{"id":913618,"date":"2019-06-24T18:04:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T23:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=913618"},"modified":"2019-06-24T18:45:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T23:45:34","slug":"penguins-prospect-summer-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/penguins-prospect-summer-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins Prospect Summer Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, the Penguins added five players to their prospect cupboard. I did a quick hit on Friday about their first first-round selection in five years, Sam Poulin. Today, we’ll meet the other prospects selected a little bit and mention a handful of players who will be on display at the team’s development camp this week.<\/p>\n

After some mid-draft shuffling of picks, the Penguins ended up with five picks in the 2019 NHL draft. They selected: Samuel Poulin (21), Nathan Legare (74), Judd Caufield (145), Valtteri Puustinen (203), and Santeri Airola (211).<\/p>\n

The biggest note here is that Legare, who played with Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the QMJHL last season, is a player the Penguins really wanted. A player they wanted so badly they swapped three picks to move up 24 spots in the draft to get him when they really could’ve used the two additional players. The 6′ forward has played at both center and right wing though the Penguins list him as a RW on their prospect camp roster. His 45 goals lead the Drakkar and tied for second in the entire QMJHL last year. Suffice it to say, the kid can score.<\/p>\n

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interesting note on Legare: only Ehlers (49 in '13-14) has had more goals U18 in the Q since Crosby ('05)<\/p>\n

— ck (@404ResponseCode) June 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n