2024 NHL Draft
Carter Yakemchuk in the 2024 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Carter Yakemchuk 7th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 23 have played in the NHL regular season. His 18 games put him 14th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2024 draft
- 4Cayden LindstromCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Tij IginlaCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 7Carter YakemchukD18 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 8Berkly CattonC81 GP · 29 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Zayne ParekhD54 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2024 class
7th
of 225 players selected
2nd
of 77 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Macklin CelebriniC167 GP · 195 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 2Artyom LevshunovD102 GP · 33 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 3Beckett SenneckeR97 GP · 76 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Cayden LindstromCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Tij IginlaCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 7Carter YakemchukD18 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 8Berkly CattonC81 GP · 29 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Zayne ParekhD54 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 215 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Carter Yakemchuk made his NHL debut on March 24, 2026, 1 year and 269 days after the draft.
18
Games
2
Goals
3
Assists
5
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2024 draft
- 7Carter YakemchukD18 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 39Gabriel EliassonDOTTOttawa Senators
- 104Lucas EllinasLOTTOttawa Senators
- 112Javon MooreLOTTOttawa Senators
- 117Blake MontgomeryLOTTOttawa Senators
- 136Eerik WalleniusDOTTOttawa Senators