After his junior season at Boston University, Strait signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who selected Strait in 2006. He began his professional career a few months later with the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate, the &lt;a href="Wilkes-Barre/Scranton%20Penguins"&gt;Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins&lt;/a&gt;.