2017 NHL Entry Draft

Chicago, Illinois - June 23 and 24, 2017

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	100.00%	313.8	67.7%	29.0%	3.2%	38.7%	16.1%	12.9%	3.2%	19.4%	9.7%
Round 2	70.97%	126.7	58.1%	38.7%	3.2%	48.4%	12.9%	12.9%	3.2%	19.4%	3.2%
Round 3	45.16%	46.9	41.9%	38.7%	19.4%	41.9%	29.0%	3.2%	16.1%	6.5%	3.2%
Round 4	38.71%	64.5	54.8%	29.0%	16.1%	35.5%	16.1%	6.5%	12.9%	9.7%	19.4%
Round 5	25.81%	18.7	45.2%	45.2%	9.7%	29.0%	19.4%	25.8%	6.5%	0.0%	19.4%
Round 6	32.26%	22.0	71.0%	19.4%	9.7%	35.5%	25.8%	9.7%	9.7%	12.9%	6.5%
Round 7	25.81%	4.5	38.7%	54.8%	6.5%	32.3%	32.3%	16.1%	6.5%	6.5%	6.5%
TOTAL¹		85.3	53.9%	36.4%	9.7%	37.3%	21.7%	12.4%	8.3%	10.6%	9.7%
TO NHL²	48.39%		53.0%	38.0%	61.9%	49.4%	51.1%	48.2%	33.3%	47.8%	52.4%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 37.3% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 49.4% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	New Jersey Devils	9.98	11	54.6%	1183	277	376	653	107.5	25.2	34.2	59.4
2	Philadelphia Flyers	14.63	9	77.8%	888	139	230	369	98.7	15.4	25.6	41.0
3	Dallas Stars	16.42	7	71.4%	1229	246	489	735	175.6	35.1	69.9	105.0
4	Colorado Avalanche	21.85	7	28.6%	585	128	372	500	83.6	18.3	53.1	71.4
5	Vancouver Canucks	27.31	8	62.5%	720	202	300	502	90.0	25.3	37.5	62.8
6	Vegas Golden Knights	28.96	12	66.7%	1592	216	454	670	132.7	18.0	37.8	55.8
7	Buffalo Sabres	30.44	6	50.0%	871	89	203	292	145.2	14.8	33.8	48.7
8	New York Rangers	31.47	7	42.9%	777	120	136	256	111.0	17.1	19.4	36.6
9	Florida Panthers	32.66	5	40.0%	387	100	97	197	77.4	20.0	19.4	39.4
10	Los Angeles Kings	43.19	7	71.4%	784	128	174	302	112.0	18.3	24.9	43.1
11	Carolina Hurricanes	45.53	8	50.0%	1198	268	387	655	149.8	33.5	48.4	81.9
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	49.22	6	83.3%	482	36	80	116	80.3	6.0	13.3	19.3
13	Detroit Red Wings	49.40	11	18.2%	578	66	112	178	52.5	6.0	10.2	16.2
14	St. Louis Blues	54.86	6	50.0%	936	165	354	519	156.0	27.5	59.0	86.5
15	Calgary Flames	55.79	5	40.0%	388	25	87	112	77.6	5.0	17.4	22.4
16	Ottawa Senators	56.56	4	75.0%	526	144	204	348	131.5	36.0	51.0	87.0
17	San Jose Sharks	60.45	6	83.3%	727	116	157	273	121.2	19.3	26.2	45.5
18	Boston Bruins	60.46	6	50.0%	505	9	49	58	84.2	1.5	8.2	9.7
19	Montreal Canadiens	61.93	7	42.9%	437	45	62	107	62.4	6.4	8.9	15.3
20	Toronto Maple Leafs	63.20	7	14.3%	277	20	66	86	39.6	2.9	9.4	12.3
21	Arizona Coyotes	65.93	9	33.3%	397	23	53	76	44.1	2.6	5.9	8.4
22	Winnipeg Jets	72.01	8	37.5%	510	21	80	101	63.8	2.6	10.0	12.6
23	Edmonton Oilers	72.78	7	71.4%	516	63	80	143	73.7	9.0	11.4	20.4
24	Nashville Predators	77.52	6	33.3%	362	81	80	161	60.3	13.5	13.3	26.8
25	Chicago Blackhawks	79.63	9	33.3%	540	23	96	119	60.0	2.6	10.7	13.2
26	Anaheim Ducks	80.14	5	40.0%	212	38	49	87	42.4	7.6	9.8	17.4
27	New York Islanders	94.42	5	60.0%	226	14	45	59	45.2	2.8	9.0	11.8
28	Columbus Blue Jackets	107.06	7	71.4%	598	76	99	175	85.4	10.9	14.1	25.0
29	Pittsburgh Penguins	112.41	6	0.0%
30	Minnesota Wild	125.26	6	33.3%	83	8	12	20	13.8	1.3	2.0	3.3
31	Washington Capitals	159.08	4	0.0%

