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2021 NHL Draft

Aatu Räty in the 2021 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Aatu Räty 52nd overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 2.

He was the fourth of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 118 games put him 25th in the class.

Overall pick
52
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 20
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 49–55 in the 2021 draft

  1. 49Ben RogerDOTT
  2. 50Nikita ChibrikovR16 GP · 4 PWPG
  3. 51Ville KoivunenR61 GP · 20 PCAR
  4. 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYI
  5. 53Aleksandr KisakovLBUF
  6. 54Jack PeartDMIN
  7. 55Vincent IorioD36 GP · 4 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2021 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2021 class

4th
of 15 Finns selected
33rd
of 121 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Finns selected

  1. 44Aleksi HeimosalmiDCAR
  2. 46Samu TuomaalaRPHI
  3. 51Ville KoivunenR61 GP · 20 PCAR
  4. 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYI
  5. 64Oliver KapanenC109 GP · 40 PMTL
  6. 68Samu SalminenCNJD
  7. 99Ville OttavainenD10 GP · 2 PSEA
  8. 106Kalle VaisanenLNYR
  9. 122Rasmus KorhonenGARI
  10. 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJD

+ 5 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2021 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Aatu Räty made his NHL debut on December 23, 2022, 1 year and 152 days after the draft.

118
Games
14
Goals
15
Assists
29
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2021 draft

  1. 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYI
  2. 93Tristan LennoxG1 GP · 0 WNYI
  3. 125Cameron BergCNYI
  4. 157Eetu LiukasLNYI
  5. 189Aleksi MalinenDNYI
  6. 221Tomas MachuDNYI