With the 14th overall selection in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins select…

[Ryder71]

Then trade Sid, Geno, and Letang. Why did we bother re-signing them for this half-ass approach?

To generate revenue and put people in the seats? Oh my gosh you're not so gullible that you actually believe this team is a contender are you? It's a smoke screen. For the record I'd love to get rid of those dinosaurs. But they just won't do it, so the next best thing is to keep the relics around make people like you happy but behind the scenes build through the draft and acquire Young prospects.

 

[Ryder71]

Summers will be the highlights of the Pittsburgh Penguins for the foreseeable future. So this draft along with the next five or six will be very very meaningful to someone like myself. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds. This is the start of a new generation of young Talent and we will rebuild and in five or six years we'll actually have a competitive team, well maybe.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Is there any tiered ranking available for the first round? Or can anyone with knowledge of the draft provide their own. Curious to see the drop offs between players

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I don't see Dubas passing on Benson or Perreault given his history.

The mock draft had Benson gone by the Pens' pick. Can't remember where Perreault went, though.

 

[Gurglesons]

The mock draft had Benson gone by the Pens' pick. Can't remember where Perreault went, though.

After us.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Keep the pick. It's more valuable to this team with where they're at than it is as an asset to acquire immediate help. No, the odds aren't good that the team lands an impact NHLer, but with the 14th overall you're probably looking at somebody like Connor Garland coming back and I'd rather roll the dice and hope for blind luck than land yet another middle-6, undersized guy who is good for 40-50pts on a $5 million AAV deal.

 

[The Old Master]

TSN mock draft had the Pens taking Brayden Yager at 14th. Good two-way game, but at 5'11 and only 170 lbs. I'm not sure how well being a shutdown center at the NHL would translate to that size.

that is a big if. but this is the year to take that chance.

Button has Benson going to Buffalo right before us. Then Danielson and Perreault going right after we take Yager.

Mock Draft: The fun starts after No. 1 in Craig Button's NHL Draft projection | TSN

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button has Connor Bedard as a lock to go No. 1 when the Chicago Blackhawks step up to the podium on June 28 in Nashville, but the real intrigue starts with the Anaheim Ducks.

www.tsn.ca

as he should.

 

[The Old Master]

in a matter of a few days i may have a need to delete a lot of my latest posts. what's the best/quickest way to do that? or can I count on all of you having very short memories?

 

[steelcityassault]

Is there any tiered ranking available for the first round? Or can anyone with knowledge of the draft provide their own. Curious to see the drop offs between players

 

[HandshakeLine]

Sully will straight up murder Sale if he’s drafted, in spite or perhaps because of the kid’s talent.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Lots of talk about Benson falling because of his size. I wonder if this team takes a chance if he ends up getting to 14.

Realistically, I think it might end up being between Wood and ASP.

 

[Malkinstheman]

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[The Old Master]

Lots of talk about Benson falling because of his size. I wonder if this team takes a chance if he ends up getting to 14.

Realistically, I think it might end up being between Wood and ASP.

really like the kid, he is small but with his skating there should not be a problem, (they can't hit what they can't catch) think MSL. not sure how well he would fit on the pen's though. normally you would tweak the system so he does, but we still have sully.
between wood and asp, i would have to go with asp. rd are always a need. and wood even though he could be a very good one, with not-so-great skating and him playing soft for a big guy, a good coach could coach him out of that but sully would only enforce that. so i would stay away from him.

 

[Gurglesons]

really like the kid, he is small but with his skating there should not be a problem, (they can't hit what they can't catch) think MSL. not sure how well he would fit on the pen's though. normally you would tweak the system so he does, but we still have sully.
between wood and asp, i would have to go with asp. rd are always a need. and wood even though he could be a very good one, with not-so-great skating and him playing soft for a big guy, a good coach could coach him out of that but sully would only enforce that. so i would stay away from him.

Benson isn’t really a great skater.

 

[The Old Master]

Benson isn’t really a great skater.

meant wood! sorry

 

[BusinessGoose]

meant wood! sorry

Isn't one of wood's knocks that he ALSO isn't a great skater though?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

From EP about Wood:

"Still, the skating is grim. That much hasn’t changed. It was every bit as sluggish at the U18s to close out the year as it was at Hlinka Gretzky that started it. And it affects every part of his game. Any hope of a top-six projection rests on at least a full-grade improvement in this regard over the next two or three seasons."

 

[The Old Master]

Isn't one of wood's knocks that he ALSO isn't a great skater though?

that's what i was saying.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I've learned never to get attached to a prospect or to hope/pencil in that prospect because every single year the Pens end up taking someone off the board who I either have never heard of or someone I didn't want them to take because of shitty upside.

 

[The Old Master]

I've learned never to get attached to a prospect or to hope/pencil in that prospect because every single year the Pens end up taking someone off the board who I either have never heard of or someone I didn't want them to take because of shitty upside.

and yet for some reason i comeback every year hoping for something deferent.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Apparently the Canucks are interested in Willander. If 3 D go before #14, a really good forward could drop to the Pens.

 

[Peat]

Is there any tiered ranking available for the first round? Or can anyone with knowledge of the draft provide their own. Curious to see the drop offs between players

@steelcityassault gave you Wheeler's tiers. This is Pronman's

1 (Bubble Generational) - Bedard

2 (Elite) - Fantilli, Michkov

3 (All Star) - Carlsson, Smith

4 (Top of the lineup) - Reinbacher, Danielson, Dvorsky, But, Simashev

5 (Bubble top/middle) - Leonard, Perreault, Honzek, Wood, Willander, Yager, Benson, Edstrom, Moore, Barlow

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Yeah, I've been saying the whole time--*someone* highly regarded is going to go into a free fall. It's just a roll of the dice as to whether it's someone who ends up being good after development.

Just cross your fingers and hope this team dumb lucks into a gem and we look back in 5ish years and say "yeah, they made the correct pick" as opposed to looking back with disdain as they pick a Kapanen over Pastrnak or something.

 

[Freeptop]

Yeah, I've been saying the whole time--*someone* highly regarded is going to go into a free fall. It's just a roll of the dice as to whether it's someone who ends up being good after development.

Just cross your fingers and hope this team dumb lucks into a gem and we look back in 5ish years and say "yeah, they made the correct pick" as opposed to looking back with disdain as they pick a Kapanen over Pastrnak or something.

On the flip-side, that gives a great illustration of why just following consensus rankings isn't always going to work out... almost everyone had Kapanen ranked higher than Pastrnak in the 2014 draft.
McKenzie's final rankings had Kapanen at 11th, with Pastrnak at 22nd.

2014 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings

2014 NHL draft prospect rankings. Throughout the year we will continue to update our 2014 NHL prospect rankings page with rankings from various NHL draft scouting sites.

www.mynhldraft.com

(Well, okay, if all the teams had followed that, it would have worked out pretty well for the Pens, but if the first 21 picks went the same way, and the Pens just followed the consensus? Likely would have still ended up with Kapanen).

Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20.

 

[SomeDude]

Apparently the Canucks are interested in Willander. If 3 D go before #14, a really good forward could drop to the Pens.

You mean it means we have to reach to take the #12 ranked D man who just happens to be from the SOO Greyhounds.