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217
Total Picks
100
Reached NHL
100/217
Hit Rate
Most First-Round Picks
🗽 NYR 3 R1 · 10 total
🐙 DET 2 R1 · 10 total
🏛️ OTT 2 R1 · 8 total
Best Haul (career GP+PTS)
🛢️ EDM 1570 val · 4 NHL
🇨🇦 MTL 1529 val · 5 NHL
⚔️ BUF 1396 val · 2 NHL
Most Picks
🇨🇦 MTL
11 picks 1 bust
🗽 NYR
10 picks 1 bust
🐙 DET
10 picks
NHL Reach by Round
Position Breakdown (NHL players)
Pick # vs Career Value (GP + PTS)
🌍 Where the 2018 class was born 15 countries · 217 of 217 picks with a known birthplace

The most picks were born in Canada: 69, or 32% of the class. In the first round, Canada led with 10 picks (32%).

Country Picks Share of class 1st round Reached NHL Top pick
Canada 69
32%
10 32 #5 Barrett Hayton
United States 56
26%
6 26 #4 Brady Tkachuk
Sweden 28
13%
6 14 #1 Rasmus Dahlin
Russia 19
9%
4 9 #2 Andrei Svechnikov
Finland 15
7%
2 5 #3 Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Czechia 10
5%
2 7 #6 Filip Zadina
Slovakia 5
2%
— 2 #46 Martin Fehervary
Switzerland 4
2%
— 3 #101 Nico Gross
Germany 4
2%
1 — #25 Dominik Bokk
Belarus 2
1%
— 1 #141 Yegor Sharangovich
France 1
0%
— 1 #54 Bo Groulx
United Kingdom 1
0%
— — #189 Liam Kirk
Jamaica 1
0%
— — #199 Jermaine Loewen
Norway 1
0%
— — #167 Mathias Emilio Pettersen
Thailand 1
0%
— — #161 Alex Kannok-Leipert
Pick Order Career
Steal late pick, top career · Bust early pick, bottom career
# Rd Player Pos Age GP PTS Drafted By
1 1 Rasmus Dahlin 🇸🇪 ↗ D 18 587 435 ⚔️ BUF
2 1 Andrei Svechnikov 🇷🇺 ↗ RW 18 557 434 🌪️ CAR
3 1 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 🇫🇮 ↗ C 17 518 203 🇨🇦 MTL
4 1 Brady Tkachuk 🇺🇸 ↗ LW 18 572 463 🏛️ OTT
5 1 Barrett Hayton 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 358 155 🌵 ARI
6 1 Filip Zadina 🇨🇿 ↗ RW 18 262 91 🐙 DET
7 1 Quinn Hughes 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 507 485 🐋 VAN
8 1 Adam Boqvist 🇸🇪 ↗ D 17 272 103 🪶 CHI
9 1 Vitali Kravtsov 🇷🇺 ↗ RW 18 64 12 🗽 NYR
10 1 Evan Bouchard 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 429 333 🛢️ EDM
11 1 Oliver Wahlstrom 🇺🇸 ↗ RW 18 236 73 🏝️ NYI
12 1 Noah Dobson 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 468 277 🏝️ NYI via CGY
13 1 Ty Dellandrea 🇨🇦 ↗ C 17 265 61 ⭐ DAL
14 1 Joel Farabee 🇺🇸 ↗ LW 18 497 245 🔔 PHI via STL
15 1 Grigori Denisenko 🇷🇺 ↗ Bust LW 18 33 7 🐆 FLA
16 1 Martin Kaut 🇨🇿 ↗ RW 18 56 11 🏔️ COL
17 1 Ty Smith 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 131 49 😈 NJD
