2014 NHL Draft
Max Willman in the 2014 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Max Willman 121st overall in the 2014 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 5.
It was the seventh of the 9 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 68 games put him 74th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 121
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 1
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 118–124 in the 2014 draft
- 118Igor ShesterkinG330 GP · 190 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 119Ben ThomasD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 120Steven JohnsonDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 121Max WillmanC68 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 122Richard NejezchlebLNYRNew York Rangers
- 123Matthew BerkovitzDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 124Jaedon DescheneauRSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
121st
of 210 players selected
70th
of 125 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Aaron EkbladD818 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Sam ReinhartC855 GP · 696 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 3Leon DraisaitlC872 GP · 1084 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 4Sam BennettC783 GP · 401 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 5Michael Dal ColleL112 GP · 21 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Jake VirtanenR317 GP · 100 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 7Haydn FleuryD357 GP · 50 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 8William NylanderR767 GP · 712 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Nikolaj EhlersL774 GP · 605 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Nick RitchieL481 GP · 186 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 200 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Max Willman made his NHL debut on October 15, 2021, 7 years and 109 days after the draft.
68
Games
7
Goals
3
Assists
10
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2014 draft
- 2Sam ReinhartC855 GP · 696 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 31Brendan LemieuxL307 GP · 74 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 44Eric CornelCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 49Vaclav KarabacekRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 61Jonas JohanssonG109 GP · 44 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 74Brycen MartinDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 121Max WillmanC68 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 151Christopher BrownCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 181Victor OlofssonL453 GP · 248 PBUFBuffalo Sabres