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2016 NHL Draft

Libor Hajek in the 2016 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Libor Hajek 37th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 2.

He was the first of the 4 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 110 games put him 60th in the class.

Overall pick
37
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 7
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 34–40 in the 2016 draft

  1. 34Andrew PeekeD402 GP · 81 PCBJ
  2. 35Jordan KyrouR502 GP · 392 PSTL
  3. 36Pascal LabergeCPHI
  4. 37Libor HajekD110 GP · 12 PTBL
  5. 38Adam MascherinLFLA
  6. 39Alex DeBrincatR712 GP · 611 PCHI
  7. 40Cam MorrisonLCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2016 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2016 class

1st
of 4 Czechs selected
11th
of 75 defensemen selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 37Libor HajekD110 GP · 12 PTBL
  2. 53Filip HronekD550 GP · 299 PDET
  3. 130Vojtech BudikDBUF
  4. 211Filip HeltLSTL
Every pick from Czechia in the 2016 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Libor Hajek made his NHL debut on March 1, 2019, 2 years and 249 days after the draft.

110
Games
4
Goals
8
Assists
12
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2016 draft

  1. 27Brett HowdenC506 GP · 171 PTBL
  2. 37Libor HajekD110 GP · 12 PTBL
  3. 44Boris KatchoukL179 GP · 36 PTBL
  4. 58Taylor RaddyshR379 GP · 120 PTBL
  5. 88Connor IngramG134 GP · 55 WTBL
  6. 118Ross ColtonC419 GP · 182 PTBL
  7. 148Christopher PaquetteCTBL
  8. 178Oleg SosunovDTBL
  9. 206Otto SomppiCTBL
  10. 208Ryan LohinCTBL