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2008 NHL Draft

Marco Scandella in the 2008 NHL Draft

Minnesota Wild selected Marco Scandella 55th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 4 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His 784 games put him 20th in the class.

Overall pick
55
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 25
Drafting team
MINMinnesota Wild
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 52–58 in the 2008 draft

  1. 52Brandon BurlonDNJD
  2. 53Travis HamonicD926 GP · 244 PNYI
  3. 54Patrice CormierC52 GP · 5 PNJD
  4. 55Marco ScandellaD784 GP · 170 PMIN
  5. 56Danny KristoRMTL
  6. 57Eric MesteryDWSH
  7. 58Dmitri KugryshevRWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

55th
of 211 players selected
24th
of 78 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Steven StamkosC1262 GP · 1273 PTBL
  2. 2Drew DoughtyD1292 GP · 716 PLAK
  3. 3Zach BogosianD987 GP · 250 PATL
  4. 4Alex PietrangeloD1087 GP · 637 PSTL
  5. 5Luke SchennD1132 GP · 214 PTOR
  6. 6Nikita FilatovL53 GP · 14 PCBJ
  7. 7Colin WilsonC632 GP · 286 PNSH
  8. 8Mikkel BoedkerL709 GP · 327 PPHX
  9. 9Josh BaileyR1057 GP · 580 PNYI
  10. 10Cody HodgsonC328 GP · 142 PVAN

+ 201 more

The 2008 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Marco Scandella made his NHL debut on November 12, 2010, 2 years and 144 days after the draft.

784
Games
51
Goals
119
Assists
170
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Minnesota Wild picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 23Tyler CumaD1 GP · 0 PMIN
  2. 55Marco ScandellaD784 GP · 170 PMIN
  3. 115Sean LorenzDMIN
  4. 145Eero EloLMIN