Friday night marked Day 1 of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a record (welcome again Vegas Golden Knights) 31 players were selected in the 1st Round. In case you missed any of the action, here’s how it all broke down.
2017 NHL Entry Draft– Round 1
- New Jersey Devils–> C Nico Hischier, Halifax (QMJHL)
- Philadelphia Flyers–> C Nolan Patrick, Brandon (OHL)
- Dallas Stars–> D Miro Heiskanen, HIFK, (Finland)
- Colorado Avalanche–> D Cale Makar, Brooks (AJHL)
- Vancouver Canucks–> C Elias Pettersson, Timra (SWE-2)
- Vegas Golden Knights–> C Cody Glass, Portland (WHL)
- New York Rangers (from Arizona)–> C Lias Andersson, HV71 (Sweden)
- Buffalo Sabres–> C Casey Mittelstadt, Eden Prairie (HS-MN)
- Detroit Red Wings–> C Michael Rasmussen, Tri-City (WHL)
- Florida Panthers–> RW Owen Tippett, Mississauga (OHL)
- Los Angeles Kings–> C Gabriel Vilardi, Windsor (OHL)
- Carolina Hurricanes–> C Martin Necas, Brno (Czech Republic)
- Vegas Golden Knights (from Winnipeg)–> C Nick Suzuki, Owen Sound (OHL)
- Tampa Bay Lightning–> D Callan Foote, Kelowna (WHL)
- Vegas Golden Knights (from N.Y. Islanders)–> D Erik Brannstrom, HV71 (Sweden)
- Calgary Flames–> D Juuso Valimaki, Tri-City (WHL)
- Toronto Maple Leafs–> D Timothy Liljegren, Rogle BK (Sweden)
- Boston Bruins–> D Urho Vaakanainen, JYP (Finland)
- San Jose Sharks–> C Josh Norris, USA U-18 (USHL)
- St. Louis Blues–> C Robert Thomas, London (OHL)
- New York Rangers–> C Filip Chytil, Zlin (Czech Republic)
- Edmonton Oilers–> RW Kailer Yamamoto, Spokane (WHL)
- Arizona Coyotes (from Minnesota)–> D Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Charlottetown (QMJHL)
- Winnipeg Jets (from Columbus via Vegas)–> LW/RW Kristian Vesalainen, Frolunda (Sweden)
- Montreal Canadiens–> C Ryan Poehling, St. Cloud State (NCHC)
- Dallas Stars (from Chicago)–> G Jake Oettinger, Boston University (Hockey-East)
- Philadelphia Flyers (from Washington via St. Louis)–> C Morgan Frost, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
- Ottawa Senators–> C Shane Bowers, Waterloo (USHL)
- Chicago Blackhawks (from Dallas via Anaheim)–> D Henri Jokiharju, Portland (WHL)
- Nashville Predators–> RW Eeli Tolvanen, Sioux City (USHL)
- St. Louis Blues (from Pittsburgh)–> C/LW Klim Kostin, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
Trades Made on Day 1 of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft
- The Arizona Coyotes traded D Connor Murphy and F Laurent Dauhpin to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for D Niklas Hjalmarsson.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired F Artemi Panarin, F Tyler Motte and a 2017 6th round pick (170th overall) from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for F Brandon Saad, G Anton Forsberg and a 2018 5th round pick.
- The Arizona Coyotes traded D Anthony DeAngelo and a 2017 1st round pick (7th overall) to the New York Rangers for F Derek Stepan and G Antti Raanta.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired F Jordan Schroeder from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for F Dante Salituro.
- The Chicago Blackhawks traded a 2017 1st round pick (26th overall) to the Dallas Stars for a 2017 1st round pick (29th overall) and a 2017 3rd round pick (70th overall).
- The St. Louis Blues acquired F Brayden Schenn from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for F Jori Lehtera, a 2017 1st round pick (27th overall), and a conditional 2018 1st round pick.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins traded F Oskar Sundqvist and a 2017 1st round pick (31st overall) to the St. Louis Blues and acquired F Ryan Reaves and a 2017 2nd round pick (51st overall) in return.
