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2017 NHL Draft

Filip Chytil in the 2017 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Filip Chytil 21st overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 9 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 412 games put him 20th in the class.

Overall pick
21
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 21
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 18–24 in the 2017 draft

  1. 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOS
  2. 19Josh NorrisC301 GP · 198 PSJS
  3. 20Robert ThomasC548 GP · 474 PSTL
  4. 21Filip ChytilC412 GP · 175 PNYR
  5. 22Kailer YamamotoR384 GP · 167 PEDM
  6. 23Pierre-Olivier JosephD225 GP · 46 PARI
  7. 24Kristian VesalainenL70 GP · 5 PWPG

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2017 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2017 class

2nd
of 9 Czechs selected
14th
of 117 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 12Martin NecasC538 GP · 450 PCAR
  2. 21Filip ChytilC412 GP · 175 PNYR
  3. 114Petr KvacaGCOL
  4. 115Ostap SafinREDM
  5. 150Jakub GalvasD6 GP · 0 PCHI
  6. 154Tomas VomackaGNSH
  7. 157Dominik LakatosCNYR
  8. 161Jiri PateraG9 GP · 3 WVGK
  9. 204Daniel BukacDBOS
Every pick from Czechia in the 2017 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Filip Chytil made his NHL debut on October 5, 2017, 104 days after the draft.

412
Games
80
Goals
95
Assists
175
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYR
  2. 21Filip ChytilC412 GP · 175 PNYR
  3. 123Brandon CrawleyDNYR
  4. 145Calle SjalinDNYR
  5. 157Dominik LakatosCNYR
  6. 174Morgan BarronC340 GP · 90 PNYR
  7. 207Patrik VirtaCNYR