2014 NHL Draft
Vitek Vanecek in the 2014 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Vitek Vanecek 39th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 8 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2014, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 210 games put him 58th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 39
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 9
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 36–42 in the 2014 draft
- 36Thatcher DemkoG262 GP · 134 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 37Alex NedeljkovicG226 GP · 95 WCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 38Marcus PetterssonD622 GP · 182 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 39Vitek VanecekG210 GP · 101 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 40Andreas EnglundD213 GP · 20 POTTOttawa Senators
- 41Josh JacobsD3 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 42Vladislav KamenevC66 GP · 13 PNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2014 class
4th
of 8 Czechs selected
4th
of 21 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 13Jakub VranaL406 GP · 223 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 25David PastrnakR851 GP · 957 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 35Dominik MasinDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 39Vitek VanecekG210 GP · 101 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 49Vaclav KarabacekRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 122Richard NejezchlebLNYRNew York Rangers
- 199Pavel JenysCMINMinnesota Wild
- 205Ondrej KaseR258 GP · 124 PANAAnaheim Ducks
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vitek Vanecek made his NHL debut on January 15, 2021, 6 years and 201 days after the draft.
210
Games
101
Wins
11
Shutouts
.901
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2014 draft
- 13Jakub VranaL406 GP · 223 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 39Vitek VanecekG210 GP · 101 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 89Nathan WalkerL275 GP · 67 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 134Shane GersichL3 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 159Steven SpinnerRWSHWashington Capitals
- 194Kevin ElgestalRWSHWashington Capitals