1993 NHL Draft

Saku Koivu in the 1993 NHL Draft

Montréal Canadiens selected Saku Koivu 21st overall in the 1993 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 8 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 13 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 1124, and only 2 have scored more points than his 832.

Overall pick: 21
Round and pick: Round 1, pick 21
Drafting team: MTLMontréal Canadiens
Date: June 26, 1993
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 18–24 in the 1993 draft

18Jesper MattssonRCGYCalgary Flames
19Landon WilsonR375 GP · 119 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
20Mike WilsonD336 GP · 57 PVANVancouver Canucks
21Saku KoivuC1124 GP · 832 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
22Anders ErikssonD572 GP · 176 PDETDetroit Red Wings
23Todd BertuzziR1159 GP · 770 PNYINew York Islanders
24Eric LecompteLCHIChicago Blackhawks

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1993 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1993 class

1st

of 8 Finns selected

15th

of 157 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

21Saku KoivuC1124 GP · 832 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
36Janne NiinimaaD741 GP · 319 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
58Ville PeltonenL382 GP · 148 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
128Jonni VauhkonenLCHIChicago Blackhawks
132Petri VarisL1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
134Antti AaltoC151 GP · 28 PANAAnaheim Ducks
146Jere KaralahtiD149 GP · 27 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
250Kimmo TimonenD1108 GP · 571 PLAKLos Angeles Kings

Every pick from Finland in the 1993 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Saku Koivu made his NHL debut on October 7, 1995, 2 years and 103 days after the draft.

1124

Games

255

Goals

577

Assists

832

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1993 draft

21Saku KoivuC1124 GP · 832 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
47Rory FitzpatrickD287 GP · 35 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
73Sebastien BordeleauC251 GP · 98 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
85Adam WieselDMTLMontréal Canadiens
99Jean-Francois HouleLMTLMontréal Canadiens
113Jeff LankD2 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
125Dion DarlingDMTLMontréal Canadiens
151Darcy TuckerR947 GP · 476 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
177David RuhlyLMTLMontréal Canadiens
203Alan LetangD14 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
229Alexandre DuchesneLMTLMontréal Canadiens
255Brian LarochelleGMTLMontréal Canadiens
281Russell GuziorCMTLMontréal Canadiens