Published Jun 22, 2017 at 4:10pm

Pittsburgh Penguins left winger and Rome native Tom Sestito will remain a Penguin, at least for now.

Sestito was not selected by the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the National Hockey League expansion draft on Wednesday, meaning hes still a part of the Penguins organization for the time being.

Last season, he signed a one-year, two-way contract with Pittsburgh.

Also eligible for the expansion draft were Utica Comets forwards Alexandre Grenier, Borna Rendulic and New Hartford native Michael Zalewski; defenseman Andrey Pedan and goaltender Richard Bachman.

None of them were selected by the Golden Knights, who chose defenseman Luca Sbisa from the parent Vancouver Canucks.

The 27-year-old Sbisa has never played a game for the Comets.

The Golden Knights selected one player from each of the 30 NHL teams to create their roster.

Trades can still happen and the NHL free agency period begins on July 1 at noon.

In one of several trades made by the Golden Knights on Wednesday, Minnesota Wild rookie forward and Baldwinsville native Alex Tuch was sent to Vegas for a conditional 2017 or 2018 third-round NHL entry draft pick.

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