The Penguins are locked in at the 21st overall pick in this summer's entry draft.
This is the fourth time in the Penguins' history that they have had the 21st pick. We thought it would be fun to take a look back at who the Penguins selected with their other three 21st-overall picks.
1. DAVE SIMPSON, 1968
Defenseman Dave Simpson was the Penguins' third-round pick in 1968.
Simpson split the 1968-69 season between juniors and the Penguins' Central Hockey League affiliate Amarillo Wranglers. He was the Wranglers' leader in penalty minutes with 185 in 58 games, and recorded six goals and 11 assists.
Simpson spent the 1969-70 season with three different IHL teams, a league in which the Penguins did not have an affiliate. He played three games with the Baltimore Clippers, the Penguins' AHL affiliate.
Simpson returned to Amarillo in the CHL for the 1970-71 season, where he recorded three goals, 10 assists, and 74 penalty minutes in 49 games. It was his last season in the Penguins organization and he never played in the NHL.
Simpson retired from professional hockey after the 1977-78 season, during which he was also head coach of Mount Royal College. Now 71 years old, he was most recently owner of the Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye of the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League from 2009-16.
2. JOHN STEWART, 1970
The Penguins selected left winger John Stewart in the second round in 1970.
Stewart played 57 games in Amarillo in his rookie year, scoring 19 goals and 15 assists. He was recalled to Pittsburgh for 15 games, scoring two goals and one assist.
Stewart split the 1971-72 season between Pittsburgh and the Penguins' AHL affiliate Hershey Bears. He scored two goals and eight assists in 25 NHL games, and 10 goals and 17 assists in 46 AHL games.
He would go on to play for the Atlanta Flames and California Golden Seals, as well as various WHA and AHL teams. He retired in 1978.
Stewart, 69, became an ordained minister following his retirement from professional hockey, and has written 28 bible study guides. He lives in Minnesota.
3. COLBY ARMSTRONG, 2001
The Penguins took forward Colby Armstrong in the first round of the 2001 draft.
Armstrong made his professional debut in 2002 with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He scored 46 goals and 83 assists in 251 games over four seasons in Wilkes-Barre.
Armstrong made his NHL debut in the 2005-06 season. He spent three seasons in Pittsburgh, scoring 37 goals and 61 assists in 181 games. He scored the first Winter Classic goal in NHL history, 21 seconds into the inaugural game in 2008:
The Penguins traded Armstrong, Angelo Esposito, Erik Christensen and a first-round draft pick at the 2008 trade deadline to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis.
Armstrong played for the Thrashers, Maple Leafs, Canadiens and Swedish club Vaxjo Lakers before retiring from professional hockey in 2014.
Armstrong, 36, works as an analyst for Penguins games on AT&T SportsNet.
The Penguins have four other selections in the 2019 draft. Who have they taken with those picks in their history?
1. Fourth round, 98th overall
1974: William "Buzz" Schneider
2. Fifth round, 145th overall
1990: Pat Neaton
2014: Anthony Angello
3. Seventh round, 203rd overall
1983: Garth Hildebrand
2014: Jeff Taylor
4. Seventh round, 207th overall
The Penguins have never selected 207th overall.
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