2004–05 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2004–05 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Hockey League. However, due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, no games were played.

Draft[]

The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Penguins selected future Calder Memorial Trophy winner Evgeni Malkin with the second overall selection.^[1]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	Evgeni Malkin	Forward	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)
2	31	Johannes Salmonsson	Forward	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
2	61^[a]	Alex Goligoski	Defense	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
3	67	Nick Johnson	Right wing	Canada	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
3	85^[b]	Brian Gifford	Center	United States	Moorhead Senior School (USHS-MN)
4	99	Tyler Kennedy	Center	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	130	Michal Sersen	Defense	Slovakia	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6	164	Moises Gutierrez	Right wing	United States	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	194	Chris Peluso	Defense	United States	Brainerd High School (USHS-MN)
7	222^[c]	Jordan Morrison	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	228	David Brown	Goaltender	Canada	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
9	259	Brian Ihnacak	Center	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)

^a The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an August 25, 2003 trade that sent Johan Hedberg to the Canucks in exchange for this pick.
^b The Calgary Flames' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a February 9, 2003 trade that sent Andrew Ference to the Flames in exchange for this conditional pick.
^c The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a March 9, 2004 trade that sent Marc Bergevin to the Canucks in exchange for this pick.

The American Hockey League (AHL)'s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finished fourth in the East Division with a record of 40–30–7–3. They defeated the Binghamton Senators in the first round of the playoffs before losing in the second round to the eventual Calder Cup champion Philadelphia Phantoms.

The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers finished out of the playoffs in sixth in the North Division with a 38–25–9 record.

^ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
^ "2004 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

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