2016 NHL Draft
Brandon Gignac in the 2016 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Brandon Gignac 80th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 3.
It was the fourth of the 9 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 8 games put him 94th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 80
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 19
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 77–83 in the 2016 draft
- 77Connor HallDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 78Frederic AllardD4 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 79Luke GreenDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 80Brandon GignacC8 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 81Sean DayD2 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 82Carsen TwarynskiL22 GP · 1 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 83Wouter PeetersGCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
80th
of 211 players selected
50th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Auston MatthewsC708 GP · 807 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC637 GP · 436 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Matthew TkachukL691 GP · 696 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Clayton KellerR701 GP · 620 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Mikhail SergachevD648 GP · 389 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brandon Gignac made his NHL debut on March 9, 2019, 2 years and 257 days after the draft.
8
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2016 draft
- 12Michael McLeodC287 GP · 85 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Nathan BastianR312 GP · 75 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 73Joey AndersonR169 GP · 40 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 80Brandon GignacC8 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 102Mikhail MaltsevL56 GP · 9 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 105Evan CormierGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 132Yegor RykovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 162Jesper BrattL652 GP · 536 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 192Jeremy DaviesD23 GP · 3 PNJDNew Jersey Devils