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2016 NHL Draft

Ross Colton in the 2016 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Ross Colton 118th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 27th pick of round 4.

It was the sixth of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 421 games put him 24th in the class.

Overall pick
118
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 27
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 115–121 in the 2016 draft

  1. 115Alex DostieCANA
  2. 116Rhett GardnerC41 GP · 2 PDAL
  3. 117Damien RiatLWSH
  4. 118Ross ColtonC421 GP · 184 PTBL
  5. 119Tanner KaspickCSTL
  6. 120Otto KoivulaL28 GP · 4 PNYI
  7. 121Ryan JonesDPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2016 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2016 class

118th
of 211 players selected
70th
of 118 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Auston MatthewsC707 GP · 807 PTOR
  2. 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPG
  3. 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC637 GP · 436 PCBJ
  4. 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDM
  5. 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVAN
  6. 6Matthew TkachukL690 GP · 695 PCGY
  7. 7Clayton KellerR701 GP · 620 PARI
  8. 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUF
  9. 9Mikhail SergachevD648 GP · 389 PMTL
  10. 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOL

+ 201 more

The 2016 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ross Colton made his NHL debut on February 24, 2021, 4 years and 244 days after the draft.

421
Games
94
Goals
90
Assists
184
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2016 draft

  1. 27Brett HowdenC507 GP · 171 PTBL
  2. 37Libor HajekD110 GP · 12 PTBL
  3. 44Boris KatchoukL179 GP · 36 PTBL
  4. 58Taylor RaddyshR379 GP · 120 PTBL
  5. 88Connor IngramG134 GP · 55 WTBL
  6. 118Ross ColtonC421 GP · 184 PTBL
  7. 148Christopher PaquetteCTBL
  8. 178Oleg SosunovDTBL
  9. 206Otto SomppiCTBL
  10. 208Ryan LohinCTBL