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The stage at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario. The NHL entry draft (French: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements (North American players 18–20 years old and European/international players 18–21 ...
The NHL Entry Draft, originally known as the NHL Amateur Draft, is a collective meeting in which the franchises of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the exclusive rights to available amateur players who meet the eligibility requirements to play professional hockey in the NHL. First held in 1963, the draft prior to 1969 was ...
The 2021 NHL entry draft was the 59th NHL entry draft. The draft was held on July 23–24, 2021, delayed by one month from its normally scheduled time of June due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the later-than-normal finish of the 2020–21 NHL season. [1] It was thus the first draft held in July since 2005.
Ice hockey players born between January 1, 2004, and September 15, 2006, were eligible for selection in the 2024 NHL entry draft. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 2003 were eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2022 NHL entry draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 2004, were also eligible to re-enter the draft.
The 2024 NHL Draft opens Friday with the first round inside of the Sphere in Las Vegas.. San Jose is widely expected to select Boston University center Macklin Celebrini with the first overall ...
The 2022 NHL entry draft was the 60th NHL entry draft. The draft was held on July 7–8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. [1] Montreal were originally scheduled to host the 2020 draft but were unable to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since 1985, the team hosting the draft selected first overall. [2]
The 2018 NHL entry draft was the 56th NHL entry draft.The draft was held on June 22–23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.. The 2018 NHL entry draft was the second of two professional sports drafts to be held in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex during the calendar year, as the Dallas Cowboys hosted the 2018 NFL draft in April.
The first three picks overall in this draft were awarded by lottery. Since the 2012–13 NHL season all teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs have a "weighted" chance at winning the first overall selection. [6] Beginning with the 2014–15 NHL season the NHL changed the weighting system that was used in previous years. Under the new ...