18 1 Liam Foudy 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 105 22 🧥 CBJ
20 1 Rasmus Kupari 🇫🇮 ↗ C 18 217 38 👑 LAK
21 1 Ryan Merkley 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust D 17 39 6 🦈 SJS
22 1 K'Andre Miller 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 440 169 🗽 NYR via PIT
23 1 Isac Lundestrom 🇸🇪 ↗ C 18 405 96 🦆 ANA
26 1 Jacob Bernard-Docker 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 207 29 🏛️ OTT via BOS
27 1 Nicolas Beaudin 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust D 18 22 6 🪶 CHI via NSH
28 1 Nils Lundkvist 🇸🇪 ↗ D 17 235 55 🗽 NYR via TBL
29 1 Rasmus Sandin 🇸🇪 ↗ D 18 382 145 🍁 TOR via WPG
30 1 Joe Veleno 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 367 86 🐙 DET via VGK
31 1 Alexander Alexeyev 🇷🇺 ↗ D 18 80 8 🦅 WSH
32 2 Mattias Samuelsson 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 290 84 ⚔️ BUF
33 2 Jonatan Berggren 🇸🇪 ↗ RW 17 205 80 🐙 DET via OTT
35 2 Jesse Ylonen 🇺🇸 ↗ RW 18 113 29 🇨🇦 MTL
38 2 Alexander Romanov 🇷🇺 ↗ D 18 369 84 🇨🇦 MTL via CHI
40 2 Ryan McLeod 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 379 182 🛢️ EDM
42 2 Jack Drury 🇺🇸 ↗ C 18 268 82 🌪️ CAR
43 2 Ruslan Iskhakov 🇷🇺 ↗ Bust C 17 1 1 🏝️ NYI via CGY
45 2 Scott Perunovich 🇺🇸 ↗ D 19 108 32 🎵 STL
46 2 Martin Fehervary 🇸🇰 ↗ D 18 380 102 🦅 WSH via FLA
49 2 Kirill Marchenko 🇷🇺 ↗ RW 17 292 208 🧥 CBJ
50 2 Adam Ginning 🇸🇪 ↗ Bust D 18 16 1 🔔 PHI
51 2 Akil Thomas 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust C 18 32 7 👑 LAK
52 2 Sean Durzi 🇨🇦 ↗ D 19 302 144 🍁 TOR via SJS
53 2 Calen Addison 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 153 50 🐧 PIT
54 2 Bo Groulx 🇫🇷 ↗ C 18 78 10 🦆 ANA
55 2 Kevin Bahl 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 297 63 🌵 ARI via MIN
58 2 Filip Hallander 🇸🇪 ↗ Bust C 18 16 4 🐧 PIT via NSH
59 2 Gabriel Fortier 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust LW 18 11 1 ⚡ TBL
60 2 David Gustafsson 🇸🇪 ↗ C 18 149 20 ✈️ WPG
62 2 Olivier Rodrigue 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust G 17 2 — 🛢️ EDM via WSH
63 3 Jack McBain 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 316 107 🌲 MIN via BUF
64 3 Justus Annunen 🇫🇮 ↗ G 18 80 — 🏔️ COL via OTT
65 3 Jan Jenik 🇨🇿 ↗ C 17 24 6 🌵 ARI
66 3 Cam Hillis 🇨🇦 ↗ Bust C 18 1 0 🇨🇦 MTL
67 3 Alec Regula 🇺🇸 ↗ D 17 51 4 🐙 DET
71 3 Jordan Harris 🇺🇸 ↗ D 17 172 40 🇨🇦 MTL via EDM
72 3 Jakub Skarek 🇨🇿 ↗ Bust G 18 2 — 🏝️ NYI
