2016 NHL Draft
Rhett Gardner in the 2016 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Rhett Gardner 116th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 4.
It was the third of the 6 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 41 games put him 80th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 116
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 25
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 113–119 in the 2016 draft
- 113Nathan NoelCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 114Riley StillmanD167 GP · 26 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 115Alex DostieCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 116Rhett GardnerC41 GP · 2 PDALDallas Stars
- 117Damien RiatLWSHWashington Capitals
- 118Ross ColtonC419 GP · 182 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 119Tanner KaspickCSTLSt. Louis Blues
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 off the board
- 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
- 6Matthew TkachukL689 GP · 692 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Clayton KellerR699 GP · 617 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Mikhail SergachevD646 GP · 388 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rhett Gardner made his NHL debut on October 5, 2019, 3 years and 102 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 2016 draft
- 25Riley TufteL28 GP · 4 PDALDallas Stars
- 90Fredrik KarlströmC8 GP · 1 PDALDallas Stars
- 116Rhett GardnerC41 GP · 2 PDALDallas Stars
- 128Colton PointGDALDallas Stars
- 146Nick CaamanoR36 GP · 3 PDALDallas Stars
- 176Jakob StenqvistDDALDallas Stars