One of two 2023 seventh-round picks, the Finnish defenseman could see time in Finland’s top league this season. The 2024 version of our PensBurgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown continues with a still-raw seventh-round defenseman from last year’s draft.
Two Pittsburgh Penguins draft choices have signed amateur tryout agreements with their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre. Both players — defenseman Kalle Kangas and forward Emil Jarventie — are Finnish and were selected in the seventh round of the NHL Draft last summer.
For the first time in a long time, the Pittsburgh Penguins will likely see multiple top tier prospects of theirs participating in the World Junior Championship.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?