2017 NHL Draft
Aleksi Heponiemi in the 2017 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Aleksi Heponiemi 40th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.
He was the seventh of the 23 Finns selected that year. It was the second of the 5 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 25 games put him 81st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 40
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 9
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 37–43 in the 2017 draft
- 37Marcus DavidssonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Gustav LindströmD174 GP · 35 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 39Jason RobertsonL471 GP · 508 PDALDallas Stars
- 40Aleksi HeponiemiC25 GP · 6 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 41Jaret Anderson-DolanC134 GP · 29 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 42Eetu LuostarinenC463 GP · 166 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 43Dylan SambergD298 GP · 71 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
7th
of 23 Finns selected
27th
of 117 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 16Juuso VälimäkiD278 GP · 75 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 24Kristian VesalainenL70 GP · 5 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Eeli TolvanenR439 GP · 196 PNSHNashville Predators
- 40Aleksi HeponiemiC25 GP · 6 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 42Eetu LuostarinenC463 GP · 166 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYINew York Islanders
- 54Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG200 GP · 97 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 13 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aleksi Heponiemi made his NHL debut on January 30, 2021, 3 years and 220 days after the draft.
25
Games
2
Goals
4
Assists
6
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2017 draft
- 10Owen TippettR439 GP · 238 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 40Aleksi HeponiemiC25 GP · 6 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 66Max GildonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 133Tyler InamotoDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 184Sebastian RepoRFLAFlorida Panthers