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2022 NHL Draft

David Jiricek in the 2022 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected David Jiricek 6th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 8 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. His 94 games put him 17th in the class.

Overall pick
6
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 6
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 3–9 in the 2022 draft

  1. 3Logan CooleyC229 GP · 173 PARI
  2. 4Shane WrightC186 GP · 82 PSEA
  3. 5Cutter GauthierL176 GP · 136 PPHI
  4. 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJ
  5. 7Kevin KorchinskiD110 GP · 20 PCHI
  6. 8Marco KasperC160 GP · 56 PDET
  7. 9Matt SavoieC87 GP · 38 PBUF

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2022 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2022 class

1st
of 8 Czechs selected
2nd
of 73 defensemen selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJ
  2. 28Jiri KulichC85 GP · 32 PBUF
  3. 48Matyas SapovalivCVGK
  4. 87Tomas HamaraDOTT
  5. 93Marek AlscherD4 GP · 3 PFLA
  6. 141Petr HauserRNJD
  7. 160Nick MalikGTBL
  8. 171Jakub VondrasGCAR
Every pick from Czechia in the 2022 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

David Jiricek made his NHL debut on October 28, 2022, 113 days after the draft.

94
Games
2
Goals
13
Assists
15
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2022 draft

  1. 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJ
  2. 12Denton MateychukD135 GP · 51 PCBJ
  3. 44Luca Del Bel BelluzC38 GP · 10 PCBJ
  4. 96Jordan DumaisRCBJ
  5. 109Kirill DolzhenkovRCBJ
  6. 138Sergei IvanovGCBJ
  7. 203James FisherRCBJ