2014 NHL Draft
Aaron Ekblad in the 2014 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Aaron Ekblad first overall in the 2014 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 818.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 2014 draft
- 1Aaron EkbladD818 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Sam ReinhartC855 GP · 696 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 3Leon DraisaitlC871 GP · 1082 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 4Sam BennettC783 GP · 401 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
1st
of 210 players selected
1st
of 64 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Aaron EkbladD818 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Sam ReinhartC855 GP · 696 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 3Leon DraisaitlC871 GP · 1082 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 4Sam BennettC783 GP · 401 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 5Michael Dal ColleL112 GP · 21 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Jake VirtanenR317 GP · 100 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 7Haydn FleuryD356 GP · 49 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 8William NylanderR767 GP · 712 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Nikolaj EhlersL773 GP · 605 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Nick RitchieL481 GP · 186 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 200 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aaron Ekblad made his NHL debut on October 9, 2014, 104 days after the draft.
818
Games
123
Goals
288
Assists
411
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2014 draft
- 1Aaron EkbladD818 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 32Jayce HawrylukR98 GP · 27 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 65Juho LammikkoC183 GP · 28 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 92Joe WegwerthRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 143Miguel FidlerLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 182Hugo FagerblomGFLAFlorida Panthers