2020 NHLHC Draft

The 2020 NHLHC Entry Draft was the first-ever NHLHC Draft. The draft was held from November 29 - December 7, 2016 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Taylor Price was the first overall selection in the draft.
==Selection order==
The selection order for the first round was as determined randomly and the draft followed a "snake" format
==Selections by round==
	Rnd	Pick	NHL Team 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality 	Notes
	1 	1 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Taylor Price 	LW 	United States 	
	1 	2 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Markus Johansson 	G 	Sweden 	
	1 	3 	Colorado Avalanche 	Thomas Haglund 	D 	Sweden 	
	1 	4 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Taylor Davidson 	RW 	United States 	from Washington
	1 	5 	Dallas Stars 	Antti Maaki 	LW 	Finland 	
	1 	6 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Sebastien Perreault 	D 	Canada 	
	1 	7 	Detroit Red Wings 	Nick Raymonde 	C 	Canada 	
	1 	8 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Ville Heronen 	D 	Finland 	
	1 	9 	New Jersey Devils 	Andrei Kerzhakov 	RW 	Russia 	
	1 	10 	Washington Capitals 	Teemu Kovalainen 	D 	Finland 	from Tampa Bay
	1 	11 	Calgary Flames 	Alexei Litenko 	LW 	Russia 	
	1 	12 	Minnesota Wild 	Kyle Christiansen 	C 	United States 	
	1 	13 	St. Louis Blues 	Eric Jacobs 	D 	United States 	
	1 	14 	New York Islanders 	Kim Lehtonen 	C 	Finland 	
	1 	15 	Nashville Predators 	Daniel Desjardins 	LW 	Canada 	
	1 	16 	Anaheim Ducks 	Chris Duplantier 	RW 	Canada 	
	2 	17 	Anaheim Ducks 	Niklas Johansson 	D 	Finland 	
	2 	18 	Nashville Predators 	Kim Westerlund 	C 	Sweden 	
	2 	19 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Matthieu Varane 	D 	Canada 	from New York
	2 	20 	St. Louis Blues 	Damien Nicolet 	G 	Canada 	
	2 	21 	Minnesota Wild 	Mats Pauleson 	LW 	Sweden 	
	2 	22 	Calgary Flames 	Roger Johnson 	G 	United States 	
	2 	23 	New York Islanders 	Patrick Quinn 	RW 	United States 	from Tampa Bay
	2 	24 	New Jersey Devils 	Braden Colbert 	D 	Canada 	
	2 	25 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Jerzy Pawelski 	C 	Poland 	
	2 	26 	Detroit Red Wings 	Alexei Domaskin 	LW 	Russia 	
	2 	27 	Colorado Avalanche 	Yuri Savalenko 	G 	Latvia 	from Pittsburgh
	2 	28 	Dallas Stars 	Oscar Cronstrom 	C 	Sweden 	
	2 	29 	Washington Capitals 	Mika Salo 	LW 	Finland 	
	2 	30 	Colorado Avalanche 	Eric Kolarov 	C 	United States 	
	2 	31 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Olivier De Marais 	LW 	France 	
	2 	32 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Chris Walters 	D 	United States 	
	3 	33 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Darren Mitchell 	G 	Canada 	
	3 	34 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Shane Paquette 	RW 	Canada 	
	3 	35 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Rickie Robinson 	RW 	Canada 	from Colorado
	3 	36 	Washington Capitals 	Martin Kovalek 	G 	Czech Republic	
	3 	37 	Dallas Stars 	Gary Leconeaux 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	38 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Aaron Klein 	G 	Canada 	
	3 	39 	Detroit Red Wings 	Olivier Sarreault 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	40 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Ole-Einar Vardalen 	D 	Norway 	
