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Prospects · Pittsburgh Penguins · 2026-27 · updated November 9

Pittsburgh Penguins prospects

Every player in the Pittsburgh Penguins' system who still counts as a rookie, ranked by what he is likely to become: the odds he turns into an NHL regular, and how good the players most like him turned out to be. Draft position starts the estimate; what he does after the draft takes it over.

4thPittsburgh Penguins: pipeline rank among 32 organizations7 in the league top 100 · 36 prospects in the system
95+Blue chip85+High end70+Projectable45+Depth0+Long shot
#PlayerAgeDraftedThis seasonNHL oddsImpact oddsWAR if he sticksETAScoreWeek
1Mikhail IlyinR · AHL212023 · #14212 GP · 3-7-10▼3
2Joel BlomqvistG · AHL242020 · #526 GP · .874▲1
3Liam RuckR · WHL182026 · #2215 GP · 6-16-22▲8
4Harrison BrunickeD · NHL202024 · #449 GP · 0-3-3 AHL▼5
5Bill ZonnonR · AHL192025 · #2212 GP · 5-2-7▼5
6Tomas GalvasD · Czechia202026 · #5412 GP · 0-4-4▼5
7Sergei MurashovG · NHL222022 · #1186 GP · .880▲14
8Markus RuckC · WHL182026 · #3915 GP · 6-20-26▲9
9William HorcoffC · NCAA192025 · #249 GP · 3-5-8▼1
10Avery HayesR · NHL23Undrafted1 GP · 0-0-0▲23
11Tanner HoweL · AHL202024 · #466 GP · 1-1-2▲8
12Gabriel D'AigleG · QMJHL192025 · #8439 GP · .908▼7
13Owen PickeringD · AHL222022 · #2112 GP · 2-2-4▼18
14Melvin FernströmR · SHL202024 · #939 GP · 3-0-3 AHL▼2
15Finn HardingD · AHL212024 · #22311 GP · 2-4-6▲9
16Carter SandersonL · WHL192025 · #16916 GP · 16-10-26▼5
17Pierce MbuyiL · OHL182026 · #8619 GP · 15-11-26▼8
18Parker Von RichterD · NCAA202026 · #11110 GP · 0-2-2▼18
19Atley CalvertC · AHL22Undrafted12 GP · 3-7-10▲64
20Charlton TretheweyD · NCAA192025 · #7310 GP · 2-0-2▼45
21Matvei NikonovichG · OHL182026 · #16010 GP · .911▲2
22Jordan CharronR · OHL192025 · #15412 GP · 2-5-7▲9
23Ryan MillerC · NCAA192025 · #13010 GP · 2-2-4▼20
24Tristan BrozC · AHL232021 · #5812 GP · 3-5-8▼18
25Kale DachC · NCAA192025 · #20110 GP · 2-4-6▼145
26Chase PietilaD · AHL222024 · #1119 GP · 0-2-2▼6
27Peyton KettlesD · WHL192025 · #3916 GP · 2-7-9▲28
28Joona VäisänenD · NCAA222024 · #1759 GP · 5-8-13▲1
29Jake LivanavageD · AHL22Undrafted11 GP · 3-8-11▲171
30Quinn BeauchesneD · OHL192025 · #1482 GP · 0-1-1 NCAA▼16
31Travis HayesR · OHL192025 · #10520 GP · 8-8-16▼8
32Mac SwansonC · NCAA202024 · #2079 GP · 2-5-7–
33Brady PeddleD · NCAA192025 · #918 GP · 0-2-2▼4
34Kalle KangasD · Liiga212023 · #22318 GP · 1-1-2▼10
35Taylor GauthierG · ECHL25Undrafted6 GP · .934 AHL▼8
36Emil JarventieL · U20 SM-sarja212023 · #21715 GP · 17-5-22▲1

NHL odds are the chance he becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by age 26, or 100 by 27 for a goalie. Impact odds are the chance he becomes better than the typical regular at his position. WAR if he sticks is the middle outcome among his comparables who made it. The score is a percentile of the expected outcome across every prospect in the league, so forwards, defensemen and goalies sit on one scale. The rankings update every night. Week is the change in his league rank since October 29. Goalie projections are the least certain on the page: goaltending develops late and the history behind it is thin. How the rankings work