2019 NHL Draft
Valtteri Puustinen in the 2019 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Valtteri Puustinen 203rd overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 7.
He was the 19th of the 22 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 5 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 66 games put him 57th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 203
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 17
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 200–206 in the 2019 draft
- 200Axel BergkvistDARIArizona Coyotes
- 201Rafael Harvey-PinardL85 GP · 31 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 202Trent MinerG6 GP · 1 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 203Valtteri PuustinenR66 GP · 24 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 204Kalle LoponenDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 205Eric CiccoliniRNYRNew York Rangers
- 206Kieran RuscheinskiDMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
19th
of 22 Finns selected
120th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Kaapo KakkoR460 GP · 214 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 19Lassi ThomsonD29 GP · 8 POTTOttawa Senators
- 20Ville HeinolaD60 GP · 13 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 35Antti TuomistoDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 73Patrik PuistolaRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 83Anttoni HonkaDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 84Mikko KokkonenDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 98Matias MaccelliL303 GP · 175 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 113Henri NikkanenCWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 119Kim NousiainenDLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Valtteri Puustinen made his NHL debut on March 11, 2022, 2 years and 262 days after the draft.
66
Games
7
Goals
17
Assists
24
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2019 draft
- 21Samuel PoulinR15 GP · 2 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 74Nathan LégaréR4 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 145Judd CaulfieldR17 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 203Valtteri PuustinenR66 GP · 24 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 211Santeri AirolaDPITPittsburgh Penguins