The Pittsburgh Penguins have drafted forward Brayden Yager with the 14th-overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft. Hunter Hodies of Locked On Penguins joins Gil Martin and Hadi Kalakeche to react to the pick, discuss why it’s an exciting addition for a Penguins team now under the leadership of Kyle Dubas, and what comes next for a Penguins team trying to get the most out the final years of Sidney Crosby, Evgeny Malkin and Kris Letang’s careers.
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Welcome to Pittsburgh cant go wrong with another Yager in Pittsburgh. Jagr was awesome for us
Yager bombs
I checked out his hi-lite package. Good shot. He was 2nd in the WHL Play-offs in points per game. He is only 18, he can learn the D- side of the game while he is in Scranton/Wilks for the next few years. He needs to add 20 pounds in the gym. Good pick by Dubas, I disagree with the notion that he was a "reach" Most draft boards I saw had him earlier than #14.
I wanted Moore. But honestly, the draft is always a crap shoot. Looking around online, I think a lot of people are needlessly disappointed in the Yager pick. Outside of the odd can't miss prospect you just don't know. There've been so many times where I really wanted the Penguins to get somebody. And the guy the Pens drafted did nothing, but the player I wanted instead did nothing, too.
Around a decade ago I saw a video of some random Canucks fan. He made a series of lists, or spreadsheets, or something like that, with every drafted player between like 2005 – 2012. Then his cat would randomly pick from a pool of every prospect who was available in that draft, when the Canucks picked. I think it was like numbered blocks on a sheet, with a piece of cat food in each block. The cat drafted a slightly better team than Nonis & Gillis did.
poulin 2.0
we will wait 5 years just for this guy to be a 4th line center, good forbid they took a swing once in a while