73 3 Ty Emberson 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 178 35 🌵 ARI via CAR
75 3 Oskar Bäck 🇸🇪 ↗ C 18 145 28 ⭐ DAL
76 3 Semyon Der-Arguchintsev 🇷🇺 ↗ Bust C 17 1 0 🍁 TOR via STL
77 3 Jakub Lauko 🇨🇿 ↗ C 18 139 28 🐻 BOS via FLA
78 3 Sampo Ranta 🇫🇮 ↗ LW 18 16 0 🏔️ COL
85 3 Lukas Dostal 🇨🇿 ↗ G 18 177 — 🦆 ANA
87 3 Linus Karlsson 🇸🇪 ↗ C 18 106 41 🦈 SJS via WSH
88 3 Joey Keane 🇺🇸 ↗ Bust D 19 2 0 🗽 NYR via BOS
91 3 Nate Smith 🇺🇸 ↗ C 19 14 4 ✈️ WPG
92 3 Connor Dewar 🇨🇦 ↗ Steal C 19 316 83 🌲 MIN via VGK
95 4 Jonathan Gruden 🇺🇸 ↗ C 18 17 2 🏛️ OTT
102 4 Jasper Weatherby 🇺🇸 ↗ C 20 50 11 🦈 SJS via EDM
105 4 Martin Pospisil 🇸🇰 ↗ C 18 166 52 🔥 CGY
106 4 Curtis Douglas 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 43 4 ⭐ DAL
107 4 Joel Hofer 🇨🇦 ↗ G 17 115 — 🎵 STL
112 4 Jack St. Ivany 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 53 9 🔔 PHI
114 4 Ivan Prosvetov 🇷🇺 ↗ G 19 24 — 🌵 ARI via SJS
115 4 Paul Cotter 🇺🇸 ↗ Steal C 18 296 82 🎰 VGK via PIT
118 4 Mac Hollowell 🇨🇦 ↗ D 19 6 2 🍁 TOR
120 4 Philipp Kurashev 🇨🇭 ↗ Steal C 18 361 150 🪶 CHI via NSH
126 5 Angus Crookshank 🇨🇦 ↗ LW 18 29 5 🏛️ OTT
131 5 Spencer Stastney 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 117 19 🐯 NSH via CHI
136 5 Akira Schmid 🇨🇭 ↗ G 18 82 — 😈 NJD via CGY
137 5 Riley Damiani 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 7 2 ⭐ DAL
138 5 Hugh McGing 🇺🇸 ↗ LW 19 10 2 🎵 STL
141 5 Yegor Sharangovich 🇧🇾 ↗ Steal C 20 438 226 😈 NJD
142 5 Michael Callahan 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 22 1 🌵 ARI via CBJ
143 5 Samuel Ersson 🇸🇪 ↗ G 18 143 — 🔔 PHI
149 5 Filip Kral 🇨🇿 ↗ D 18 3 0 🍁 TOR
150 5 Declan Chisholm 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 125 28 ✈️ WPG via BOS
152 5 Magnus Chrona 🇸🇪 ↗ G 17 9 — ⚡ TBL
155 5 Damien Giroux 🇨🇦 ↗ C 18 1 1 🌲 MIN via WSH
156 6 Pontus Holmberg 🇸🇪 ↗ Steal RW 19 229 71 🍁 TOR via BUF
157 6 Kevin Mandolese 🇨🇦 ↗ G 17 3 — 🏛️ OTT
159 6 Tim Berni 🇨🇭 ↗ D 18 59 3 🧥 CBJ via MTL
164 6 Michael Kesselring 🇺🇸 ↗ D 18 190 55 🛢️ EDM
169 6 Mathias Laferriere 🇨🇦 ↗ RW 18 1 0 🎵 STL
171 6 Nikolai Kovalenko 🇺🇸 ↗ RW 18 57 20 🏔️ COL
173 6 Veini Vehvilainen 🇫🇮 ↗ G 21 1 — 🧥 CBJ
178 6 Hunter Drew 🇨🇦 ↗ D 19 2 0 🦆 ANA
182 6 John Leonard 🇺🇸 ↗ LW 19 81 21 🦈 SJS via NSH
183 6 Cole Koepke 🇺🇸 ↗ LW 20 165 37 ⚡ TBL
193 7 Josiah Slavin 🇺🇸 ↗ LW 19 19 3 🪶 CHI
200 7 Tyler Tucker 🇨🇦 ↗ D 18 159 30 🎵 STL
204 7 Trey Fix-Wolansky 🇨🇦 ↗ RW 19 28 6 🧥 CBJ
19 1 Jay O'Brien 🇺🇸 — — — — 🔔 PHI
24 1 Filip Johansson 🇸🇪 — — — — 🌲 MIN
