2011 NHL Draft
Joel Armia in the 2011 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Joel Armia 16th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 10 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 667 games put him 32nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 2011 draft
- 13Sven BaertschiL292 GP · 138 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 14Jamie OleksiakD773 GP · 167 PDALDallas Stars
- 15J.T. MillerC955 GP · 774 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 16Joel ArmiaR667 GP · 238 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 17Nathan BeaulieuD471 GP · 98 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 18Mark McNeillC2 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 19Oscar KlefbomD378 GP · 156 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2011 class
1st
of 10 Finns selected
10th
of 119 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 16Joel ArmiaR667 GP · 238 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 45Markus GranlundC335 GP · 101 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 49Christopher GibsonG16 GP · 4 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 51Alexander RuuttuCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 52Miikka SalomakiR167 GP · 27 PNSHNashville Predators
- 62Samu PerhonenGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 182Frans TuohimaaGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 184Iiro PakarinenR134 GP · 23 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 192Teemu EronenDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 195Jyrki JokipakkaD150 GP · 28 PDALDallas Stars
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Joel Armia made his NHL debut on December 23, 2014, 3 years and 182 days after the draft.
667
Games
119
Goals
119
Assists
238
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2011 draft
- 16Joel ArmiaR667 GP · 238 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Daniel CatenacciC12 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 107Colin JacobsCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 137Alex LepkowskiDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 167Nathan LieuwenG7 GP · 1 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 197Brad NavinCBUFBuffalo Sabres