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2022 NHL Draft

Joakim Kemell in the 2022 NHL Draft

Nashville Predators selected Joakim Kemell 17th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. His 18 games put him 50th in the class.

Overall pick
17
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 17
Drafting team
NSHNashville Predators
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 14–20 in the 2022 draft

  1. 14Rutger McGroartyR34 GP · 9 PWPG
  2. 15Jonathan LekkerimäkiR54 GP · 22 PVAN
  3. 16Noah ÖstlundC82 GP · 36 PBUF
  4. 17Joakim KemellR18 GP · 3 PNSH
  5. 18Lian BichselD103 GP · 18 PDAL
  6. 19Liam ÖhgrenL113 GP · 33 PMIN
  7. 20Ivan MiroshnichenkoL55 GP · 14 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2022 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2022 class

1st
of 14 Finns selected
12th
of 132 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 17Joakim KemellR18 GP · 3 PNSH
  2. 30Brad LambertC42 GP · 9 PWPG
  3. 41Topias LeinonenGBUF
  4. 49Jani NymanR41 GP · 13 PSEA
  5. 58Nikke KokkoG4 GP · 1 WSEA
  6. 59Topi RonniCCGY
  7. 67Miko MatikkaRARI
  8. 73Aleksanteri KaskimakiC11 GP · 2 PSTL
  9. 84Kasper KulonummiDNSH
  10. 148Otto SalinDLAK

+ 4 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2022 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Joakim Kemell made his NHL debut on February 7, 2025, 2 years and 215 days after the draft.

18
Games
1
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Nashville Predators picks in the 2022 draft

  1. 17Joakim KemellR18 GP · 3 PNSH
  2. 82Adam IngramCNSH
  3. 84Kasper KulonummiDNSH
  4. 114Cole O'HaraR1 GP · 1 PNSH
  5. 146Graham SwardDNSH
  6. 210Ben StrindenCNSH