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A breakdown of the Penguins' 10 selections from Day 2 of NHL Draft

Justin Guerriero
Justin Guerriero
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The Penguins selected Peyton Kettles with the 39th overall pick in the 2025 draft.

The Pittsburgh Penguins made 10 selections on Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Draft on Saturday: four defensemen, five forwards and a goalie through rounds 2-7.

Penguins vice president of player personnel Wes Clark offered insights into each player as well as general scouting reports of the newest additions to the organization’s prospect pool.

2nd round (No. 39 overall): Peyton Kettles, defenseman

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Swift Current Broncos, Western Hockey League

Statistics: 53 games, 14 points (five goals, nine assists)

Height: 6-foot-6

Weight: 194 pounds

Shoots: Right

Notes: A native of Winnipeg, British Columbia, Kettles has played two full campaigns with the Broncos. Despite his youth, the 17-year-old Kettles enjoyed a significant role on his team, averaging 22 minutes, 12 minutes per contest last season, via Neutral Zone, while playing on the penalty kill and power play. Kettles was a defense partner of 21-year-old Penguins defenseman Owen Pickering with Swift Current for parts of two seasons (2022-24).

Clark’s scouting report: “Extremely young for the draft class. 6-foot-6. Right shot. Elite defensive stick. Super competitive. Tough. He checks a lot of boxes (as we are) trying to improve certain qualities on the back end here with the depth we have in the prospects.”

3rd round (No. 73 overall): Charlie Trethewey, defenseman

Primary 2023-24 team, league: USA Hockey National Team Development Program

Statistics: 63 games, 20 points (six goals, 14 assists)

Height: 6-foot-2

Weight: 201 pounds

Shoots: Right

Notes: Trethewey is committed to Boston University and will soon begin his college career. Before he got underway with the USNTDP, Trethewey moved to Pittsburgh along with his father to play for the Penguins Elite Hockey program, where he spent his under-14 and under-15 seasons before relocating to Michigan. Trethewey is originally from Ellicott City, Md.

Clark’s scouting report: “Charlie came into the year with big expectations — projected first-round pick, National Program kid, going to BU. We liked the upside as a two-way guy. He makes a really good first pass. Strong defensively, intelligent, competitive. We liked the paths. Obviously it’s a bonus when he comes up through the (Penguins Elite) program.”

3rd round (No. 84 overall): Gabriel D’Aigle, goaltender

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Victoriaville Tigres, Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League

Statistics: 55 games, 16-33-2 record, 4.52 goals-against average, .883 save percentage

Height: 6-foot-4

Weight: 207 pounds

Catches: Right

Notes: D’Aigle’s hometown of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, is the same as Marc-Andre Fleury, and the two have a relationship, having trained together in the past. D’Aigle’s Tigres struggled immensely last season, going 17-34-1. Of his team’s 17 wins, D’Aigle was in net for 16 of them.

Clark’s scouting report: “Our (director of goaltending) Jon Elkin had him really high on the board. So we trust Jon with the goalie evaluations. We try to stay out of that, and it just lined up where we were able to get him.”

3rd round (No. 91 overall): Brady Peddle, defenseman

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Waterloo Black Hawks, United States Hockey League

Statistics: 62 games, 10 points (three goals, seven assists)

Height: 6-foot-3

Weight: 203 pounds

Shoots: Left

Notes: In his first year of USHL competition, Peddle helped the Black Hawks advance to the Clark Cup, where he and Waterloo fell to Carter Sanderson, chosen in the sixth round (No. 169 overall) by the Penguins on Saturday, and the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

Clark’s scouting report: “Another big left-shot (defenseman) that provides a ton of defensive utility.”

4th round (No. 105 overall): Travis Hayes, right wing

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Soo Greyhounds, Ontario Hockey League

Statistics: 65 games, 51 points (21 goals, 30 assists)

Height: 5-foot-11

Weight: 174 pounds

Shoots: Right

Notes: Throughout his front office career in Toronto and Pittsburgh, Kyle Dubas has shown a preference for the familiar in his drafting and hiring decisions. A Sault Ste. Marie native, Dubas was general manager of the Greyhounds, Hayes’ junior club, from 2011-14. Hayes has completed two seasons in a Greyhounds uniform, scoring 35 goals with 51 assists through 123 career games. He is the younger brother of 22-year-old undrafted Penguins winger prospect Avery Hayes.