	3 	41 	New Jersey Devils 	Eric Mason 	G 	United States 	
	3 	42 	Washington Capitals 	Sergei Yakubin 	C 	Latvia 	from Tampa Bay
	3 	43 	Calgary Flames 	Tim Swickham 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	44 	Minnesota Wild 	Tom Thibodeaux 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	45 	St. Louis Blues 	Pekka Raikkonen 	RW 	Finland 	
	3 	46 	New York Islanders 	Jaroslav Kevlacek 	G 	Czech Republic	
	3 	47 	Nashville Predators 	Brandon Guichard 	D 	Canada 	
	3 	48 	Anaheim Ducks 	Jari Koivalainen 	LW 	Finland 	
	4 	49 	Anaheim Ducks 	Ivan Karelin 	D 	Russia 	
	4 	50 	Nashville Predators 	Patrice Moreau 	RW 	Canada 	
	4 	51 	New York Islanders 	Cal Peverley 	LW 	Canada 	
	4 	52 	St. Louis Blues 	Sebastien Rousseau 	LW 	Canada 	
	4 	53 	Minnesota Wild 	Reilly Weston 	RW 	United States 	
	4 	54 	Calgary Flames 	Daniil Sarapov 	C 	Russia 	
	4 	55 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Rasmus Elm 	C 	Sweden 	
	4 	56 	New Jersey Devils 	Shawn Poley 	C 	United States 	
	4 	57 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Andrew Webber 	LW 	United States 	
	4 	58 	Detroit Red Wings 	Dan Breuer 	D 	Canada 	
	4 	59 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Sam Blackbourne 	D 	Canada 	
	4 	60 	Dallas Stars 	Kyle Callahan 	RW 	United States 	
	4 	61 	Washington Capitals 	Alexander Demillier 	D 	Canada 	
	4 	62 	Colorado Avalanche 	Tomas Gaborik 	LW 	Slovakia 	
	4 	63 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mike Thornton 	C 	United States 	
	4 	64 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Ante Jokic 	D 	Croatia 	
	5 	65 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Andy Phillips 	RW 	United States 	
	5 	66 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Paul Letrange 	D 	Canada 	
	5 	67 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Ruslan Maximov 	C 	Ukraine 	from Colorado
	5 	68 	Dallas Stars 	Phil LaCroix 	G 	Canada 	Pick position switched with Washington (69) due to invalid Washington pick
	5 	69 	Washington Capitals 	Jonathan Morris 	RW 	United States 	Pick position switched with Dallas (68) due to invalid Washington pick
	5 	70 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Petr Rudnecki 	LW 	Czech Republic	
	5 	71 	Detroit Red Wings 	Stefan Paulus 	D 	Sweden 	
	5 	72 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Jaroslav Klasnic 	G 	Slovakia 	
	5 	73 	New Jersey Devils 	Victor Valentin 	D 	Belarus 	
	5 	74 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Blake Hall 	G 	United States 	
	5 	75 	Calgary Flames 	Frankie Loreaut 	RW 	Canada 	
	5 	76 	Minnesota Wild 	Mike Schnabel 	D 	Canada 	
	5 	77 	St. Louis Blues 	Saki Koivu 	LW 	Finland 	
	5 	78 	New York Islanders 	Petr Baros 	D 	Czech Republic	
	5 	79 	Nashville Predators 	Tim Thompson 	D 	United States 	
	5 	80 	Anaheim Ducks 	Aaron DeMarco 	C 	United States 	
	6 	81 	Anaheim Ducks 	Robbie Arniel 	G 	Canada 	
	6 	82 	Nashville Predators 	Sam James 	G 	United States 	
	6 	83 	New York Islanders 	Claude Debuchy 	D 	Canada 	
	6 	84 	St. Louis Blues 	Jason Brown 	C 	Canada 	
	6 	85 	Minnesota Wild 	Johann Eckström 	D 	Sweden 	
	6 	86 	Calgary Flames 	Jonathan Kessel 	LW 	United States 	
	6 	87 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Miroslav Sobotka 	LW 	Slovakia 	
