2017 NHL Draft
Eeli Tolvanen in the 2017 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Eeli Tolvanen 30th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
He was the sixth of the 23 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 440 games put him 15th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 30
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 30
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 27–33 in the 2017 draft
- 27Morgan FrostC408 GP · 200 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 28Shane BowersC13 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Eeli TolvanenR440 GP · 196 PNSHNashville Predators
- 31Klim KostinC190 GP · 53 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 32Conor TimminsD198 GP · 54 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 33Kole LindR31 GP · 8 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
6th
of 23 Finns selected
20th
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 VälimäkiD279 GP · 75 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 24Kristian VesalainenL70 GP · 5 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Eeli TolvanenR440 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
Eeli Tolvanen made his NHL debut on March 31, 2018, 281 days after the draft.
440
Games
96
Goals
100
Assists
196
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2017 draft
- 30Eeli TolvanenR440 GP · 196 PNSHNashville Predators
- 61Grant MismashLNSHNashville Predators
- 92David FarranceD2 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 154Tomas VomackaGNSHNashville Predators
- 176Pavel KoltyginCNSHNashville Predators
- 216Jacob PaquetteDNSHNashville Predators