¹⁾ The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1	Nico Hischier	1999	New Jersey Devils	F	542	174	259	433	129	25
2	Nolan Patrick	1998	Philadelphia Flyers	F	222	32	45	77	83	-36
3	Miro Heiskanen	1999	Dallas Stars	D	491	61	236	297	148	16
4	Cale Makar	1998	Colorado Avalanche	D	411	122	328	450	118	148
5	Elias Pettersson	1998	Vancouver Canucks	F	488	188	280	468	90	44
6	Cody Glass	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F	260	38	58	96	76	-6
7	Lias Andersson	1998	New York Rangers	F	110	7	10	17	57	-32
8	Casey Mittelstadt	1998	Buffalo Sabres	F	453	85	160	245	106	-74
9	Michael Rasmussen	1999	Detroit Red Wings	F	404	61	82	143	239	-45
10	Owen Tippett	1999	Florida Panthers	F	362	98	93	191	82	-51
11	Gabriel Vilardi	1999	Los Angeles Kings	F	285	95	93	188	68	18
12	Martin Necas	1999	Carolina Hurricanes	F	457	133	212	345	164	35
13	Nicholas Suzuki	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F	470	142	253	395	141	-46
14	Callan Foote	1998	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	145	5	15	20	137	24
15	Erik Br�nnstr�m	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	D	294	10	67	77	162	-17
16	Juuso V�lim�ki	1998	Calgary Flames	D	271	11	61	72	133	-7
17	Timothy Liljegren	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	277	20	66	86	110	13
18	Urho Vaakanainen	1999	Boston Bruins	D	198	3	38	41	64	-15
19	Joshua Norris	1999	San Jose Sharks	F	240	91	67	158	101	-30
20	Robert Thomas	1999	St. Louis Blues	F	478	109	296	405	152	45
21	Filip Chytil	1999	New York Rangers	F	399	80	93	173	104	-18
22	Kailer Yamamoto	1998	Edmonton Oilers	F	325	62	78	140	130	20
23	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	1999	Arizona Coyotes	D	202	8	33	41	113	-20
24	Kristian Vesalainen	1999	Winnipeg Jets	F	70	2	3	5	6	-8
25	Ryan Poehling	1999	Montreal Canadiens	F	298	44	57	101	44	-41
26	Jake Oettinger	1998	Dallas Stars	G	262	0	5	5	8
27	Morgan Frost	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	F	327	56	99	155	98	-38
28	Shane Bowers	1999	Ottawa Senators	F	13	0	0	0	0	0
29	Henri Jokiharju	1999	Chicago Blackhawks	D	424	19	81	100	146	-18
30	Eeli Tolvanen	1999	Nashville Predators	F	360	81	80	161	83	-20
31	Klim Kostin	1999	St. Louis Blues	F	190	25	28	53	169	-9

