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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 2024 NHL Entry Draft was the 62nd NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 28–29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas . [ 1 ] As per their April 2024 agreement, all draft rights held by the deactivated Arizona Coyotes franchise were transferred to the new Utah Hockey Club . [ 2 ]
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. Sidney Crosby, drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005.
The 2003 NHL Entry Draft was the 41st NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee on June 21 and 22, 2003. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was only the third time a goaltender was selected first overall in the draft, after Michel Plasse in 1968 ...
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]
2021 NHL Entry Draft. 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.
The 2011 NHL Entry Draft was the 49th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 24–25, 2011, at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was the first time the Draft was held in the state of Minnesota since the Minnesota North Stars hosted the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. [1] The top three picks consisted of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins going to the ...
Ice hockey players born between January 1, 2005, and September 15, 2007, are eligible for selection in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Additionally, undrafted non-North American players born in 2004 (who had not previously played a complete draft season in North America) are eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who ...