2016 NHL Draft
Patrik Laine in the 2016 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Patrik Laine 2nd overall in the 2016 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 537 games put him 14th in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 422.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- WPGWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2016 draft
- 1Auston MatthewsC706 GP · 806 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC636 GP · 434 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 23Henrik BorgstromC111 GP · 26 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 43Janne KuokkanenC119 GP · 42 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 61Kasper BjorkqvistR6 GP · 1 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 63Markus NiemelainenD43 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 98Tarmo ReunanenD4 GP · 1 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 120Otto KoivulaL28 GP · 4 PNYINew York Islanders
- 135Joona KoppanenL33 GP · 3 PBOSBoston Bruins
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Patrik Laine made his NHL debut on October 13, 2016, 111 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2016 draft
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 18Logan StanleyD293 GP · 67 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 79Luke GreenDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 97Jacob CederholmDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 127Jordy StallardCWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 157Mikhail BerdinGNo NHL gamesWPGWinnipeg Jets