2015 NHL Draft
Aleksi Saarela in the 2015 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Aleksi Saarela 89th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 3.
He was the sixth of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 105th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 89
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 28
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 86–92 in the 2015 draft
- 86Mike RobinsonGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 87Lukas VejdemoC13 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 88Thomas SchemitschDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 90Matej TomekGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 91Dennis GilbertD124 GP · 23 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 92Will BorgenD389 GP · 87 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
6th
of 14 Finns selected
55th
of 114 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 10Mikko RantanenR731 GP · 800 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 35Sebastian AhoC773 GP · 732 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 49Roope HintzC536 GP · 434 PDALDallas Stars
- 59Julius NattinenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 73Vili SaarijarviDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 118Jonne TammelaRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 127Niko MikkolaD412 GP · 77 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 141Veeti VainioDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 163Markus RuusuGDALDallas Stars
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aleksi Saarela made his NHL debut in the playoffs on April 20, 2019, 3 years and 297 days after the draft.
9
Games
2
Goals
2
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 2015 draft
- 41Ryan GroppLNYRNew York Rangers
- 62Robin KovacsRNYRNew York Rangers
- 79Sergey ZborovskiyDNYRNew York Rangers
- 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 113Brad MorrisonCNYRNew York Rangers
- 119Daniel BernhardtRNYRNew York Rangers
- 184Adam HuskaG1 GP · 0 WNYRNew York Rangers