2016 NHL Draft
Brandon Hagel in the 2016 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Brandon Hagel 159th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 6.
It was the eighth of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 464 games put him 21st in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 389.
- Overall pick
- 159
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 8
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 156–162 in the 2016 draft
- 156Eetu TuulolaRCGYCalgary Flames
- 157Mikhail BerdinGNo NHL gamesWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 158Patrick KudlaDARIArizona Coyotes
- 159Brandon HagelL464 GP · 389 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 160Michael PezzettaL209 GP · 38 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 161Nathan ClurmanD1 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 162Jesper BrattL653 GP · 537 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
159th
of 211 players selected
92nd
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 MatthewsC709 GP · 808 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Patrik LaineL537 GP · 422 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 3Pierre-Luc DuboisC638 GP · 437 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Jesse PuljujarviR387 GP · 128 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Olli JuoleviD41 GP · 3 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Matthew TkachukL692 GP · 697 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 Hagel made his NHL debut on March 11, 2020, 3 years and 260 days after the draft.
464
Games
170
Goals
219
Assists
389
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2016 draft
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Rasmus AsplundC189 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Cliff PuRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 86Casey FitzgeraldD63 GP · 9 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 99Brett MurrayL26 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Philip NybergDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 130Vojtech BudikDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 159Brandon HagelL464 GP · 389 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 189Austin OsmanskiDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 190Vasily GlotovCBUFBuffalo Sabres