With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from mid-level prospect Corey Andonovski to top-six winger Jason Zucker.

This series will publish every weekday leading into the NHL Draft on June 28 and 29.

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Lukas Svejkovsky

Position: Right winger

Shoots: Right

Age: 21

Height: 5-foot-9

Weight: 170 pounds

2022-23 AHL statistics: 47 games, 15 points (three goals, 12 assists)

Contract: In the first year of a three-year entry-level contract with a salary cap hit of $859,167. Pending restricted free agent in the 2025 offseason.

(Note: Svejkovsky is exempt from waivers for any transactions involving a minor league affiliate.)

Acquired: Fourth-round draft pick (No. 108 overall), Oct. 7, 2020

Last season: There was plenty of reason to be intrigued by Lukas Svejkovsky as he took his first professional steps in 2022-23 with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

After all, he put up some impressive numbers in his final season at the junior level, posting 76 points (35 goals, 41 assists) in 57 games in the Western Hockey League (WHL) during the 2021-22 season.

But little of that offensive success carried over in his first season at the American Hockey League (AHL) level as Svejkovsky was primarily utilized as a bottom-six forward and was not deployed extensively on special teams.

A healthy scratch for 10 of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s first 26 games of the season, Svejkovsky did not score his first professional goal until a 4-3 home overtime win against the rival Hershey Bears on Jan. 11.

Svejkovsky appeared to gain some traction in January and even pieced together a modest two-game scoring streak until an undisclosed injury sidelined him Jan. 20 and kept him out of the lineup for five games.

Back on the ice by Feb. 3, Svejkovksy was a presence in the lineup for the next 19 games and was promoted to the second line. On March 8, he collected his only power-play goal during a 3-1 home loss to the Toronto Marlies.

After suffering another undisclosed injury March 26, Svejkovsky was limited to one game (out of nine) for the remainder of the season.

The future: Svejkovsky went through some growing pains — and some literal pains — as he adjusted to the professional game.

The son of former NHL forward Jaroslav “Yogi” Svejkovsky, Lukas Svejkovsky is a talented, intelligent player who can do some impressive things with the puck and is blessed with a quick set of skates. But a lack of size works against him, even in the modern game where diminutive players can succeed.

He will never be as prolific of an offensive driver in the professional game as he was at the junior level, but he could certainly find a role as a bottom-six winger in the current NHL which relies more on skilled players to fill out the bottom rungs of the lineup.

He is still a ways away from earning a recall to the NHL as there is plenty of room for improvement. But if he can stay healthy and stay in the lineup, he can claim a more prominent role during five-on-five and power-play situations with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2023-24.

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