2022 NHL Draft
Simon Nemec in the 2022 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Simon Nemec 2nd overall in the 2022 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 170, and only 9 have scored more points than his 53.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2022 draft
- 1Juraj SlafkovskýL297 GP · 195 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 2Simon NemecD170 GP · 53 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Logan CooleyC227 GP · 169 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 4Shane WrightC184 GP · 82 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 5Cutter GauthierL173 GP · 129 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2022 class
2nd
of 6 Slovaks selected
1st
of 73 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 1Juraj SlafkovskýL297 GP · 195 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 2Simon NemecD170 GP · 53 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 26Filip MesarRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 63Adam SykoraL11 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 185Servac PetrovskyCMINMinnesota Wild
- 204Adam ZlnkaRARIArizona Coyotes
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Simon Nemec made his NHL debut on December 1, 2023, 1 year and 147 days after the draft.
170
Games
16
Goals
37
Assists
53
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2022 draft
- 2Simon NemecD170 GP · 53 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 46Seamus CaseyD16 GP · 8 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 102Tyler BrennanGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 110Daniil OrlovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 126Charlie LeddyDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 141Petr HauserRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 166Josh FilmonLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 198Artem BaraboshaDNJDNew Jersey Devils