2023 NHL Draft
Hunter Brzustewicz in the 2023 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Hunter Brzustewicz 75th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 3.
It was the second of the 7 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 35 games put him 23rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 75
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 11
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 72–78 in the 2023 draft
- 72Noel NordhLARIArizona Coyotes
- 73Noah Dower NilssonLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 74Quinton BurnsDNo NHL gamesSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 75Hunter BrzustewiczD35 GP · 7 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 76Juraj PekarcikLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 77Mathieu CatafordCVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 78Koehn ZiemmerRLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
75th
of 224 players selected
18th
of 69 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Connor BedardC231 GP · 217 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC219 GP · 167 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC228 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC163 GP · 117 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD46 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR181 GP · 128 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR99 GP · 57 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC41 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR90 GP · 26 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Hunter Brzustewicz made his NHL debut on April 17, 2025, 1 year and 292 days after the draft.
35
Games
2
Goals
5
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2023 draft
- 11Tom WillanderD86 GP · 24 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 75Hunter BrzustewiczD35 GP · 7 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 89Sawyer MynioDVANVancouver Canucks
- 105Ty MuellerC8 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 107Vilmer AlrikssonLVANVancouver Canucks
- 119Matthew PerkinsCVANVancouver Canucks
- 171Aiden CelebriniDVANVancouver Canucks