2007 NHL Draft
Max Pacioretty in the 2007 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Max Pacioretty 22nd overall in the 2007 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 9 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2007, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. His 939 games put him 14th in the class, but only 6 have scored more points than his 681.
- Overall pick
- 22
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 22
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 19–25 in the 2007 draft
- 19Logan MacmillanCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 20Angelo EspositoCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 21Riley NashC628 GP · 176 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Max PaciorettyL939 GP · 681 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 23Jonathon BlumD110 GP · 24 PNSHNashville Predators
- 24Mikael BacklundC1162 GP · 611 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 25Patrick WhiteCVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2007 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Patrick KaneR1384 GP · 1409 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2James van RiemsdykL1154 GP · 696 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 3Kyle TurrisC776 GP · 425 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 4Thomas HickeyD456 GP · 117 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 5Karl AlznerD686 GP · 130 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 6Sam GagnerC1043 GP · 529 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Jakub VoracekR1058 GP · 806 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 8Zach HamillC20 GP · 4 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Logan CoutureC933 GP · 701 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 10Keaton EllerbyD212 GP · 27 PFLAFlorida Panthers
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Max Pacioretty made his NHL debut on January 2, 2009, 1 year and 194 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2007 draft
- 12Ryan McDonaghD1073 GP · 445 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 22Max PaciorettyL939 GP · 681 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43P.K. SubbanD834 GP · 467 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 65Olivier FortierCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 73Yannick WeberD499 GP · 94 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 133Joe StejskalDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 142Andrew ConboyLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 163Nichlas TorpDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 192Scott KishelDMTLMontréal Canadiens