2023 NHL Draft
Samuel Honzek in the 2023 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Samuel Honzek 16th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 8 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 27 games put him 26th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 2023 draft
- 13Zach BensonL226 GP · 115 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Brayden YagerC4 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 15Matthew WoodR92 GP · 34 PNSHNashville Predators
- 16Samuel HonzekL27 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 17Axel Sandin-PellikkaD75 GP · 22 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 18Colby BarlowLWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 19Oliver MooreC75 GP · 26 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
2nd
of 8 Slovaks selected
13th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR88 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 16Samuel HonzekL27 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 35Adam GajanGCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 45Maxim StrbakDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Martin MisiakRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 76Juraj PekarcikLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 120Alex CiernikLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 219Maros JedlickaCCOLColorado Avalanche
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Samuel Honzek made his NHL debut on October 9, 2024, 1 year and 103 days after the draft.
27
Games
2
Goals
2
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 2023 draft
- 16Samuel HonzekL27 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 48Etienne MorinDCGYCalgary Flames
- 80Aydar SunievL20 GP · 6 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 112Jaden LipinskiCCGYCalgary Flames
- 176Yegor YegorovGCGYCalgary Flames
- 208Axel HurtigDCGYCalgary Flames