Penguins Update: No Takebacks

As a kid growing up in Bethel Park, my friends and I were avid baseball card collectors. Occasionally we’d flip ‘em or swap ‘em.

“No takebacks!” was a familiar refrain following such sacred transactions.

Unfortunately, the same rules apply to the NHL draft. When a player is selected, he’s yours. No do-overs.

Okay, Buker. What are you getting at?

Having read Other Rick’s latest lament about the Penguins burning their first pick in this summer’s draft on Owen Pickering instead of Maveric Lamoureux (pictured above)? While my esteemed colleague and I don’t always see eye to eye, I can definitely see where he’s coming from.

Statistically, there wasn’t much separating Pickering and Lamoureux as 17-year-olds.

Player

Team

League

GP

G

A

PTS

PIM

+/-

Pickering

Swift Current

WHL

62

9

24

33

39

-29

Lamoureux

Drummondville

QMJHL

54

4

20

24

69

-30

Ironically, each had the worst plus/minus on his respective junior team.

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