2017 NHL Draft
Miro Heiskanen in the 2017 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Miro Heiskanen 3rd overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 23 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 567, and only 8 have scored more points than his 357.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 2017 draft
- 1Nico HischierC625 GP · 498 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 2Nolan PatrickC222 GP · 77 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 4Cale MakarD486 GP · 525 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 5Elias PetterssonC563 GP · 526 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Cody GlassC338 GP · 121 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
1st
of 23 Finns selected
1st
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 16Juuso VälimäkiD279 GP · 75 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 24Kristian VesalainenL70 GP · 5 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Eeli TolvanenR440 GP · 196 PNSHNashville Predators
- 40Aleksi HeponiemiC25 GP · 6 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 42Eetu LuostarinenC463 GP · 166 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYINew York Islanders
- 54Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG200 GP · 97 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 13 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Miro Heiskanen made his NHL debut on October 4, 2018, 1 year and 103 days after the draft.
567
Games
70
Goals
287
Assists
357
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 2017 draft
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 26Jake OettingerG317 GP · 192 WDALDallas Stars
- 39Jason RobertsonL472 GP · 508 PDALDallas Stars
- 101Liam HawelCDALDallas Stars
- 132Jacob PetersonC83 GP · 25 PDALDallas Stars
- 163Brett DavisRDALDallas Stars
- 194Dylan FergusonG3 GP · 1 WDALDallas Stars