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
32	Conor Timmins	1998	Colorado Avalanche	D	174	6	44	50	74	18
33	Kole Lind	1998	Vancouver Canucks	F	31	2	6	8	12	-5
34	Nicolas Hague	1998	Vegas Golden Knights	D	373	21	65	86	241	17
35	Isaac Ratcliffe	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	F	10	1	3	4	10	-1
36	Jesper Boqvist	1998	New Jersey Devils	F	329	47	47	94	48	-9
37	Marcus Davidsson	1998	Buffalo Sabres	F
38	Gustav Lindstr�m	1998	Detroit Red Wings	D	174	5	30	35	80	-21
39	Jason Robertson	1999	Dallas Stars	F	390	171	237	408	98	94
40	Aleksi Heponiemi	1999	Florida Panthers	F	25	2	4	6	6	-6
41	Jaret Anderson-Dolan	1999	Los Angeles Kings	F	134	15	14	29	22	-28
42	Eetu Luostarinen	1998	Carolina Hurricanes	F	389	52	84	136	112	21
43	Dylan Samberg	1999	Winnipeg Jets	D	216	9	42	51	98	63
44	Filip Westerlund	1999	Arizona Coyotes	D
45	Alexandre Texier	1999	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	240	40	51	91	94	-15
46	Robin Salo	1998	New York Islanders	D	32	3	6	9	8	-5
47	Alex Formenton	1999	Ottawa Senators	F	109	23	16	39	71	-9
48	Alexander Volkov	1997	Tampa Bay Lightning	F	46	7	7	14	12	-5
49	Mario Ferraro	1998	San Jose Sharks	D	424	18	77	95	183	-120
50	Maxime Comtois	1999	Anaheim Ducks	F	211	38	49	87	193	-35
51	Zachary Lauzon	1998	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
52	Luke Martin	1998	Carolina Hurricanes	D
53	Jack Studnicka	1999	Boston Bruins	F	107	6	10	16	28	-30
54	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1999	Buffalo Sabres	G	158	0	3	3	14
55	Jonah Gadjovich	1998	Vancouver Canucks	F	170	10	11	21	319	-18
56	Josh Brook	1999	Montreal Canadiens	D
57	Ian Mitchell	1999	Chicago Blackhawks	D	110	4	15	19	34	-17
58	Joni Ikonen	1999	Montreal Canadiens	F
59	Eemeli R�s�nen	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
60	Antoine Morand	1999	Anaheim Ducks	F
61	Grant Mismash	1999	Nashville Predators	F
62	Jake Leschyshyn	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F	77	2	4	6	16	-13

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
63	Fabian Zetterlund	1999	New Jersey Devils	F	263	53	66	119	67	-30
64	Michael DiPietro	1999	Vancouver Canucks	G	3	0	0	0	0
65	Jonas R�ndbjerg	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F	76	3	7	10	8	-7
66	Max Gildon	1999	Florida Panthers	D
67	Morgan Geekie	1998	Carolina Hurricanes	F	350	83	91	174	110	6
68	Scott Walford	1999	Montreal Canadiens	D
69	MacKenzie Entwistle	1999	Arizona Coyotes	F	193	15	20	35	86	-55
70	Andrei Altybarmakyan	1998	Chicago Blackhawks	F
71	Kasper Kotkansalo	1998	Detroit Red Wings	D
72	Matt Villalta	1999	Los Angeles Kings	G	3	0	0	0	0
73	Stelio Mattheos	1999	Carolina Hurricanes	F
74	Johnathan Kovacevic	1997	Winnipeg Jets	D	224	10	35	45	155	25
75	Nathan Schnarr	1999	Arizona Coyotes	F
76	Alexei Lipanov	1999	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
77	Benjamin Mirageas	1999	New York Islanders	D
78	Stuart Skinner	1998	Edmonton Oilers	G	185	0	2	2	0
79	Lane Zablocki	1998	Detroit Red Wings	F
80	Kirill Ustimenko	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	G
81	Reilly Walsh	1999	New Jersey Devils	D	1	0	1	1	0	0
82	Cameron Crotty	1999	Arizona Coyotes	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2
83	Zachary Gallant	1999	Detroit Red Wings	F
84	Dmitri Samorukov	1999	Edmonton Oilers	D	3	0	0	0	2	-3
85	Ivan Lodnia	1999	Minnesota Wild	F
86	Daniil Tarasov	1999	Columbus Blue Jackets	G	69	0	2	2	0
87	Cale Fleury	1998	Montreal Canadiens	D	81	1	3	4	13	-5
88	Keith Petruzzelli	1999	Detroit Red Wings	G
89	Oskari Laaksonen	1999	Buffalo Sabres	D
90	Evan Barratt	1999	Chicago Blackhawks	F
91	Jack Badini	1998	Anaheim Ducks	F
92	David Farrance	1999	Nashville Predators	D	2	0	0	0	0	3
93	Clayton Phillips	1999	Pittsburgh Penguins	D