Clark’s scouting report: “Probably not too dissimilar to his brother. He’s super competitive. Hungry. Really good shooter. Loves to score goals. Strong at the net. So very similar to Avery. Underdog mindset. Like the upside.”

5th round (No. 130 overall): Ryan Miller, center

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Portland Winterhawks, Ontario Hockey League

Statistics: 50 games, 31 points (15 goals, 16 assists)

Height: 5-foot-11

Weight: 174 pounds

Shoots: Left

Notes: Miller becomes the 17th Medicine Hat native to be drafted into the NHL and first since Marc McNulty (196th overall, 2013) by the Detroit Red Wings. He is committed to the University of Denver and is set to begin his college career with the Pioneers in 2026-27.

Clark’s scouting report: “Ryan Miller, another guy that (amateur scouts) Robbie Sandland and Dan McLean were really passionate about. Had a great playoffs with (Portland). … Super-competitive winger that hunts pucks, relentless — certain things that we obviously covet.”

5th round (No. 148 overall): Quinn Beauchesne, defenseman

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Guelph Storm, Ontario Hockey League

Statistics: 49 games, 24 points (six goals, 18 assists)

Height: 6-foot

Weight: 187 pounds

Shoots: Right

Notes: Beauchesne has played two seasons and 82 games for Guelph. An Ottawa native, he represented Canada at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships, serving as an alternate captain for his nation’s under-18 team while scoring a goal with three assists in seven games.

Clark’s scouting report: “Right-shot (defenseman), two-way guy, makes a really strong pass, defends well, intelligent. We’ll see where that one goes, but Brandon Defazio and Chris Roque, our guys in Ontario, were really passionate about him at that spot.”

5th round (No. 154 overall): Jordan Charron, right wing

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Soo Greyhounds, Ontario Hockey League

Statistics: 48 games, 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists)

Height: 6-foot-2

Weight: 190 pounds

Shoots: Left

Notes: A Greyhounds teammate of Hayes, Charron completed his first year in the OHL last season and is committed to St. Lawrence University, for whom he’ll begin playing in 2026-27.

Clark’s scouting report: “Jordan Charron’s another Soo kid, just circumstance that we get two guys from the Soo and Kyle (Dubas is) from the Soo, too. Another kid that’s really early in his development curve. Small sample there in the OHL. Guys were passionate about him in that spot, so we’ll see where that goes the next couple of years.”

6th round (No. 169 overall): Carter Sanderson, left wing

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Muskegon Lumberjacks, United States Hockey League

Statistics: 48 games, 11 points (five goals, six assists)

Height: 6-foot-1

Weight: 196 pounds

Shoots: Left

Notes: Sanderson, 17, is a native of Pierre, S.D. Last season was Sanderson’s first junior hockey campaign, and he ended things as a Clark Cup champion, helping Muskegon to an overtime Game 5 win over the Waterloo Black Hawks. He is a University of North Dakota commit for 2026-27.

Clark’s scouting report: “Our area scout, Brandon Dennis, was super passionate about him. Super, super competitive. Type of kid that may not show up on the stat sheet just yet. Extremely young, too, for the draft class. First year in the USHL, wins the championship. But that credit goes to Brandon Dennis, just loved his competitiveness and the way he plays the game to influence it, to help the team win.”

7th round (No. 201 overall): Kale Dach, center

Primary 2023-24 team, league: Sherwood Park Crusaders, British Columbia Hockey League

Statistics: 54 games, 87 points (22 goals, 65 assists)

Height: 5-foot-11

Weight: 172 pounds

Shoots: Left

Notes: Dach is set to join the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League this season. He is committed to Penn State and plans to play there starting in 2026-27.

Clark’s scouting report: “He played in Sherwood Park, BCHL. He’s actually going to join Calgary, we believe, next year. Play with (first-round pick Ben Kindel), and then going to Penn State. Area scouts had a lot of time for him where he was. … Two-way guy that produced at a pretty good clip in a pretty good league. So, our model was high on him at that point. We’ll see where that one goes, as well.”

Justin Guerriero is a TribLive reporter covering the Penguins, Pirates and college sports. A Pittsburgh native, he is a Central Catholic and University of Colorado graduate. He joined the Trib in 2022 after covering the Colorado Buffaloes for Rivals and freelancing for the Denver Post. He can be reached at jguerriero@triblive.com.

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