2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2016–17 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League ice hockey team that was established on June 5, 1967.

[2] The Penguins would win the Stanley Cup championship in back to back years, defeating the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Finals after winning the Stanley Cup in 2016.

On the first day of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft the Pittsburgh Penguins announced they will officially change their uniform colors from Black and Vegas Gold, used from 2002 to 2003 through 2015–16, back to the Black and "Pittsburgh Gold" they have used as an alternate jersey for the past two season revealing a new Visitor jersey reflecting the same format used in the early 1990s.

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins.

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season: Beau Bennett 2016 third-round pick Mike Condon 2017 fifth-round pick Reid McNeill Danny Kristo Danny Kristo2017 second-round pick Ron Hainsey[Note 1] Eric FehrSteven Oleksy2017 fourth-round pick Frank Corrado 2018 fourth-round pick Mark Streit[Note 2] Notes Below are the Pittsburgh Penguins' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.