2017 NHL Draft
Cale Makar in the 2017 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Cale Makar 4th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 485, and only one has scored more points than his 525.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2017 draft
- 1Nico HischierC624 GP · 498 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 2Nolan PatrickC222 GP · 77 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 4Cale MakarD485 GP · 525 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Cody GlassC337 GP · 121 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
4th
of 217 players selected
2nd
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nico HischierC624 GP · 498 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 2Nolan PatrickC222 GP · 77 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 4Cale MakarD485 GP · 525 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Cody GlassC337 GP · 121 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Casey MittelstadtC525 GP · 287 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Michael RasmussenC470 GP · 158 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Owen TippettR439 GP · 238 PFLAFlorida Panthers
+ 207 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Cale Makar made his NHL debut in the playoffs on April 15, 2019, 1 year and 296 days after the draft.
485
Games
140
Goals
385
Assists
525
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 2017 draft
- 4Cale MakarD485 GP · 525 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 32Conor TimminsD198 GP · 54 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 94Nick HenryRCOLColorado Avalanche
- 114Petr KvacaGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 125Igor ShvyrevCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 156Denis SmirnovRCOLColorado Avalanche
- 187Nick LeivermannDCOLColorado Avalanche