2020 Penguins Draft Tracker: Penguins Select 2 Goaltenders On Second Day Of NHL Entry Draft
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - After trading Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins have five selections in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
In return for Murray, the Penguins acquired forward Jonathan Gruden and a 2020 second-round draft pick. With that pick, the Penguins selected goaltender Joel Blomqvist at 52nd overall.
He is from Finland.
Red line scouting report on Blomqvist: "Has a long, lean, flexible netminder's build. One of the most athletically gifted netminders in this class. Very good movement both in a controlled manner in all four directions, and is fast from down-to-up. Shows excellent reflexes."
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 7, 2020
In the third round, the Penguins picked another goaltender at 77th overall. Calle Clang is a native of Sweden.
With the 77th pick in the 2020 #NHLDraft, the Pittsburgh Penguins select goaltender Calle Clang. pic.twitter.com/NMcnXYQpUL
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 7, 2020
Their first-round pick was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs earlier this offseason when the Penguins acquired Kasperi Kapanen, Pontus Aberg and Jesper Lindgren in exchange for Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky, Filip Hallander and a 2020 first-round draft pick.
The Penguins later traded the 139th pick to Colorado for picks 149 and 211.
The 2020 NHL Entry Draft is being held remotely, hosted live from the NHL Network studios in New Jersey on Oct. 6 and 7.
See the Penguins full list of draft picks below:
The Penguins have traded the 139th pick to Colorado for picks 149 and 211. The team then traded pick No. 211 to the Capitals for a 2021 seventh-round pick.
DRAFT PICKS:
Round 2: 52nd overall -- Joel Blomqvist
Round 3: 77th overall -- Calle Clang
Round 4: 108th overall -- Lukas Svejkovsky
Round 5: 149th overall -- Raivis Ansons
Round 6: 170th overall -- Chase Yoder
