2023 NHL Draft
Luca Pinelli in the 2023 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Luca Pinelli 114th overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 4.
It was the fifth of the 8 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 47 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 44th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 114
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 18
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 111–117 in the 2023 draft
- 111Joey WillisCNSHNashville Predators
- 112Jaden LipinskiCCGYCalgary Flames
- 113Jesse NurmiLNYINew York Islanders
- 114Luca PinelliC3 GP · 0 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 115Jayson ShaugabayRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 116Andrei LoshkoCSEASeattle Kraken
- 117Larry KeenanDDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Connor BedardC229 GP · 214 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC216 GP · 163 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC226 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC159 GP · 114 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD44 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR178 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR98 GP · 56 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC40 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR88 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Luca Pinelli made his NHL debut on November 26, 2025, 2 years and 150 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2023 draft
- 3Adam FantilliC226 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 34Gavin BrindleyC62 GP · 14 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 66William WhitelawRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 98Andrew StrathmannDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 114Luca PinelliC3 GP · 0 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 156Melvin StrahlGCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 194Oiva KeskinenCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 224Tyler PeddleLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets