2014 NHL Draft
Rinat Valiev in the 2014 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Rinat Valiev 68th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 3.
He was the seventh of the 13 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 12 games put him 90th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 68
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 8
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 65–71 in the 2014 draft
- 65Juho LammikkoC183 GP · 28 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 66Nikita TryamkinD79 GP · 11 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 67Warren FoegeleL594 GP · 230 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 68Rinat ValievD12 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 69Jack GloverDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 70Miles GendronDOTTOttawa Senators
- 71Connor ChathamRNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
7th
of 13 Russians selected
19th
of 64 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 26Nikita ScherbakR37 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Nikolay GoldobinR125 GP · 46 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 33Ivan BarbashevL685 GP · 362 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 42Vladislav KamenevC66 GP · 13 PNSHNashville Predators
- 52Maxim LetunovC3 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 66Nikita TryamkinD79 GP · 11 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 68Rinat ValievD12 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 78Ilya SorokinG319 GP · 160 WNYINew York Islanders
- 118Igor ShesterkinG330 GP · 190 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 164Pavel KraskovskyCWPGWinnipeg Jets
+ 3 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rinat Valiev made his NHL debut on March 12, 2016, 1 year and 258 days after the draft.
12
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2014 draft
- 8William NylanderR768 GP · 713 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 68Rinat ValievD12 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 103John PiccinichRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 128Dakota JoshuaC299 GP · 97 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 158Nolan VeseyLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 188Pierre EngvallL380 GP · 135 PTORToronto Maple Leafs