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2014 NHL Draft

Kasperi Kapanen in the 2014 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Kasperi Kapanen 22nd overall in the 2014 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 9 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 587 games put him 23rd in the class.

Overall pick
22
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 22
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 19–25 in the 2014 draft

  1. 19Tony DeAngeloD499 GP · 269 PTBL
  2. 20Nick SchmaltzC688 GP · 517 PCHI
  3. 21Robby FabbriC463 GP · 221 PSTL
  4. 22Kasperi KapanenR587 GP · 249 PPIT
  5. 23Conner BleackleyCCOL
  6. 24Jared McCannL731 GP · 446 PVAN
  7. 25David PastrnakR851 GP · 957 PBOS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2014 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2014 class

2nd
of 9 Finns selected
17th
of 125 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 14Julius HonkaD87 GP · 13 PDAL
  2. 22Kasperi KapanenR587 GP · 249 PPIT
  3. 60Alex LintuniemiDLAK
  4. 65Juho LammikkoC183 GP · 28 PFLA
  5. 94Ville HussoG171 GP · 83 WSTL
  6. 109Kaapo KahkonenG140 GP · 49 WMIN
  7. 132Joonas LyytinenDNSH
  8. 135Miro KarjalainenDDAL
  9. 166Julius VahataloLDET
Every pick from Finland in the 2014 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Kasperi Kapanen made his NHL debut on February 29, 2016, 1 year and 247 days after the draft.

587
Games
103
Goals
146
Assists
249
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2014 draft

  1. 22Kasperi KapanenR587 GP · 249 PPIT
  2. 113Sam LaffertyC383 GP · 92 PPIT
  3. 145Anthony AngelloC31 GP · 5 PPIT
  4. 173Jaden LindoRPIT
  5. 203Jeff TaylorDPIT