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2019 NHL Draft

Ville Heinola in the 2019 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Ville Heinola 20th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.

He was the third of the 22 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 60 games put him 60th in the class.

Overall pick
20
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 20
Drafting team
WPGWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 17–23 in the 2019 draft

  1. 17Peyton KrebsC395 GP · 142 PVGK
  2. 18Thomas HarleyD284 GP · 150 PDAL
  3. 19Lassi ThomsonD29 GP · 8 POTT
  4. 20Ville HeinolaD60 GP · 13 PWPG
  5. 21Samuel PoulinR15 GP · 2 PPIT
  6. 22Tobias BjörnfotD153 GP · 19 PLAK
  7. 23Simon HolmströmR296 GP · 129 PNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2019 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2019 class

3rd
of 22 Finns selected
8th
of 66 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 2Kaapo KakkoR460 GP · 214 PNYR
  2. 19Lassi ThomsonD29 GP · 8 POTT
  3. 20Ville HeinolaD60 GP · 13 PWPG
  4. 35Antti TuomistoDDET
  5. 73Patrik PuistolaRCAR
  6. 83Anttoni HonkaDCAR
  7. 84Mikko KokkonenDTOR
  8. 98Matias MaccelliL303 GP · 175 PARI
  9. 113Henri NikkanenCWPG
  10. 119Kim NousiainenDLAK

+ 12 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2019 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ville Heinola made his NHL debut on October 3, 2019, 104 days after the draft.

60
Games
1
Goals
12
Assists
13
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 2019 draft

  1. 20Ville HeinolaD60 GP · 13 PWPG
  2. 51Simon LundmarkD1 GP · 0 PWPG
  3. 113Henri NikkanenCWPG
  4. 134Harrison BlaisdellCWPG
  5. 144Logan NeatonGWPG