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2011 NHL Draft

Vladislav Namestnikov in the 2011 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Vladislav Namestnikov 27th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 9 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 852 games put him 18th in the class.

Overall pick
27
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 27
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 24–30 in the 2011 draft

  1. 24Matt PuempelL87 GP · 16 POTT
  2. 25Stuart PercyD12 GP · 3 PTOR
  3. 26Phillip DanaultC805 GP · 418 PCHI
  4. 27Vladislav NamestnikovC852 GP · 351 PTBL
  5. 28Zack PhillipsCMIN
  6. 29Nicklas JensenR31 GP · 6 PVAN
  7. 30Rickard RakellR881 GP · 578 PANA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2011 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2011 class

1st
of 9 Russians selected
16th
of 119 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 27Vladislav NamestnikovC852 GP · 351 PTBL
  2. 40Alex KhokhlachevC9 GP · 0 PBOS
  3. 41Dmitrij JaskinR315 GP · 70 PSTL
  4. 58Nikita KucherovR898 GP · 1152 PTBL
  5. 109Maxim ShalunovRCHI
  6. 124Yaroslav KosovFFLA
  7. 148Nikita NesterovD170 GP · 37 PTBL
  8. 166Daniil SobchenkoCSJS
  9. 205Alexey MarchenkoD121 GP · 21 PDET
Every pick from Russia in the 2011 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Vladislav Namestnikov made his NHL debut on February 8, 2014, 2 years and 229 days after the draft.

852
Games
145
Goals
206
Assists
351
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2011 draft

  1. 27Vladislav NamestnikovC852 GP · 351 PTBL
  2. 58Nikita KucherovR898 GP · 1152 PTBL
  3. 148Nikita NesterovD170 GP · 37 PTBL
  4. 178Adam WilcoxG1 GP · 0 WTBL
  5. 201Matthew PecaC83 GP · 21 PTBL
  6. 208Ondrej PalatL923 GP · 525 PTBL