Sexton departs, lands in Buffalo

Jason Botterill has company.

The former Penguins associate general manager Monday poached the team’s former director of amateur scouting, Randy Sexton, bringinghim north to Buffalo.

The move was widely expected — and reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — but it became official Monday morning after the 2017 NHL Draft concluded.

Sexton will be an assistant general manager in Buffalo — along with Steve Greeley — and will be the GM of the American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans.

“Randy and I developed a positive working relationship during our time in Pittsburgh, and I think his experience and insight will be advantageous for our front office,” Botterill, the Sabres general manager, said in a statement issued by his new employer.

Sexton joined the Penguins as assistant director of amateur scouting in 2010-11 and spent the past seven seasons with the scouting department. Before Pittsburgh, Sexton was with the Florida Panthers (2007-10) and Ottawa Senators (199095), where he was the club’s president, CEO and general manager.

Development camp details

Six players taken in the draft will join forward prospects Daniel Sprong and Zach Aston-Reese and goaltender Filip Gustavsson at Penguins development camp this week at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

All practice sessions are open to the public beginning at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. Practice runs through 4 p.m. Wednesday. There will be 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. sessions Thursday and Friday and a three-on-three scrimmage at 3 p.m. Saturday.

In all, 40 players will attend: 24 forwards, 12 defensemen and 4 goaltenders.

Locally, Brady Ferguson of Robert Morris will take part, along with three skaters from Penn State: right winger Andrew Sturtz and centers Nikita Pavlychev and Chase Berger.

The most high profile among the draft choices is defenseman Zachary Lauzon, whom the Penguins took in the second round (51st overall).

Other draft picks include defenseman Clayton Phillips (3-93), forward Jan Drozg (5152), forward Linus Olund (5155), defenseman Antti Palojarvi (6-186) and defenseman William Reilly (7-217).

Other notable prospects include forwards Thomas Di Pauliand Freddie Tiffels and defenseman Jeff Taylor.