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2009 NHL Draft

John Tavares in the 2009 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected John Tavares first overall in the 2009 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 7 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2009, 116 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1275, and none has scored more points than his 1192.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 2009 draft

  1. 1John TavaresC1275 GP · 1192 PNYI
  2. 2Victor HedmanD1180 GP · 817 PTBL
  3. 3Matt DucheneC1195 GP · 936 PCOL
  4. 4Evander KaneL1001 GP · 648 PATL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2009 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2009 class

1st
of 210 players selected
1st
of 119 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1John TavaresC1275 GP · 1192 PNYI
  2. 2Victor HedmanD1180 GP · 817 PTBL
  3. 3Matt DucheneC1195 GP · 936 PCOL
  4. 4Evander KaneL1001 GP · 648 PATL
  5. 5Brayden SchennC1119 GP · 736 PLAK
  6. 6Oliver Ekman-LarssonD1156 GP · 540 PPHX
  7. 7Nazem KadriC1080 GP · 774 PTOR
  8. 8Scott GlennieR1 GP · 0 PDAL
  9. 9Jared CowenD249 GP · 46 POTT
  10. 10Magnus PääjärviL467 GP · 124 PEDM

+ 200 more

The 2009 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

John Tavares made his NHL debut on October 3, 2009, 99 days after the draft.

1275
Games
527
Goals
665
Assists
1192
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2009 draft

  1. 1John TavaresC1275 GP · 1192 PNYI
  2. 12Calvin de HaanD679 GP · 149 PNYI
  3. 31Mikko KoskinenG168 GP · 85 WNYI
  4. 62Anders NilssonG161 GP · 59 WNYI
  5. 92Casey CizikasC995 GP · 283 PNYI
  6. 122Anton KlementyevD1 GP · 0 PNYI
  7. 152Anders LeeL941 GP · 557 PNYI