2020 NHL Draft
Mikael Pyyhtia in the 2020 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Mikael Pyyhtia 114th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 4.
He was the eleventh of the 17 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 5 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 71 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 114
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 21
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 111–117 in the 2020 draft
- 111Mitchell MillerDARIArizona Coyotes
- 112Juho MarkkanenGLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 113Jackson KunzLVANVancouver Canucks
- 114Mikael PyyhtiaL71 GP · 11 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 115Zion NybeckLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 116Eamon PowellDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 117Bogdan TrineyevR2 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 12Anton LundellC375 GP · 207 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 33Roby JarventieL10 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 52Joel BlomqvistG15 GP · 4 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 59Roni HirvonenCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 64Topi NiemelaDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 66Kasper SimontaivalRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 70Eemil ViroDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 71Leevi MeriläinenG46 GP · 18 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 82Joni JurmoDVANVancouver Canucks
- 112Juho MarkkanenGLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikael Pyyhtia made his NHL debut on April 13, 2023, 2 years and 188 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2020 draft
- 21Egor ChinakhovR259 GP · 117 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 78Samuel KnazkoD2 GP · 0 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 114Mikael PyyhtiaL71 GP · 11 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 145Ole Julian Bjorgvik-HolmDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 176Samuel JohannessonDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets