2016 NHL Draft
Mikhail Sergachev in the 2016 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Mikhail Sergachev 9th overall in the 2016 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 17 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2016, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 647, and only 10 have scored more points than his 389.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 2016 draft
- 6Matthew TkachukL689 GP · 692 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Clayton KellerR700 GP · 618 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 8Alexander NylanderL126 GP · 49 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Mikhail SergachevD647 GP · 389 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 10Tyson JostC564 GP · 165 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 11Logan BrownC99 GP · 26 POTTOttawa Senators
- 12Michael McLeodC287 GP · 85 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2016 class
1st
of 17 Russians selected
2nd
of 75 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 9Mikhail SergachevD647 GP · 389 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 22German RubtsovC4 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 31Egor KorshkovR1 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Artur KayumovL/RCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 65Vitaly AbramovL5 GP · 1 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 95Anatolii GolyshevLNYINew York Islanders
- 102Mikhail MaltsevL56 GP · 9 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 122Vladimir BobylevRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 132Yegor RykovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 157Mikhail BerdinGNo NHL gamesWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikhail Sergachev made his NHL debut on October 13, 2016, 111 days after the draft.
647
Games
78
Goals
311
Assists
389
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2016 draft
- 9Mikhail SergachevD647 GP · 389 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 70William BittenC4 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Victor MeteD248 GP · 45 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 124Casey StaumDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 160Michael PezzettaL209 GP · 38 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 187Arvid HenriksonDMTLMontréal Canadiens