2018 NHL Draft
Filip Zadina in the 2018 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Filip Zadina 6th overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 11 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 262 games put him 29th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 6
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 6
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 3–9 in the 2018 draft
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC534 GP · 211 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Brady TkachukL588 GP · 480 POTTOttawa Senators
- 5Barrett HaytonC375 GP · 164 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Quinn HughesD525 GP · 510 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
1st
of 11 Czechs selected
5th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 16Martin KautR56 GP · 11 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 65Jan JenikC24 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 72Jakub SkarekG2 GP · 0 WNYINew York Islanders
- 77Jakub LaukoC139 GP · 28 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 85Lukas DostalG187 GP · 76 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 94Matej PekarCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 111Jachym KondelikCNSHNashville Predators
- 149Filip KralD2 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 206Radim SaldaDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Filip Zadina made his NHL debut on February 24, 2019, 247 days after the draft.
262
Games
41
Goals
50
Assists
91
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2018 draft
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 30Joseph VelenoC371 GP · 86 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 33Jonatan BerggrenR220 GP · 85 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 36Jared McIsaacDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 67Alec RegulaD51 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 81Seth BartonDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 84Jesper EliassonGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 98Ryan O'ReillyRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 160Victor BrattstromGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 191Otto KivenmakiCDETDetroit Red Wings