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2020 NHL Draft

Dawson Mercer in the 2020 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Dawson Mercer 18th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft.

It was the second of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 427, and only 4 have scored more points than his 217.

Overall pick
18
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 18
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 15–21 in the 2020 draft

  1. 15Rodion AmirovLTOR
  2. 16Kaiden GuhleD221 GP · 75 PMTL
  3. 17Lukas ReichelL198 GP · 62 PCHI
  4. 18Dawson MercerC427 GP · 217 PNJD
  5. 19Braden SchneiderD386 GP · 89 PNYR
  6. 20Shakir MukhamadullinD95 GP · 23 PNJD
  7. 21Egor ChinakhovR260 GP · 118 PCBJ

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2020 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2020 class

18th
of 216 players selected
14th
of 135 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Alexis LafrenièreL480 GP · 268 PNYR
  2. 2Quinton ByfieldR352 GP · 197 PLAK
  3. 3Tim StützleC465 GP · 431 POTT
  4. 4Lucas RaymondL418 GP · 346 PDET
  5. 5Jake SandersonD313 GP · 191 POTT
  6. 6Jamie DrysdaleD313 GP · 110 PANA
  7. 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJD
  8. 8Jack QuinnR276 GP · 164 PBUF
  9. 9Marco RossiC251 GP · 143 PMIN
  10. 10Cole PerfettiC307 GP · 169 PWPG

+ 206 more

The 2020 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Dawson Mercer made his NHL debut on October 15, 2021, 1 year and 9 days after the draft.

427
Games
104
Goals
113
Assists
217
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2020 draft

  1. 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJD
  2. 18Dawson MercerC427 GP · 217 PNJD
  3. 20Shakir MukhamadullinD95 GP · 23 PNJD
  4. 84Nico DawsG61 GP · 26 WNJD
  5. 99Jaromir PytlikCNJD
  6. 120Ethan EdwardsDNJD
  7. 130Artem ShlaineCNJD
  8. 161Benjamin BaumgartnerCNJD