On Monday, shortly after the Pittsburgh Penguins held their introductory press conference for their draft class in 2025, the team also released the roster for the upcoming development camp.

Starting on July 3rd, development camp will be fans’ first chance to see a lot of new Penguins in any official on-ice activities. The first four days feature training and drills, culminating with the prospect tournament on July 7th.

In all, 52 prospects will attend camp, held at the team’s practice facility in Cranberry. But only 48 are expected to take the ice. Forwards Luke Devlin (a sixth round pick in 2022), Tanner Howe (a second round pick in 2024), and Zam Plante (a fifth round pick in 2022), as well as undrafted free agent defenseman Maleek McGowan are all currently injured and not expected to participate.

But, among the 48 players that are healthy are all 13 draft picks that general manager Kyle Dubas made in last week’s NHL Draft. Here’s a list of all the newest Penguins who will make an appearance at development camp.

• Benjamin Kindel, forward, 11th overall
• Bill Zonnon, forward, 22nd overall
• Will Horcoff, forward, 24th overall
• Peyton Kettles, defenseman, 39th overall
• Charlton Tretheway, defenseman 73rd overall
• Gabriel D’Aigle, goaltender, 84th overall
• Brady Peddle, defenseman, 91st overall
• Travis Hayes, forward, 105th overall
• Ryan Miller, forward, 130th overall
• Quinn Beauchesne, defenseman, 148th overall
• Jordan Charron, forward, 154th overall
• Carter Sanderson, forward, 169th overall
• Kale Dach, forward, 204th overall

Exactly half of the overall development camp roster (including injured players) are Penguins draft picks, spanning the team’s last five draft classes. Here’s a quick breakdown of how well the other recent classes are represented:

2024:

• Tanner Howe (second round)
• Harrison Brunicke (second round)
• Chase Pietela (fourth round)
• Joona Vaisanen (sixth round)
• Finn Harding (seventh round)
• Mac Swanson (seventh round)

2023:

• Emil Pieniniemi (third round)
• Mikhail Ilyin (fifth round)
• Emil Jarventie (seventh round)
• Kalle Kangas (seventh round)

2022:

• Zam Plante (fifth round)
• Luke Devlin (sixth round)

2021:

• Daniel Laatsch (seventh round)

Three other players have arrived at camp through trade.

Melvin Fernstrom was acquired from Vancouver as part of the Marcus Pettersson deal. After finishing his first full season in the Swedish league, Fernstrom will make an appearance here in Pittsburgh at camp.

Max Graham was acquired in the trade that sent Cody Glass to New Jersey at the deadline. A fifth round pick last year by the Devils, Graham played 34 games in the WHL and put up 35 points while captaining the Kelowna Rockets. While he is now buried in an avalanche of young players in this organization, he still brings some intrigue.

But perhaps the most exciting prospect at camp via trade is Cruz Lucius, one of the prospects Pittsburgh received from Carolina when they traded Jake Guentzel. An injury-riddled season hampered his season at Arizona State University, but he did put up ten points in 19 games.

At 21, Lucius is one of the team’s true lottery tickets in the prospect pool. Scouting reports debate as to whether his talents can eventually translate to the NHL level, but it will be fun to see him on the ice in a few days.

The remaining bunch of players are here on invitation. Most of the time, it doesn’t amount to anything, but every now and then it does lead to a player getting a contract. It can also serve as a precursor for a prospect getting an opportunity with another organization

Among the differences from last year’s camp and the interesting storylines heading into the week is the aforementioned Mikhail Ilyin. After his draft by the Penguins in 2023, Ilyin was still in Russia during the team’s development camp and missed it. Last year, he also missed camp, but now in his third opportunity, he finally made it. In the KHL last season, Ilyin scored seven goals and added 23 points in 64 games.

One major difference from last year’s development camp to this year is the goaltending situation. Last year’s initial camp roster only featured three goaltenders: Jackson Parsons, Owen Say, and Charlie Schenkel. Sergei Murashov, a fourth round pick in 2022 and quickly rising prospect, was a last-minute addition, drawing a lot of media attention with his arrival.

This year, the development camp goaltending roster is entirely revamped. None of the players who appeared in July in net are back this time around, and the new goalie group will be led by D’Aigle, the third round selection this year.

Five other goalies will supplement him, including 22-year-old Joshua Kotai. He is coming off of a season at Augustana University where he put up a 1.92 goals against average and a .936 save percentage in 31 games.

With both Murashov and Joel Blomqvist working their way to NHL jobs, finding a way to stand out to the front office as a goaltender is no easy task. And with so many goaltenders and such little time in camp, it will be even harder.

Fifth Avenue Sports will be at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex on July 7th for the prospect tournament.