NHL Entry Draft approaching fast, POHO and GM Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins have their work cut out for them.

There is another Pittsburgh Penguins prospect on the way. Saturday afternoon, the team announced they signed Russian prospect Mikhail Ilyin to a three-year entry-level deal. Ilyin, 20, was the Penguins’ fifth-round choice (142nd overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward prospect Mikhail Ilyin to a three-year entry-level contract. The contract will begin in the 2025-26 season and will run through 2027-28. Ilyin, 20, spent the majority of the 2024-25 season with the Severstal Cherepovets of the KHL, Russia's top professional league.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have relinquished the rights to forward prospect Cooper Foster. A deadline to extend a qualifying offer to several prospects around the NHL to maintain rights expired at 5 p.m.

The Pittsburgh Penguins need to trade future Hall of Fame defenseman Erik Karlsson at some point in the 2025 offseason.

Jack Ivankovic stands out among the other top goalies for the 2025 NHL Draft for several reasons. One of them is his height. At 5-foot-11, Ivankovic is the only goalie among the top 25 in NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of the top North American goalies to measure in at under 6-feet tall.

The Pittsburgh Penguins relinquished the rights to forward prospect Chase Yoder on Sunday. Puckpedia reported the transaction Monday night. It was initially believed Yoder’s NHL rights would expire on Aug.