NHL Draft history

Static NHL Draft history pages.

This page turns the local NHL draft-history archive into crawlable year, team, and position pages. The static pages cover 1990 through 2025 and link back to the interactive Draft History tool for deeper filtering.

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Draft years

Year pages are the strongest history entry points for users searching a specific class. Each page includes pick number, team, position, source club, country, and NHL-status context from the local archive.

2025 NHL Draft

224 picks tracked. First overall: Matthew Schaefer to New York Islanders.

2024 NHL Draft

225 picks tracked. First overall: Macklin Celebrini to San Jose Sharks.

2023 NHL Draft

223 picks tracked. First overall: Connor Bedard to Chicago Blackhawks.

2022 NHL Draft

225 picks tracked. First overall: Juraj Slafkovský to Montreal Canadiens.

2021 NHL Draft

224 picks tracked. First overall: Owen Power to Buffalo Sabres.

2020 NHL Draft

217 picks tracked. First overall: Alexis Lafrenière to New York Rangers.

2019 NHL Draft

217 picks tracked. First overall: Jack Hughes to New Jersey Devils.

2018 NHL Draft

217 picks tracked. First overall: Rasmus Dahlin to Buffalo Sabres.

2017 NHL Draft

217 picks tracked. First overall: Nico Hischier to New Jersey Devils.

2016 NHL Draft

210 picks tracked. First overall: Auston Matthews to Toronto Maple Leafs.

2015 NHL Draft

211 picks tracked. First overall: Connor McDavid to Edmonton Oilers.

2014 NHL Draft

209 picks tracked. First overall: Aaron Ekblad to Florida Panthers.

2013 NHL Draft

211 picks tracked. First overall: Nathan MacKinnon to Colorado Avalanche.

2012 NHL Draft

210 picks tracked. First overall: Nail Yakupov to Edmonton Oilers.

2011 NHL Draft

208 picks tracked. First overall: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to Edmonton Oilers.

2010 NHL Draft

209 picks tracked. First overall: Taylor Hall to Edmonton Oilers.

2009 NHL Draft

210 picks tracked. First overall: John Tavares to New York Islanders.

2008 NHL Draft

210 picks tracked. First overall: Steven Stamkos to Tampa Bay Lightning.

2007 NHL Draft

211 picks tracked. First overall: Patrick Kane to Chicago Blackhawks.

2006 NHL Draft

212 picks tracked. First overall: Erik Johnson to St. Louis Blues.

2005 NHL Draft

230 picks tracked. First overall: Sidney Crosby to Pittsburgh Penguins.

2004 NHL Draft

289 picks tracked. First overall: Alex Ovechkin to Washington Capitals.

2003 NHL Draft

288 picks tracked. First overall: Marc-Andre Fleury to Pittsburgh Penguins.

2002 NHL Draft

287 picks tracked. First overall: Rick Nash to Columbus Blue Jackets.

2001 NHL Draft

285 picks tracked. First overall: Ilya Kovalchuk to Atlanta Thrashers.

2000 NHL Draft

287 picks tracked. First overall: Rick DiPietro to New York Islanders.

1999 NHL Draft

262 picks tracked. First overall: Patrik Stefan to Atlanta Thrashers.

1998 NHL Draft

251 picks tracked. First overall: Vincent Lecavalier to Tampa Bay Lightning.

1997 NHL Draft

239 picks tracked. First overall: Joe Thornton to Boston Bruins.

1996 NHL Draft

232 picks tracked. First overall: Chris Phillips to Ottawa Senators.

1995 NHL Draft

230 picks tracked. First overall: Bryan Berard to Ottawa Senators.

1994 NHL Draft

283 picks tracked. First overall: Ed Jovanovski to Florida Panthers.

1993 NHL Draft

282 picks tracked. First overall: Alexandre Daigle to Ottawa Senators.

1992 NHL Draft

261 picks tracked. First overall: Roman Hamrlik to Tampa Bay Lightning.

1991 NHL Draft

263 picks tracked. First overall: Eric Lindros to Quebec Nordiques.

1990 NHL Draft

249 picks tracked. First overall: Owen Nolan to Quebec Nordiques.

Teams

Team pages group the same local archive by selecting team, including traded-pick context where available. They are designed for searches like team draft history, recent first-round picks, and prospect-rights review.