The Pittsburgh Penguins rounded out day two of the 2025 NHL Draft with 10 players. The Penguins picked forwards Benjamin Kindel, Bill Zonnon and Will Horcoff in the draft’s first round Thursday. The Penguins traded Conor Timmins and Issac Belliveau for the Buffalo Sabres’ Connor Clifton and the 39th overall pick in the draft.

After an eventful first round of the 2025 NHL Draft, where the Penguins made three picks for the first time in over 40 years, Day 2 was just as busy. Pittsburgh traded up to get back in the second round,

The Penguins enter the 2025 draft looking for an infusion of young talent for first-year coach Dan Muse. The 42-year-old Muse comes from the New York Rangers, who hired former longtime Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan this offseason. Pittsburgh last made the playoffs in 2022 and has not won a playoff series since 2018.