When Kyle Dubas took over as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of hockey operations and general manager two years ago, he inherited a sinking team that was on the verge of needing a retooling. The NHL roster was old, and the farm system was completely barren after 15 years of an all-in, win-at-all-costs mentality that used draft picks and prospects as nothing more than trade bait. Since then, Dubas has rapidly transformed the Penguins’ farm system from a wasteland into something that may be setting the table for future success. He continued that on Friday at the 2025 NHL Draft, where he put the Penguins in a position to land three first-round draft picks, all within the top-24 of the class. He used those picks to select forwards Benjamin Kindel (No. 11), Bill Zonnon (No. 22) and Will Horcoff (No. 24). Based on NHL Draft history, not all of them will pan out. Players taken outside the top 10 have about a 60% chance of becoming NHL regulars and only about a 10% chance of becoming stars. But sometimes the bRead More
Kyle Dubas is rapidly rebuilding Penguins’ barren farm system