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
94	Nicholas Henry	1999	Colorado Avalanche	F
95	Jack Rathbone	1999	Vancouver Canucks	D	28	2	3	5	4	-5
96	Maxim Zhukov	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	G
97	Mason Shaw	1998	Minnesota Wild	F	82	8	12	20	118	-3
98	Nikita Popugayev	1998	New Jersey Devils	F
99	Jacob Bryson	1997	Buffalo Sabres	D	260	4	40	44	54	-36
100	Malte Setkov	1999	Detroit Red Wings	D
101	Liam Hawel	1999	Dallas Stars	F
102	Scott Reedy	1999	San Jose Sharks	F	35	7	2	9	10	-8
103	Michael Anderson	1999	Los Angeles Kings	D	361	18	67	85	126	72
104	Eetu M�kiniemi	1999	Carolina Hurricanes	G	2	0	0	0	0
105	Santeri Virtanen	1999	Winnipeg Jets	F
106	Matthew Strome	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	F
107	Maxim Sushko	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	F	2	0	0	0	0	-1
108	Noel Hoefenmayer	1999	Arizona Coyotes	D
109	Adam Ruzicka	1999	Calgary Flames	F	117	14	26	40	32	0
110	Ian Scott	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs	G
111	Jeremy Swayman	1998	Boston Bruins	G	200	0	1	1	10
112	Tim S�derlund	1998	Chicago Blackhawks	F
113	Alexei Toropchenko	1999	St. Louis Blues	F	268	31	30	61	82	-12
114	Petr Kvaca	1997	Colorado Avalanche	G
115	Ostap Safin	1999	Edmonton Oilers	F
116	Bryce Misley	1999	Minnesota Wild	F
117	Emil Bemstr�m	1999	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	242	34	41	75	30	-25
118	Markus Phillips	1999	Los Angeles Kings	D
119	Roope Laavainen	1998	Chicago Blackhawks	D
120	Tobias Geisser	1999	Washington Capitals	D
121	Drake Batherson	1998	Ottawa Senators	F	404	121	188	309	168	-77
122	Kyle Olson	1999	Anaheim Ducks	F
123	Brandon Crawley	1997	New York Rangers	D
124	Vladislav Kara	1998	Toronto Maple Leafs	F

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
125	Igor Shvyrev	1998	Colorado Avalanche	F
126	Michael Karow	1998	Arizona Coyotes	D
127	Lukas Elvenes	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F
128	Tyler Steenbergen	1998	Arizona Coyotes	F
129	Gilles Senn	1996	New Jersey Devils	G	2	0	0	0	0
130	David Noel	1999	St. Louis Blues	D
131	Cole Fraser	1999	Detroit Red Wings	D
132	Jacob Peterson	1999	Dallas Stars	F	83	14	11	25	18	-16
133	Tyler Inamoto	1999	Florida Panthers	D
134	Cole Hults	1998	Los Angeles Kings	D
135	Kristoffer Gunnarsson	1997	Vancouver Canucks	D
136	Leon Gawanke	1999	Winnipeg Jets	D
137	Noah Cates	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	F	250	44	68	112	34	6
138	Drake Rymsha	1998	Los Angeles Kings	F	1	0	0	0	0	1
139	Sebastian Aho	1996	New York Islanders	D	190	11	39	50	52	-10
140	Zach Fischer	1997	Calgary Flames	F
141	Fedor Gordeev	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
142	Jonathan Dugan	1998	Vegas Golden Knights	F
143	Marian Studenic	1998	New Jersey Devils	F	46	3	3	6	12	-11
144	Parker Foo	1998	Chicago Blackhawks	F
145	Calle Sj�lin	1999	New York Rangers	D
146	Kirill Maximov	1999	Edmonton Oilers	F
147	Jacob Golden	1999	Minnesota Wild	D
148	Kale Howarth	1997	Columbus Blue Jackets	F
149	Jarret Tyszka	1999	Montreal Canadiens	D
150	Jakub Galvas	1999	Chicago Blackhawks	D	6	0	0	0	0	0
151	Sebastian Walfridsson	1999	Washington Capitals	D
152	Jan Drozg	1999	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
153	Olle Eriksson-Ek	1999	Anaheim Ducks	G	1	0	0	0	0
154	Tomas Vomacka	1999	Nashville Predators	G
155	Linus �lund	1997	Pittsburgh Penguins	F

