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2017 NHL Draft

Robert Thomas in the 2017 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Robert Thomas 20th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 545, and only 5 have scored more points than his 470.

Overall pick
20
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 20
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 17–23 in the 2017 draft

  1. 17Timothy LiljegrenD325 GP · 94 PTOR
  2. 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOS
  3. 19Josh NorrisC298 GP · 195 PSJS
  4. 20Robert ThomasC545 GP · 470 PSTL
  5. 21Filip ChytilC412 GP · 175 PNYR
  6. 22Kailer YamamotoR383 GP · 167 PEDM
  7. 23Pierre-Olivier JosephD225 GP · 46 PARI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2017 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2017 class

20th
of 217 players selected
13th
of 117 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Nico HischierC624 GP · 498 PNJD
  2. 2Nolan PatrickC222 GP · 77 PPHI
  3. 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDAL
  4. 4Cale MakarD485 GP · 525 PCOL
  5. 5Elias PetterssonC562 GP · 526 PVAN
  6. 6Cody GlassC337 GP · 121 PVGK
  7. 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYR
  8. 8Casey MittelstadtC525 GP · 287 PBUF
  9. 9Michael RasmussenC470 GP · 158 PDET
  10. 10Owen TippettR439 GP · 238 PFLA

+ 207 more

The 2017 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Robert Thomas made his NHL debut on October 4, 2018, 1 year and 103 days after the draft.

545
Games
134
Goals
336
Assists
470
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 20Robert ThomasC545 GP · 470 PSTL
  2. 31Klim KostinC190 GP · 53 PSTL
  3. 113Alexey ToropchenkoR329 GP · 73 PSTL
  4. 130David NoelDSTL
  5. 175Trenton BourqueDSTL
  6. 206Anton AnderssonDSTL