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2023 NHL Draft

Drew Fortescue in the 2023 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Drew Fortescue 90th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 3.

It was the second of the 5 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 38th in the class.

Overall pick
90
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 26
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 87–93 in the 2023 draft

  1. 87Egor ZavraginGPHI
  2. 88Vadim MorozRARI
  3. 89Sawyer MynioDVAN
  4. 90Drew FortescueD9 GP · 2 PNYR
  5. 91Emil PieniniemiDPIT
  6. 92Christopher PelosiCBOS
  7. 93Jiri FelcmanCCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2023 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2023 class

90th
of 224 players selected
23rd
of 69 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Connor BedardC231 GP · 217 PCHI
  2. 2Leo CarlssonC218 GP · 167 PANA
  3. 3Adam FantilliC228 GP · 146 PCBJ
  4. 4Will SmithC162 GP · 117 PSJS
  5. 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTL
  6. 6Dmitri SimashevD46 GP · 6 PARI
  7. 7Matvei MichkovR179 GP · 127 PPHI
  8. 8Ryan LeonardR99 GP · 57 PWSH
  9. 9Nate DanielsonC41 GP · 9 PDET
  10. 10Dalibor DvorskyR90 GP · 26 PSTL

+ 214 more

The 2023 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Drew Fortescue made his NHL debut on March 27, 2026, 2 years and 271 days after the draft.

9
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 2023 draft

  1. 23Gabe PerreaultR72 GP · 36 PNYR
  2. 90Drew FortescueD9 GP · 2 PNYR
  3. 152Rasmus LarssonDNYR
  4. 178Dylan RoobroeckCNYR
  5. 183Ty HenricksLNYR