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Year-By-Year NHL Draft Breakdown

Year-By-Year NHL Draft Results

2010-Present NHL Drafts

Jack Eichel, 2015 NHL Draft, 2nd Overall

Highest American Drafted

Last Five Years

Year Player Pick Team
2023 Will Smith 4 San Jose Sharks
2022 Logan Cooley 3 Arizona Coyotes
2021 Matty Beniers 2 Seattle Kraken
2020 Jake Sanderson 5 Ottawa Senators
2019 Jack Hughes 1 New Jersey Devils

2000-09 NHL Drafts

Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk, 2007 NHL Draft, 1st and 2nd Overall

1990-99 NHL Drafts

Bryan Berard, 1995 NHL Draft, 1st Overall

1980-89 NHL Drafts

Brian Lawton, 1983 NHL Draft, 1st Overall

1968-79 NHL Drafts

Mike Ramsey, 1979 NHL Draft, 11th Overall