2017 NHL Draft
Gilles Senn in the 2017 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Gilles Senn 129th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 5.
He was the third of the 3 Swiss players selected that year. It was the sixth of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 97th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 129
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 21 years
The picks around it
Picks 126–132 in the 2017 draft
- 126Michael KarowDARIArizona Coyotes
- 127Lucas ElvenesC/RVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 128Tyler SteenbergenCARIArizona Coyotes
- 129Gilles SennG2 GP · 0 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 130David NoelDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 131Cole FraserDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 132Jacob PetersonC83 GP · 25 PDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swiss players selected
- 1Nico HischierC627 GP · 501 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 120Tobias GeisserDWSHWashington Capitals
- 129Gilles SennG2 GP · 0 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Gilles Senn made his NHL debut on December 20, 2019, 2 years and 179 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2017 draft
- 1Nico HischierC627 GP · 501 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 36Jesper BoqvistC403 GP · 112 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 63Fabian ZetterlundL347 GP · 157 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 81Reilly WalshD1 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 98Nikita PopugaevLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 129Gilles SennG2 GP · 0 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 143Marián StudenicR46 GP · 6 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 160Aarne TalvitieCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 191Jocktan ChaineyDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 205Yegor ZaitsevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 214Matthew HellicksonDNJDNew Jersey Devils