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2007 NHL Draft

Brendan Smith in the 2007 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Brendan Smith 27th overall in the 2007 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 5 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2007, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. His 741 games put him 23rd in the class.

Overall pick
27
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 27
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 24–30 in the 2007 draft

  1. 24Mikael BacklundC1162 GP · 611 PCGY
  2. 25Patrick WhiteCVAN
  3. 26David PerronL1242 GP · 812 PSTL
  4. 27Brendan SmithD741 GP · 146 PDET
  5. 28Nick PetreckiD1 GP · 0 PSJS
  6. 29Jim O'BrienC77 GP · 13 POTT
  7. 30Nick RossDPHX

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2007 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2007 class

27th
of 211 players selected
9th
of 60 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Patrick KaneR1384 GP · 1409 PCHI
  2. 2James van RiemsdykL1154 GP · 696 PPHI
  3. 3Kyle TurrisC776 GP · 425 PPHX
  4. 4Thomas HickeyD456 GP · 117 PLAK
  5. 5Karl AlznerD686 GP · 130 PWSH
  6. 6Sam GagnerC1043 GP · 529 PEDM
  7. 7Jakub VoracekR1058 GP · 806 PCBJ
  8. 8Zach HamillC20 GP · 4 PBOS
  9. 9Logan CoutureC933 GP · 701 PSJS
  10. 10Keaton EllerbyD212 GP · 27 PFLA

+ 201 more

The 2007 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Brendan Smith made his NHL debut on November 17, 2011, 4 years and 148 days after the draft.

741
Games
39
Goals
107
Assists
146
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2007 draft

  1. 27Brendan SmithD741 GP · 146 PDET
  2. 88Joakim AnderssonC205 GP · 36 PDET
  3. 148Randy CameronCDET
  4. 178Zack TorquatoCDET
  5. 208Bryan RufenachDDET