2014 NHL Draft
Ben Thomas in the 2014 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Ben Thomas 119th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 4.
It was the fifth of the 7 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 94th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 119
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 29
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 116–122 in the 2014 draft
- 116Danton HeinenL622 GP · 253 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 117Michael BuntingL426 GP · 252 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 118Igor ShesterkinG330 GP · 190 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 119Ben ThomasD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 120Steven JohnsonDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 121Max WillmanC68 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 122Richard NejezchlebLNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
119th
of 210 players selected
36th
of 64 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Aaron EkbladD817 GP · 411 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Sam ReinhartC854 GP · 693 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 3Leon DraisaitlC871 GP · 1082 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 4Sam BennettC782 GP · 401 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 5Michael Dal ColleL112 GP · 21 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Jake VirtanenR317 GP · 100 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 7Haydn FleuryD356 GP · 49 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 8William NylanderR767 GP · 712 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Nikolaj EhlersL773 GP · 605 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Nick RitchieL481 GP · 186 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 200 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ben Thomas made his NHL debut on April 4, 2021, 6 years and 280 days after the draft.
5
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2014 draft
- 19Tony DeAngeloD496 GP · 268 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 35Dominik MasinDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 57Johnathan MacLeodDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 79Brayden PointC734 GP · 698 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 119Ben ThomasD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170Cristiano DigiacintoLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 185Cameron DarcyCTBLTampa Bay Lightning