2019 NHL Draft
Vasily Podkolzin in the 2019 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Vasily Podkolzin 10th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 26 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 320 games put him 16th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 10
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 10
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 7–13 in the 2019 draft
- 7Dylan CozensC462 GP · 282 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Philip BrobergD247 GP · 89 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9Trevor ZegrasC369 GP · 267 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Vasily PodkolzinR320 GP · 111 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 11Victor SöderströmD61 GP · 12 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 12Matt BoldyL380 GP · 346 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 13Spencer KnightG164 GP · 72 WFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
1st
of 26 Russians selected
7th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 10Vasily PodkolzinR320 GP · 111 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 36Pyotr KochetkovG137 GP · 82 WCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 42Vladislav FirstovLMINMinnesota Wild
- 45Egor AfanasyevL19 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 48Artemi KniazevD1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 61Nikita OkhotiukD67 GP · 12 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 79Pavel DorofeyevR250 GP · 160 PVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 85Ilya KonovalovGNo NHL gamesEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 88Ilya NikolaevCCGYCalgary Flames
- 107Alexandr DarinRARIArizona Coyotes
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vasily Podkolzin made his NHL debut on October 13, 2021, 2 years and 114 days after the draft.
320
Games
54
Goals
57
Assists
111
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2019 draft
- 10Vasily PodkolzinR320 GP · 111 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 40Nils HöglanderL348 GP · 125 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 122Ethan KeppenLVANVancouver Canucks
- 133Carson FochtCVANVancouver Canucks
- 156Arturs SilovsG70 GP · 32 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 175Karel PlasekRVANVancouver Canucks
- 180Jack MaloneRVANVancouver Canucks
- 195Aidan McDonoughL6 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 215Arvid CostmarCVANVancouver Canucks