2018 NHL Draft
Sampo Ranta in the 2018 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Sampo Ranta 78th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 3.
He was the fifth of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 16 games put him 80th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 78
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 16
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 75–81 in the 2018 draft
- 75Oskar BäckC152 GP · 29 PDALDallas Stars
- 76Semyon Der-ArguchintsevC1 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 77Jakub LaukoC139 GP · 28 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 78Sampo RantaL16 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 79Blake McLaughlinLANAAnaheim Ducks
- 80Marcus KarlbergLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 81Seth BartonDDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
5th
of 15 Finns selected
43rd
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC533 GP · 210 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 20Rasmus KupariC217 GP · 38 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 64Justus AnnunenG83 GP · 37 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 74Niklas NordgrenRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 78Sampo RantaL16 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 104Lenni KillinenRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 125Miska KukkonenDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 130Toni UtunenDVANVancouver Canucks
- 132Lauri PajuniemiRNYRNew York Rangers
- 139Mikael HakkarainenCCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sampo Ranta made his NHL debut in the playoffs on May 30, 2021, 2 years and 341 days after the draft.
16
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 2018 draft
- 16Martin KautR56 GP · 11 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Justus AnnunenG83 GP · 37 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 78Sampo RantaL16 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 109Tyler WeissLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 140Brandon SaigeonCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 146Danila ZhuravlyovDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 171Nikolai KovalenkoR57 GP · 20 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 202Shamil ShmakovGCOLColorado Avalanche