25 1 Dominik Bokk 🇩🇪 — — — — 🎵 STL via TOR
34 2 Serron Noel 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐆 FLA via ARI
36 2 Jared McIsaac 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐙 DET
37 2 Jett Woo 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐋 VAN
39 2 Olof Lindbom 🇸🇪 — — — — 🗽 NYR
41 2 Bode Wilde 🇨🇦 — — — — 🏝️ NYI
44 2 Albin Eriksson 🇸🇪 — — — — ⭐ DAL
47 2 Kody Clark 🇺🇸 — — — — 🦅 WSH via COL
48 2 Jonathan Tychonick 🇨🇦 — — — — 🏛️ OTT via NJD
56 2 Jacob Olofsson 🇸🇪 — — — — 🇨🇦 MTL via TOR
57 2 Axel Andersson 🇸🇪 — — — — 🐻 BOS
61 2 Ivan Morozov 🇷🇺 — — — — 🎰 VGK
68 3 Tyler Madden 🇺🇸 — — — — 🐋 VAN
69 3 Jake Wise 🇺🇸 — — — — 🪶 CHI
70 3 Jacob Ragnarsson 🇺🇸 — — — — 🗽 NYR
74 3 Niklas Nordgren 🇫🇮 — — — — 🪶 CHI via CGY
79 3 Blake McLaughlin 🇺🇸 — — — — 🦆 ANA via NJD
80 3 Marcus Karlberg 🇸🇪 — — — — 🧥 CBJ
81 3 Seth Barton 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐙 DET via PHI
82 3 Bulat Shafigullin 🇷🇺 — — — — 👑 LAK
83 3 Riley Stotts 🇨🇦 — — — — 🍁 TOR via SJS
84 3 Jesper Eliasson 🇸🇪 — — — — 🐙 DET via PIT
86 3 Alexander Khovanov 🇷🇺 — — — — 🌲 MIN
89 3 Logan Hutsko 🇺🇸 — — — — 🐆 FLA via NSH
90 3 Dmitry Semykin 🇷🇺 — — — — ⚡ TBL
93 3 Riley Sutter 🇨🇦 — — — — 🦅 WSH
94 4 Matej Pekar 🇨🇿 — — — — ⚔️ BUF
96 4 Luke Henman 🇨🇦 — — — — 🌪️ CAR via ARI
97 4 Allan McShane 🇨🇦 — — — — 🇨🇦 MTL
98 4 Ryan O'Reilly 🇺🇸 — — — — 🐙 DET
99 4 Stanislav Demin 🇺🇸 — — — — 🎰 VGK via VAN
100 4 Adam Mascherin 🇨🇦 — — — — ⭐ DAL via CHI
101 4 Nico Gross 🇨🇭 — — — — 🗽 NYR
103 4 Jacob Pivonka 🇺🇸 — — — — 🏝️ NYI
104 4 Lenni Killinen 🇫🇮 — — — — 🌪️ CAR
108 4 Demetrios Koumontzis 🇺🇸 — — — — 🔥 CGY via FLA
109 4 Tyler Weiss 🇺🇸 — — — — 🏔️ COL
110 4 Xavier Bernard 🇨🇦 — — — — 😈 NJD
111 4 Jachym Kondelik 🇩🇪 — — — — 🐯 NSH via CBJ
113 4 Aidan Dudas 🇨🇦 — — — — 👑 LAK
116 4 Jack Perbix 🇺🇸 — — — — 🦆 ANA
117 4 Linus Lindstrand Cronholm 🇸🇪 — — — — ⚔️ BUF via MIN
119 4 Curtis Hall 🇺🇸 — — — — 🐻 BOS
121 4 Alexander Green 🇺🇸 — — — — ⚡ TBL
122 4 Milos Roman 🇸🇰 — — — — 🔥 CGY via WPG
123 4 Jack Gorniak 🇺🇸 — — — — 🇨🇦 MTL via VGK
124 4 Mitchell Gibson 🇺🇸 ↗ G 19 — — 🦅 WSH
125 5 Miska Kukkonen 🇫🇮 — — — — ⚔️ BUF
127 5 Wyatte Wylie 🇺🇸 — — — — 🔔 PHI via ARI
128 5 Cole Fonstad 🇨🇦 — — — — 🇨🇦 MTL
129 5 Justin Almeida 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐧 PIT via DET
130 5 Toni Utunen 🇫🇮 — — — — 🐋 VAN
132 5 Lauri Pajuniemi 🇫🇮 — — — — 🗽 NYR
133 5 Samuel Houde 🇨🇦 — — — — 🇨🇦 MTL via EDM
134 5 Blade Jenkins 🇺🇸 — — — — 🏝️ NYI
