rated highly entering the draft. He was also listed as No. 31 overall by ISS Hockey and EliteProspects.com, the latter of which described Broz as “a player with an attacking mentality…he’s like a shark sniffing out blood in the water when he’s off the puck in the offensive zone, circling the perimeter, waiting for soft ice to emerge, or charging headlong to the net-front as low-to-high passing plays develop.”
The Penguins chose defenseman Isaac Belliveau in the fifth round; and defenseman Ryan McCleary, defenseman Daniel Laatsch and forward Kirill Tankov in the seventh round. They did not have a first round draft choice, having traded that pick to Minnesota for Jason Zucker in 2019.
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