After the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted Ulf Samuelsson's son Saturday, one of the first questions was whether that would renew the Pittsburgh-Boston Bruins rivalry.

"I said, 'I don't know, does Cam Neely have a son?' " Penguins general manager Ray Shero joked.

The Penguins chose defenseman Philip Samuelsson with the last pick in the second round, continuing the theme of teams being enamored with the offspring of former NHL players. Ulf Samuelsson, immensely popular wherever he played, always played on the edge of the rules. He was known for getting under the skin of star players, and his battles with Cam Neely are legendary.

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The NHL's appreciation for hockey DNA began in the first round, when the Calgary Flames selected Swedish defenseman Tim Erixon, son of former NHL defensive forward Jan Erixon, and the Tampa Bay Lightning picked Carter Ashton, son of former NHL player Brent Ashton. The Lightning traded up to take Ashton, whose father was traded eight times in his career.

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The Detroit Red Wings selected Landon Ferraro, son of Ray Ferraro, with the 32nd pick, and Ray Bourque's son, Ryan, was chosen in the third round by the New York Rangers. The Bruins bypassed Bourque's son, but in the seventh round they chose Ben Sexton, son of Florida Panthers assistant GM Randy Sexton.

The Buffalo Sabres used a fourth-round pick to take Marcus Foligno, son of their former captain, Mike Foligno.

he Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Barron Smith, son of former NHL player Steve Smith. "Great bloodlines. Hopefully, he won't shoot pucks in his own end off the goalie's foot," Toronto GM Brian Burke joked, a reference to Steve Smith inadvertently banking a shot off Grant Fuhr to lose a 1986 playoff series for the Edmonton Oilers.

The Penguins also drafted Alex Velischek, son of former NHL player Randy Velischek, and Andy Bathgate, grandson of Andy Bathgate, who led the Penguins in scoring in their first expansion season in 1967-68.

"You like the bloodlines," Detroit assistant general manager Jim Nill said. "Landon Ferraro had hockey in his blood. … He has a lot of his father's abilities. We like his hockey sense."

Now a Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach, Ulf Samuelsson said his son couldn't play like him because the rules wouldn't allow the hooking and holding he got away with. "(Philip) is the modernized version. He can play without getting tossed too much," he said.

Ulf says his son is the kind of player coaches keep putting on the ice because he gets the job done. He had no goals and 22 assists in 54 games in the United States Hockey League.

"He plays a little different than me," Ulf said. "He's not as physical. I keep telling him to go in there and hit some people. Then he sees some old tapes of me, and he would say, 'You would go in the corner, and either you would kill someone or miss them. I go in the corner and get the puck. Which is better?' "

Philip played at Boston College, and the first question directed at him during recruitment was whether his name would cause him problems because of his dad's issues with Neely. "My mom made sure it wasn't an issue," Philip said. "But that's in the past."

Still, it won't be easy for Philip to measure up to his father, who was wildly popular in Pittsburgh.

Said Shero: "You are drafting the kid, and not the father, and the expectations have to be tempered."