2020 NHL Draft
Lucas Raymond in the 2020 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Lucas Raymond 4th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 416, and only one has scored more points than his 346.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2020 draft
- 1Alexis LafrenièreL478 GP · 266 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 2Quinton ByfieldR350 GP · 195 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Tim StützleC463 GP · 430 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Lucas RaymondL416 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Jake SandersonD311 GP · 191 POTTOttawa Senators
- 6Jamie DrysdaleD312 GP · 109 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
1st
of 30 Swedes selected
4th
of 135 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 4Lucas RaymondL416 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Alexander HoltzR193 GP · 56 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 32William WallinderD11 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Helge GransD7 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 40Daniel TorgerssonLWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 41Noel GunlerRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 43Emil HeinemanL162 GP · 55 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 51Theodor NiederbachCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 54Emil AndraeD112 GP · 22 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 88Leo LoofDSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lucas Raymond made his NHL debut on October 14, 2021, 1 year and 8 days after the draft.
416
Games
129
Goals
217
Assists
346
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2020 draft
- 4Lucas RaymondL416 GP · 346 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 32William WallinderD11 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 51Theodor NiederbachCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 55Cross HanasLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Donovan SebrangoD44 GP · 8 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 70Eemil ViroDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 97Sam StangeRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 107Jan BednarGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 132Alex CottonDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 156Kyle AucoinDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 187Kienan DraperRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 203Chase BradleyL2 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings