2017 NHL Draft
Klim Kostin in the 2017 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Klim Kostin 31st overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 17 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 190 games put him 51st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 31
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 31
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 28–34 in the 2017 draft
- 28Shane BowersC13 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Eeli TolvanenR441 GP · 196 PNSHNashville Predators
- 31Klim KostinC190 GP · 53 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 32Conor TimminsD200 GP · 55 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 33Kole LindR31 GP · 8 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 34Nicolas HagueD439 GP · 99 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 31Klim KostinC190 GP · 53 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 48Alexander VolkovR46 GP · 14 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 70Andrei AltybarmakianRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 76Alexey LipanovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 84Dmitri SamorukovD3 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 86Daniil TarasovG106 GP · 34 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Maksim ZhukovGVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 98Nikita PopugaevLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 113Alexey ToropchenkoR331 GP · 73 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 124Vladislav KaraLTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Klim Kostin made his NHL debut on November 16, 2019, 2 years and 146 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2017 draft
- 20Robert ThomasC547 GP · 472 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 31Klim KostinC190 GP · 53 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 113Alexey ToropchenkoR331 GP · 73 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 130David NoelDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 175Trenton BourqueDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 206Anton AnderssonDSTLSt. Louis Blues