Penguins add two forwards and defenseman in Round 5 of 2025 NHL Draft

Recapping the fifth round picks of the Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins made three draft picks in the fifth round of the 2025 NHL Entry draft. With their first pick of the round (130th) overall the Pens added forward Ryan Miller out of Portland of the WHL. On their next turn (148th) Pittsburgh selected defender Quinn Beauchesne from Guelph of the OHL. They capped off the round with their second player from Seault St. Mary

Miller projects as a hard-working center/left wing.

Miller was ranked 60th by Central Scouting among North American skaters

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Along the walls, Miller is one of the best. He gets low to absorb contact, throws reverse hits, and intercepts opponents with his back. Never deterred, he sticks with every play and completes some incredible moves to pull the puck off the wall while fighting an opponent or two. After that, he goes hard to the net, wins positioning, and creates traffic, and he’s always involved defensively.

Dobber Hockey really liked Miller, they ranked him as their 66th best overall prospect. (Ironically one of Pittsburgh’s first round picks, Will Horcoff checked in at 67). That’s one of those funny quirks unique to the NHL draft process where one source’s 66th overall prospect gets taken 130th overall in the real draft and their 67th prospect gets picked 24th overall. That type of discrepancy happens all the time in hockey where players are drafted so long and observers have different ideas of upside and value certain attributes more or less than others.

An industrious forward who skates and handles the puck very well, Miller’s shift-to-shift consistency demonstrated that he can be a dependable playoff performer.—Luke Sweeney

Beauchesne was highly thought of by Dobber too, checking in at 68. NHL Central Scouting had him ranked 75th among North American skaters and the Pens stepped up and took him off the board at 148th overall to put yet another right shot defender in their organization.

Beauchesne is an elite skater with aggressive, high-tempo play who excels at closing gaps, disrupting rushes, and setting the game’s pace. While he needs physical growth and could use some polish in his shift-to-shift execution, his mindset, mobility, and two-way upside make him a potential late steal with breakout potential.—David Saad

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A high-end skater, Beauchesne jumps from spot to spot in the offensive zone. He catches passes at the point, rifles them on net, pinches on loose pucks on the walls, prevents breakouts, moves passes to teammates in the slot, reclaims space across the ice, goes down for a backdoor play, and climbs back up. His feet never stop moving.

The third pick of the round, Charron, is one the Pens hope to have gotten at the early end of his progression. “Another kid that’s really early in his development curve,” VP of player personnel Wes Clark said after the draft. “Small sample there in the OHL. Guys were passionate about him in that spot.”