page_title: 2014 NHL Entry Draft
section_title: Round one
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 NHL Entry Draft / Selections by round / Round one
caption_attribution_description: Aaron Ekblad was captain for Team Orr. He was a key set-up man from the blueline with two assists and demonstrated why he is the top defenceman available for the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. The CHL / NHL Top Prospects game at Scotiabank Saddledome on January 15, 2014 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Team Orr defeated Team Cherry 4-3.
context_page_description: The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was the 52nd NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The top three selections were Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart and Leon Draisaitl, going to the Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers, respectively. This draft featured the first selection of a player from Oceania with Australian Nathan Walker, being selected by the Washington Capitals in the third-round.
context_section_description: Notes
  The Ottawa Senators' first-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013, that sent Bobby Ryan to Ottawa in exchange for Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and this pick.
  The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and Florida's third-round pick in 2014 (62nd overall) to San Jose in exchange for the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) and this pick.
  The Anaheim Ducks' first-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent Ryan Kesler and a third-round pick in 2015 to Anaheim in exchange for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, a third-round pick in 2014 (85th overall) and this pick.
  The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for Florida's third-round pick in 2014 (62nd overall) and this pick.
  The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent the Islanders and Montreal's second-round picks both in 2014 (35th and 57th overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
  Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Martin St. Louis  and a conditional second-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for Ryan Callahan, a first-round pick in 2015, a conditional seventh-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Tampa Bay will receive a first-round pick in 2014 if the Rangers advance to the 2014 Eastern Conference Final – was converted on May 13, 2014.
  The New Jersey Devils picked 30th overall in the first round. The Devils were expected to forfeit their first-round pick in 2014 (they elected to keep their first-round picks in 2011, 2012 and 2013) as the result of a penalty sanction due to cap circumvention when signing Ilya Kovalchuk. The penalty also included a fine of $3 million and the forfeit of the Devils' third round pick in 2011. The NHL kept most of the penalties, except for modifying the first-round pick and reducing the fine to $1.5 million.
caption: Aaron Ekblad was selected first overall by the Florida Panthers
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