2015 NHL Draft
Sami Niku in the 2015 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Sami Niku 198th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 7.
He was the 14th of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh of the 8 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 67 games put him 85th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 198
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 17
- Drafting team
- WPGWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 195–201 in the 2015 draft
- 195Jack BeckerCBOSBoston Bruins
- 196Riley BruceDCGYCalgary Flames
- 197Nikita PavlychevCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 198Sami NikuD67 GP · 16 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 199Joey DaccordG181 GP · 73 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 200Adam MarshLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 201Gustav BourammanDMINMinnesota Wild
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
14th
of 14 Finns selected
68th
of 73 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 10Mikko RantanenR732 GP · 801 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 35Sebastian AhoC774 GP · 734 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 49Roope HintzC537 GP · 434 PDALDallas Stars
- 59Julius NattinenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 73Vili SaarijarviDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 118Jonne TammelaRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 127Niko MikkolaD412 GP · 77 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 141Veeti VainioDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 163Markus RuusuGDALDallas Stars
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sami Niku made his NHL debut on April 3, 2018, 2 years and 280 days after the draft.
67
Games
2
Goals
14
Assists
16
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2015 draft
- 17Kyle ConnorL712 GP · 693 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 25Jack RoslovicC612 GP · 314 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 47Jansen HarkinsC306 GP · 45 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 78Erik FoleyLWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 108Michael SpacekRWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 168Mason AppletonC467 GP · 152 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 198Sami NikuD67 GP · 16 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 203Matteo GennaroCWPGWinnipeg Jets