The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed their top pick from the 2015 NHL draft, second-round selection Daniel Sprong, to a three-year, entry-level contract. Sprong, 18, fell to the Penguins with the 46th overall selection, despite being rated as a first-round talent by many prognosticators. The 6-foot tall, 180 pound right-winger recently participated in the Penguins prospect development camp at Consol Energy Center in July and was named to roster for the team’s rookie tournament squad that will ... Read More
Penguins sign Czech forward Dominik Simon
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed their 2015 third-round draft pick, forward Dominik Simon, according to a report by Czech journalist Tomas Vrabel of Denik Sport and confirmed by the Pittsburgh Sporting News. Simon, who will be 21 in August, has been attending Penguins development camp in Pittsburgh this week. “I got a chance to actually watch him over at the World Championships,” Penguins assistant general manager Tom Fitzgerald after practice on Wednesday. “His play and his age just ... Read More
Pens take three more European forwards in NHL Draft
After grabbing Dutch forward Daniel Sprong in the second round, the Pittsburgh Penguins wrapped up the 2015 NHL draft on Saturday afternoon with three more selections in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds. It’s a draft class with a lot of similarities. For the first time in team history, they selected all Europeans. All four draft players hail from different European countries, and they are all forwards. In the fifth round, the Penguins selected 20-year old Czech center Dominik Simon. Simon ... Read More
Pens select Daniel Sprong in 2nd round of NHL draft
The Pittsburgh Penguins have made their first selection in the 2015 NHL Draft, taking right-winger Daniel Sprong with the 46th overall selection in the second round. Sprong, 18, was born in Amersterdam and his father, Hannie, played professional hockey in The Netherlands. Sprong would be only the second Dutch player to play in the NHL, if he makes it. “Its more of a soccer country, no one really knows their hockey there,” Sprong said of his homeland in a draft video produced by the NHL. ... Read More
Penguins 2015 draft preview
The Pittsburgh Penguins have just four picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft on June 26-27. They have #46 overall in the second round and then #137, #167, and #197 in the final three rounds. Their first-round pick was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in the deal that saw Rob Klinkhammer exchanged for David Perron. Their third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Marcel Goc at the trade deadline in 2014. Their fourth-round pick was sent to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the move in which ... Read More