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2024 NHL Draft

Konsta Helenius in the 2024 NHL Draft

Buffalo Sabres selected Konsta Helenius 14th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 18 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 23 have played in the NHL regular season. His 20 games put him 13th in the class.

Overall pick
14
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 14
Drafting team
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 11–17 in the 2024 draft

  1. 11Sam DickinsonD89 GP · 17 PSJS
  2. 12Zeev BuiumD95 GP · 30 PMIN
  3. 13Jett LuchankoC8 GP · 0 PPHI
  4. 14Konsta HeleniusC20 GP · 7 PBUF
  5. 15Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR32 GP · 11 PDET
  6. 16Adam JiricekD17 GP · 3 PSTL
  7. 17Terik ParascakRWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2024 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2024 class

1st
of 18 Finns selected
8th
of 124 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 14Konsta HeleniusC20 GP · 7 PBUF
  2. 29Emil HemmingRDAL
  3. 40Julius MiettinenCSEA
  4. 54Jesse PulkkinenDNYI
  5. 64Eemil VinniGEDM
  6. 70Aatos KoivuCMTL
  7. 85Kasper PikkarainenRNJD
  8. 88Kim SaarinenGSEA
  9. 96Veeti VäisänenDUTA
  10. 107Heikki RuohonenCPHI

+ 8 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2024 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Konsta Helenius made his NHL debut on January 19, 2026, 1 year and 205 days after the draft.

20
Games
2
Goals
5
Assists
7
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2024 draft

  1. 14Konsta HeleniusC20 GP · 7 PBUF
  2. 42Adam KleberDBUF
  3. 71Brodie ZiemerRBUF
  4. 108Luke OsburnDBUF
  5. 123Simon-Pier BrunetDBUF
  6. 172Patrick GearyDBUF
  7. 204Vasily ZelenovRBUF
  8. 219Ryerson LeendersGBUF