135 5 Brandon Kruse 🇺🇸 — — — — 🎰 VGK via CAR
139 5 Mikael Hakkarainen 🇫🇮 — — — — 🪶 CHI via FLA
140 5 Brandon Saigeon 🇨🇦 — — — — 🏔️ COL
144 5 David Hrenak 🇸🇰 — — — — 👑 LAK
145 5 Dennis Busby 🇨🇦 — — — — 🌵 ARI via SJS
146 5 Danila Zhuravlyov 🇷🇺 — — — — 🏔️ COL via PIT
147 5 Roman Durny 🇸🇰 — — — — 🦆 ANA
148 5 Simon Johansson 🇸🇪 — — — — 🌲 MIN
151 5 Vladislav Yeryomenko 🇧🇾 — — — — 🐯 NSH
153 5 Giovanni Vallati 🇨🇦 — — — — ✈️ WPG
154 5 Connor Corcoran 🇨🇦 — — — — 🎰 VGK
158 6 David Tendeck 🇨🇦 — — — — 🌵 ARI
160 6 Victor Brattstrom 🇸🇪 ↗ G 21 — — 🐙 DET
161 6 Alex Kannok-Leipert 🇹🇭 — — — — 🦅 WSH via VAN
162 6 Alexis Gravel 🇩🇪 — — — — 🪶 CHI
163 6 Simon Kjellberg 🇺🇸 — — — — 🗽 NYR
165 6 Johan Sodergran 🇸🇪 — — — — 👑 LAK via NYI
166 6 Jesper Sellgren 🇸🇪 — — — — 🌪️ CAR
167 6 Mathias Emilio Pettersen 🇳🇴 — — — — 🔥 CGY
168 6 Dawson Barteaux 🇨🇦 — — — — ⭐ DAL
170 6 Justin Schutz 🇩🇪 — — — — 🐆 FLA
172 6 Mitchell Hoelscher 🇨🇦 — — — — 😈 NJD
174 6 Gavin Hain 🇺🇸 — — — — 🔔 PHI
175 6 Jacob Ingham 🇨🇦 ↗ G 18 — — 👑 LAK
176 6 Zachary Emond 🇨🇦 — — — — 🦈 SJS
177 6 Liam Gorman 🇺🇸 — — — — 🐧 PIT
179 6 Shawn Boudrias 🇨🇦 — — — — 🌲 MIN
180 6 Peter Diliberatore 🇨🇦 — — — — 🎰 VGK via TOR
181 6 Dustyn McFaul 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐻 BOS
184 6 Jared Moe 🇺🇸 — — — — ✈️ WPG
185 6 Xavier Bouchard 🇨🇦 — — — — 🎰 VGK
186 6 Artyom Manukyan 🇷🇺 — — — — 🐋 VAN via WSH
187 7 William Worge Kreu 🇸🇪 — — — — ⚔️ BUF
188 7 Jakov Novak 🇨🇦 — — — — 🏛️ OTT
189 7 Liam Kirk 🇬🇧 — — — — 🌵 ARI
190 7 Brett Stapley 🇨🇦 — — — — 🇨🇦 MTL
191 7 Otto Kivenmaki 🇫🇮 — — — — 🐙 DET
192 7 Matthew Thiessen 🇨🇦 — — — — 🐋 VAN
194 7 Luke Loheit 🇺🇸 — — — — 🏛️ OTT via NYR
195 7 Patrik Siikanen 🇫🇮 — — — — 🛢️ EDM
196 7 Christian Krygier 🇺🇸 — — — — 🏝️ NYI
197 7 Jacob Kucharski 🇺🇸 — — — — 🌪️ CAR
198 7 Dmitry Zavgorodniy 🇷🇺 — — — — 🔥 CGY
199 7 Jermaine Loewen 🇯🇲 — — — — ⭐ DAL
201 7 Cole Krygier 🇺🇸 — — — — 🐆 FLA
202 7 Shamil Shmakov 🇷🇺 — — — — 🏔️ COL
203 7 Eetu Pakkila 🇫🇮 — — — — 😈 NJD
205 7 Marcus Westfalt 🇸🇪 — — — — 🔔 PHI
206 7 Radim Salda 🇨🇿 — — — — ⚡ TBL via LAK
207 7 Santtu Kinnunen 🇫🇮 — — — — 🐆 FLA via SJS
208 7 Jordan Kooy 🇨🇦 — — — — 🎰 VGK via PIT
209 7 Zachary Bouthillier 🇨🇦 — — — — 🍁 TOR via ANA
210 7 Sam Hentges 🇺🇸 — — — — 🌲 MIN
211 7 Semyon Kizimov 🇷🇺 — — — — 🍁 TOR
212 7 Pavel Shen 🇷🇺 — — — — 🐻 BOS
213 7 Milan Kloucek 🇨🇿 — — — — 🐯 NSH
214 7 Ty Taylor 🇨🇦 — — — — ⚡ TBL
215 7 Austin Wong 🇨🇦 — — — — ✈️ WPG
216 7 Riley Hughes 🇺🇸 — — — — 🗽 NYR via VGK
217 7 Eric Florchuk 🇨🇦 — — — — 🦅 WSH