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Joel Armia in the 2011 NHL Draft

Buffalo Sabres selected Joel Armia 16th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 10 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 667 games put him 32nd in the class.

Overall pick
16
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 16
Drafting team
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

Picks 13–19 in the 2011 draft

  1. 13Sven BaertschiL292 GP · 138 PCGY
  2. 14Jamie OleksiakD773 GP · 167 PDAL
  3. 15J.T. MillerC955 GP · 774 PNYR
  4. 16Joel ArmiaR667 GP · 238 PBUF
  5. 17Nathan BeaulieuD471 GP · 98 PMTL
  6. 18Mark McNeillC2 GP · 0 PCHI
  7. 19Oscar KlefbomD378 GP · 156 PEDM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 2011 class

1st
of 10 Finns selected
10th
of 119 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 16Joel ArmiaR667 GP · 238 PBUF
  2. 45Markus GranlundC335 GP · 101 PCGY
  3. 49Christopher GibsonG16 GP · 4 WLAK
  4. 51Alexander RuuttuCPHX
  5. 52Miikka SalomakiR167 GP · 27 PNSH
  6. 62Samu PerhonenGEDM
  7. 182Frans TuohimaaGEDM
  8. 184Iiro PakarinenR134 GP · 23 PFLA
  9. 192Teemu EronenDSTL
  10. 195Jyrki JokipakkaD150 GP · 28 PDAL

The road to the NHL

Joel Armia made his NHL debut on December 23, 2014, 3 years and 182 days after the draft.

667
Games
119
Goals
119
Assists
238
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2011 draft

  1. 16Joel ArmiaR667 GP · 238 PBUF
  2. 77Daniel CatenacciC12 GP · 0 PBUF
  3. 107Colin JacobsCBUF
  4. 137Alex LepkowskiDBUF
  5. 167Nathan LieuwenG7 GP · 1 WBUF
  6. 197Brad NavinCBUF