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First overall picks. Billy Harris, drafted by the New York Islanders in 1972. Mario Lemieux, drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1984. Mats Sundin, drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in 1989, the first European player to be picked first overall. Alexander Ovechkin, drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2004.
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 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.
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 Kraken's first-ever draft pick was Matty Beniers, taken second overall in the 2021 NHL entry draft. [5][6] After the 2022–23 season, Beniers won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's best rookie after accumulating 24 goals and 33 assists in 80 games. [7] The Kraken's second overall pick in 2021 was the highest they have ever drafted.
The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams. [2] As of the 2024 NHL entry draft, the Flyers have selected 65 goaltenders and 461 skaters (forwards and defensemen) in the NHL entry draft since their first draft in 1967.
List of Winnipeg Jets draft picks. This is a complete list of ice hockey players who have been drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. Mark Scheifele was the Jets first ever draft pick taken 7th overall in 2011.
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