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2020 NHL Draft

Mikael Pyyhtia in the 2020 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected Mikael Pyyhtia 114th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 4.

He was the eleventh of the 17 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 5 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 71 games put him 50th in the class.

Overall pick
114
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 21
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 111–117 in the 2020 draft

  1. 111Mitchell MillerDARI
  2. 112Juho MarkkanenGLAK
  3. 113Jackson KunzLVAN
  4. 114Mikael PyyhtiaL71 GP · 11 PCBJ
  5. 115Zion NybeckLCAR
  6. 116Eamon PowellDTBL
  7. 117Bogdan TrineyevR2 GP · 0 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2020 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2020 class

11th
of 17 Finns selected
67th
of 135 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 12Anton LundellC375 GP · 207 PFLA
  2. 33Roby JarventieL10 GP · 1 POTT
  3. 52Joel BlomqvistG15 GP · 4 WPIT
  4. 59Roni HirvonenCTOR
  5. 64Topi NiemelaDTOR
  6. 66Kasper SimontaivalRLAK
  7. 70Eemil ViroDDET
  8. 71Leevi MeriläinenG46 GP · 18 WOTT
  9. 82Joni JurmoDVAN
  10. 112Juho MarkkanenGLAK

+ 7 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2020 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mikael Pyyhtia made his NHL debut on April 13, 2023, 2 years and 188 days after the draft.

71
Games
5
Goals
6
Assists
11
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2020 draft

  1. 21Egor ChinakhovR259 GP · 117 PCBJ
  2. 78Samuel KnazkoD2 GP · 0 PCBJ
  3. 114Mikael PyyhtiaL71 GP · 11 PCBJ
  4. 145Ole Julian Bjorgvik-HolmDCBJ
  5. 176Samuel JohannessonDCBJ