2017 NHL Draft
Martin Necas in the 2017 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Martin Necas 12th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 9 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 536, and only 6 have scored more points than his 445.
- Overall pick
- 12
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 12
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 9–15 in the 2017 draft
- 9Michael RasmussenC471 GP · 158 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Owen TippettR440 GP · 238 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 11Gabriel VilardiC369 GP · 252 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 12Martin NecasC536 GP · 445 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 13Nick SuzukiC547 GP · 491 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 14Cal FooteD145 GP · 20 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 15Erik BrännströmD294 GP · 77 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
1st
of 9 Czechs selected
10th
of 117 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 12Martin NecasC536 GP · 445 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 21Filip ChytilC412 GP · 175 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 114Petr KvacaGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 115Ostap SafinREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 150Jakub GalvasD6 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 154Tomas VomackaGNSHNashville Predators
- 157Dominik LakatosCNYRNew York Rangers
- 161Jiri PateraG9 GP · 3 WVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 204Daniel BukacDBOSBoston Bruins
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Martin Necas made his NHL debut on October 17, 2017, 116 days after the draft.
536
Games
169
Goals
276
Assists
445
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2017 draft
- 12Martin NecasC536 GP · 445 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 42Eetu LuostarinenC463 GP · 166 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 52Luke MartinDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 67Morgan GeekieC431 GP · 240 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 73Stelio MattheosRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 104Eetu MakiniemiG2 GP · 1 WCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 166Brendan De JongDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 197Ville RasanenDCARCarolina Hurricanes