	6 	88 	New Jersey Devils 	Matt Forbes 	LW 	United States 	
	6 	89 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Klaas Andreasen 	RW 	Denmark 	
	6 	90 	Detroit Red Wings 	Karel Wojciech 	C 	Poland 	
	6 	91 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Greg Miller 	C 	Canada 	
	6 	92 	Dallas Stars 	Jakub Voynovski 	RW 	Poland 	
	6 	93 	Washington Capitals 	Samuel Gagnon 	C 	Canada 	
	6 	94 	Colorado Avalanche 	Pavel Krejci 	RW 	Czech Republic	
	6 	95 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Pawel Lewandowski 	C 	Poland 	
	6 	96 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Andreas Karlsson 	C 	Sweden 	
	7 	97 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Paul Chevalier 	RW 	Canada 	
	7 	98 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Martin Havlat 	LW 	Czech Republic	
	7 	99 	Colorado Avalanche 	James Fitch 	D 	United States 	
	7 	100 	Washington Capitals 	Brian Baker 	RW 	United States 	
	7 	101 	Dallas Stars 	Jeff Rogers 	D 	United States 	
	7 	102 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Tom Johnson 	RW 	United States 	
	7 	103 	Detroit Red Wings 	Dennis Nehri 	RW 	Canada 	
	7 	104 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Carter Tremblay 	C 	Canada 	
	7 	105 	New Jersey Devils 	Jake Westerlund 	D 	United States 	
	7 	106 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Tim Carson 	D 	United States 	
	7 	107 	Calgary Flames 	Brad Forlan 	D 	Canada 	
	7 	108 	Minnesota Wild 	P.J. Adams 	G 	United States 	
	7 	109 	St. Louis Blues 	Samuel Sardon 	C 	United States 	
	7 	110 	New York Islanders 	Isaac Columbert 	LW 	Canada 	
	7 	111 	Nashville Predators 	Gray Marlowe 	LW 	Canada 	
	7 	112 	Anaheim Ducks 	Kim Salo 	C 	Canada 	
	8 	113 	Anaheim Ducks 	Andrew Jones 	D 	United States 	
	8 	114 	Nashville Predators 	Oleg Krivtsov 	C 	Ukraine 	
	8 	115 	New York Islanders 	Jacek Bak 	D 	Poland 	
	8 	116 	St. Louis Blues 	Christian Johansen 	LW 	Denmark 	
	8 	117 	Minnesota Wild 	Gabriel Boulanger 	LW 	Canada 	
	8 	118 	Calgary Flames 	Nathan Chadwick 	D 	Canada 	
	8 	119 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Gideon Destranger 	C 	Canada 	
	8 	120 	New Jersey Devils 	Mike McArthur 	D 	United States 	
	8 	121 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Frederic Pareaux 	D 	Canada 	
	8 	122 	Detroit Red Wings 	Kimi Paikalanen 	LW 	Finland 	
	8 	123 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Kevin Torrence 	RW 	United States 	
	8 	124 	Dallas Stars 	Peter Henderson 	D 	Canada 	
	8 	125 	Washington Capitals 	Roman Lubos 	LW 	Slovakia 	
	8 	126 	Colorado Avalanche 	Michael Laursen 	C 	Denmark 	
	8 	127 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Eric Pronger 	D 	United States 	
	8 	128 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Caleb Kilmer 	LW 	United States 	
	9 	129 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Sergei Skrastnins 	D 	Latvia 	
	9 	130 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Lars Jakobs 	D 	Germany 	
	9 	131 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Sascha Kaiser 	LW 	Germany 	from Colorado
	9 	132 	Washington Capitals 	Rinus Letsvins 	D 	Latvia 	
	9 	133 	Dallas Stars 	Jérémy Mathieu 	RW 	France 	
	9 	134 	Colorado Avalanche 	Oleksei Mihalin 	RW 	Ukraine 	from Pittsburgh