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
156	Denis Smirnov	1997	Colorado Avalanche	F
157	Dominik Lakatos	1997	New York Rangers	F
158	Nick Campoli	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F
159	Jacob McGrew	1999	San Jose Sharks	F
160	Aarne Talvitie	1999	New Jersey Devils	F
161	Jiri Patera	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	G	8	0	0	0	0
162	John Adams	1997	Detroit Red Wings	F
163	Brett Davis	1999	Dallas Stars	F
164	Reilly Webb	1999	Detroit Red Wings	D
165	Arnaud Durandeau	1999	New York Islanders	F	4	0	0	0	2	1
166	Brendan De Jong	1998	Carolina Hurricanes	D
167	Arvid Holm	1998	Winnipeg Jets	G
168	Olle Lycksell	1999	Philadelphia Flyers	F	51	2	10	12	16	-8
169	Nicklaus Perbix	1998	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	237	15	51	66	58	25
170	Jonathan Davidsson	1997	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	6	0	1	1	0	0
171	D'Artagnan Joly	1999	Calgary Flames	F
172	Ryan McGregor	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
173	Cedric Pare	1999	Boston Bruins	F
174	Morgan Barron	1998	New York Rangers	F	268	33	33	66	84	19
175	Trenton Bourque	1998	St. Louis Blues	D
176	Pavel Koltygin	1999	Nashville Predators	F
177	Skyler Brind'Amour	1999	Edmonton Oilers	F	2	1	0	1	2	-3
178	Andrei Svetlakov	1996	Minnesota Wild	F
179	Carson Meyer	1997	Columbus Blue Jackets	F	41	2	4	6	14	-4
180	Cole Guttman	1999	Tampa Bay Lightning	F	41	8	6	14	9	-16
181	Petrus Palmu	1997	Vancouver Canucks	F
182	Benton Maass	1998	Washington Capitals	D
183	Jordan Hollett	1999	Ottawa Senators	G
184	Sebastian Repo	1996	Florida Panthers	F
185	Alexander Chmelevski	1999	San Jose Sharks	F	24	0	10	10	6	0
186	Antti Paloj�rvi	1999	Pittsburgh Penguins	D

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
187	Nick Leivermann	1998	Colorado Avalanche	D
188	Matthew Brassard	1998	Vancouver Canucks	D
189	Benjamin Jones	1999	Vegas Golden Knights	F	34	0	0	0	12	-7
190	Erik Walli Walterholm	1999	Arizona Coyotes	F
191	Jocktan Chainey	1999	New Jersey Devils	D
192	Linus Weissbach	1998	Buffalo Sabres	F
193	Brady Gilmour	1999	Detroit Red Wings	F
194	Dylan Ferguson	1998	Dallas Stars	G	3	0	0	0	0
195	Victor Berglund	1999	Boston Bruins	D
196	Wyatt Kalynuk	1997	Philadelphia Flyers	D	26	4	5	9	6	-9
197	Ville R�s�nen	1998	Carolina Hurricanes	D
198	Skyler McKenzie	1998	Winnipeg Jets	F
199	Cayden Primeau	1999	Montreal Canadiens	G	58	0	2	2	4
200	Samuel Walker	1999	Tampa Bay Lightning	F	13	1	1	2	0	-4
201	Logan Cockerill	1999	New York Islanders	F
202	Filip Sveningsson	1999	Calgary Flames	F
203	Ryan O'Connell	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
204	Daniel Bukac	1999	Boston Bruins	D
205	Yegor Zaitsev	1998	New Jersey Devils	D
206	Anton Andersson	1999	St. Louis Blues	D
207	Patrik Virta	1996	New York Rangers	F
208	Philip Kemp	1999	Edmonton Oilers	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
209	Nick Swaney	1997	Minnesota Wild	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
210	Robbie Stucker	1998	Columbus Blue Jackets	D
211	Croix Evingson	1997	Winnipeg Jets	D
212	Ivan Chekhovich	1999	San Jose Sharks	F	4	0	1	1	0	-3
213	Kristian R�yk�s Marthinsen	1999	Washington Capitals	F
214	Matthew Hellickson	1998	New Jersey Devils	D
215	Joshua Ess	1999	Chicago Blackhawks	D
216	Jacob Paquette	1999	Nashville Predators	D
217	William Reilly	1997	Pittsburgh Penguins	D

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