Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa-kore, i tohua a Näslund i te 16 o nga wa katoa i roto i te
1991 NHL Entry Draft e nga Penguins o Pittsburgh. Ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o te kapa, ko Craig Patrick, i whakamoemiti ki a Näslund me Forsberg ko nga tumanakohanga e rua o te kaupapa i muri i te kowhiringa tuatahi a Eric Lindros. I whakatauritea e ia a Näslund ki te kaitakawaenga a Los Angeles Kings, a Tomas Sandström, ahakoa kaore ia i whakaaro he kaitakaro whakaeke ia, ana i kii ano ko ia he kaitakaro whaainga-a-tinana atu i a Penguins ki mua Jaromír Jágr, i oti noa i tana tau rookie me te karapu.