2016 NHL Draft
Kasper Bjorkqvist in the 2016 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Kasper Bjorkqvist 61st overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 31st pick of round 2.
He was the sixth of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 97th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 61
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 31
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 58–64 in the 2016 draft
- 58Taylor RaddyshR379 GP · 120 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 59Evan FitzpatrickGNo NHL gamesSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 60Dylan GambrellC233 GP · 40 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 61Kasper BjorkqvistR6 GP · 1 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 62Joseph WollG125 GP · 64 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 63Markus NiemelainenD43 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 64William LockwoodR54 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
6th
of 15 Finns selected
41st
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 23Henrik BorgstromC111 GP · 26 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 43Janne KuokkanenC119 GP · 42 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 61Kasper BjorkqvistR6 GP · 1 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 63Markus NiemelainenD43 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 98Tarmo ReunanenD4 GP · 1 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 120Otto KoivulaL28 GP · 4 PNYINew York Islanders
- 135Joona KoppanenL33 GP · 3 PBOSBoston Bruins
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kasper Bjorkqvist made his NHL debut on January 2, 2022, 5 years and 191 days after the draft.
6
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2016 draft
- 55Filip GustavssonG219 GP · 111 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 61Kasper BjorkqvistR6 GP · 1 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 77Connor HallDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 121Ryan JonesDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 151Niclas AlmariDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 181Joseph MasoniusDPITPittsburgh Penguins