2022 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL draft tracker: Penguins select Owen Pickering
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The 2022 NHL draft kicked off Thursday at 7 p.m. from the Bell Centre in Montreal.
The event is in person this year after back-to-back virtual drafts due to COVID-19. Thursday's Day 1 features Round 1, with Rounds 2-7 coming Friday.
In Round 1, the Penguins selected Owen Pickering.
Final move
A trade! Pittsburgh traded its seventh-round pick to the Panthers for a seventh-round pick in 2023.
Welcome, Luke!
With the 182nd pick in the NHL draft, the Penguins selected forward Luke Devlin.
Penguins trade Liam Gorman to Blackhawks for sixth-round pick
The Penguins got a sixth-round draft pick, 167th overall, from the Blackhawks in exchange for forward Liam Gorman.
The Pens used that pick to get defenseman Nolan Collins.
Penguins pick Zam Plante
The Penguins selected forward Zam Plante as the 150th pick.
Penguins get goalie Sergey Murashov
The Penguins got Sergey Murashov in the 118th pick.
Pickering vs. Pickett
The Steelers drafted Kenny Pickett and George Pickens, while the Penguins drafted Owen Pickering.
Your turn, Pirates.
The pick is in ...
With the No. 21 overall pick, the Penguins selected 18-year-old defenseman Owen Pickering.
The 6-foot-4, 178-pound defenseman is a native of Manitoba who had 33 points in 62 games with the Swift Current Broncos in 2021-22. The Broncos are a junior hockey team in the Western Hockey League.
Pickering told NHL.com last month that he talked to all 32 teams before the draft.
Pickering attended Thursday's first round in person and heard his name announced as the pick by current Penguin defenseman Kris Letang.
Pittsburgh's own selected at No. 3
One of Pittsburgh's own heard his name called early in the first round on Thursday.
Waiting Game
The Penguins' brass is waiting for it is time to pick in the first round.
Penguins to make 5 picks in draft
Going into the draft, the Penguins currently have five picks to make.
Barring any trades being made, the team has the following picks:
- 1st round - 21st overall pick
- 4th round - 118th overall pick
- 5th round - 150th overall pick
- 6th round - 182nd overall pick
- 7th round - 214th overall pick
The Penguins do not have any picks in the 2nd round or 3rd round due to past trades the team has made.