2015 NHL Draft
Mikko Rantanen in the 2015 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Mikko Rantanen 10th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 732, and only 2 have scored more points than his 801.
- Overall pick
- 10
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 10
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 7–13 in the 2015 draft
- 7Ivan ProvorovD782 GP · 314 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Zach WerenskiD657 GP · 478 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Timo MeierR714 GP · 484 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 10Mikko RantanenR732 GP · 801 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 11Lawson CrouseL683 GP · 264 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 12Denis GurianovR298 GP · 113 PDALDallas Stars
- 13Jakub ZborilD76 GP · 16 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
1st
of 14 Finns selected
7th
of 114 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 10Mikko RantanenR732 GP · 801 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 35Sebastian AhoC774 GP · 734 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 49Roope HintzC537 GP · 434 PDALDallas Stars
- 59Julius NattinenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 73Vili SaarijarviDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 118Jonne TammelaRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 127Niko MikkolaD412 GP · 77 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 141Veeti VainioDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 163Markus RuusuGDALDallas Stars
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikko Rantanen made his NHL debut on October 8, 2015, 104 days after the draft.
732
Games
325
Goals
476
Assists
801
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 2015 draft
- 10Mikko RantanenR732 GP · 801 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 39A.J. GreerL339 GP · 87 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 40Nicolas MelocheD57 GP · 8 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 71J.C. BeaudinC22 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 101Andrei MironovD10 GP · 3 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 161Sergei BoikovDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 191Gustav OlhaverCCOLColorado Avalanche