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2017 NHL Draft

Robin Salo in the 2017 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Robin Salo 46th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 2.

He was the ninth of the 23 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 32 games put him 77th in the class.

Overall pick
46
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 15
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 43–49 in the 2017 draft

  1. 43Dylan SambergD299 GP · 71 PWPG
  2. 44Filip WesterlundDARI
  3. 45Alexandre TexierL299 GP · 116 PCBJ
  4. 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYI
  5. 47Alex FormentonL126 GP · 44 POTT
  6. 48Alexander VolkovR46 GP · 14 PTBL
  7. 49Mario FerraroD507 GP · 116 PSJS

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

9th
of 23 Finns selected
15th
of 79 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDAL
  2. 16Juuso VälimäkiD279 GP · 75 PCGY
  3. 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOS
  4. 24Kristian VesalainenL70 GP · 5 PWPG
  5. 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHI
  6. 30Eeli TolvanenR440 GP · 196 PNSH
  7. 40Aleksi HeponiemiC25 GP · 6 PFLA
  8. 42Eetu LuostarinenC463 GP · 166 PCAR
  9. 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYI
  10. 54Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG200 GP · 97 WBUF

+ 13 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2017 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Robin Salo made his NHL debut on November 20, 2021, 4 years and 149 days after the draft.

32
Games
3
Goals
6
Assists
9
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYI
  2. 77Benjamin MirageasDNYI
  3. 139Sebastian AhoD190 GP · 50 PNYI
  4. 165Arnaud DurandeauL4 GP · 0 PNYI
  5. 201Logan CockerillLNYI