	9 	135 	Detroit Red Wings 	Roger Morris 	G 	United States 	
	9 	136 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Mariusz Dorawa 	LW 	Poland 	
	9 	137 	New Jersey Devils 	Niklas Andersson 	C 	Sweden 	
	9 	138 	New York Islanders 	Dave Signolet 	RW 	Canada 	from Tampa Bay
	9 	139 	Calgary Flames 	Gustav Johansson 	RW 	Sweden 	
	9 	140 	Minnesota Wild 	Paul Selange 	RW 	United States 	
	9 	141 	St. Louis Blues 	Sam Ribbenbacher 	D 	Canada 	
	9 	142 	New York Islanders 	David London 	LW 	United States 	
	9 	143 	Nashville Predators 	J.C. Clifford 	D 	United States 	
	9 	144 	Anaheim Ducks 	Joel Mirer 	D 	United States 	
	10 	145 	Anaheim Ducks 	Anders Olafson 	LW 	Norway 	
	10 	146 	Nashville Predators 	Francois Adameau 	RW 	Canada 	
	10 	147 	New York Islanders 	Grant Webster 	C 	Canada 	
	10 	148 	St. Louis Blues 	Victor Flamineau 	C 	Canada 	
	10 	149 	Minnesota Wild 	Yves Moreau 	D 	Canada 	
	10 	150 	Calgary Flames 	Mariusz Mihalek 	D 	Czech Republic	
	10 	151 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Fredrik Pettersson 	RW 	Czech Republic	
	10 	152 	New Jersey Devils 	Samuel Johansson 	LW 	Sweden 	
	10 	153 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Markus Schumann 	RW 	Germany 	
	10 	154 	Detroit Red Wings 	Brandon Baumgartlinger	D 	Canada 	
	10 	155 	Dallas Stars 	Zdenek Pospech 	D 	Czech Republic	Pick position switched with Pittsburgh (156) due to invalid Pittsburgh pick
	10 	156 	Washington Capitals 	Yuri Zhirkov 	D 	Russia 	Pick position switched with Pittsburgh (157) due to invalid Pittsburgh pick
	10 	157 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Damien Husek 	D 	Czech Republic	
	10 	158 	Colorado Avalanche 	Ferenc Hvorkas 	LW 	Hungary 	
	10 	159 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Vaclav Havlek 	RW 	Czech Republic	
	10 	160 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Olivier Giroud 	D 	France 	
==Trades==
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2017 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
===Round one===
* No. 4: Washington -> Tampa Bay (D). Washington traded this selection to Tampa Bay for their first round selection (10th) and their third round selection (42nd).
* No. 10: Tampa Bay -> Washington (D). see No. 4: Washington -> Tampa Bay (D)
===Round two===
* No. 19: New York -> Tampa Bay (D). New York traded this selection to Tampa Bay for their second round selection (23rd) and their ninth round selection (138th).
* No. 23: Tampa Bay -> New York (D): see No. 19: New York -> Tampa Bay (D)
* No. 27: Pittsburgh -> Colorado (D). Pittsburgh traded this selection and their ninth round selection (134th) to Colorado for their third round selection (35th), their fifth round selection (67th), and their ninth round selection (131st).
===Round three===
* No. 35: Colorado -> Pittsburgh (D). see No. 27: Pittsburgh -> Colorado (D)
* No. 42: Tampa Bay -> Washington (D). see No. 4: Washington -> Tampa Bay (D)
===Round five===
* No. 67: Colorado -> Pittsburgh (D). see No. 27: Pittsburgh -> Colorado (D)
===Round nine===
* No. 131: Colorado -> Pittsburgh (D). see No. 27: Pittsburgh -> Colorado (D)
* No. 134: Pittsburgh -> Colorado (D). see No. 27: Pittsburgh -> Colorado (D)
* No. 138: Tampa Bay -> Washington (D). see No. 4: Washington -> Tampa Bay (D)
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