2013 NHL Draft
Saku Maenalanen in the 2013 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Saku Maenalanen 125th overall in the 2013 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 5.
He was the fifth of the 11 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth of the 10 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2013, 106 have played in the NHL regular season. His 98 games put him 71st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 125
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 4
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 122–128 in the 2013 draft
- 122Christopher ClappertonLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 123Will ButcherD275 GP · 114 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 124Kristers GudlevskisG3 GP · 1 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 125Saku MaenalanenR98 GP · 18 PNSHNashville Predators
- 126Brent PedersenLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 127Tucker PoolmanD163 GP · 23 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 128Evan CampbellLEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2013 class
5th
of 11 Finns selected
79th
of 121 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Aleksander BarkovC806 GP · 782 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Rasmus RistolainenD824 GP · 319 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Artturi LehkonenL677 GP · 353 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Juuse SarosG478 GP · 234 WNSHNashville Predators
- 125Saku MaenalanenR98 GP · 18 PNSHNashville Predators
- 154Henri IkonenLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 173Santeri SaariDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 177Miro AaltonenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 182Aleksi MakelaDDALDallas Stars
- 184Saku SalminenCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Saku Maenalanen made his NHL debut on December 7, 2018, 5 years and 160 days after the draft.
98
Games
8
Goals
10
Assists
18
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2013 draft
- 4Seth JonesD928 GP · 492 PNSHNashville Predators
- 64Jonathan-Ismael DiabyDNSHNashville Predators
- 95Felix GirardCNSHNashville Predators
- 99Juuse SarosG478 GP · 234 WNSHNashville Predators
- 125Saku MaenalanenR98 GP · 18 PNSHNashville Predators
- 140Teemu KivihalmeDNSHNashville Predators
- 155Emil PetterssonCNSHNashville Predators
- 171Tommy VeilleuxLNSHNashville Predators
- 185Wade MurphyRNSHNashville Predators
- 203Janne JuvonenGNSHNashville Predators