2024 NHL Draft
Zayne Parekh in the 2024 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Zayne Parekh 9th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2024, 23 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 7 of them have played more games than his 56, and only 9 have scored more points than his 18.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 2024 draft
- 6Tij IginlaCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 7Carter YakemchukD18 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 8Berkly CattonC82 GP · 31 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Zayne ParekhD56 GP · 18 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 11Sam DickinsonD90 GP · 17 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 12Zeev BuiumD96 GP · 30 PMINMinnesota Wild
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2024 class
9th
of 225 players selected
3rd
of 77 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Macklin CelebriniC170 GP · 199 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 2Artyom LevshunovD104 GP · 33 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 3Beckett SenneckeR100 GP · 82 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 4Cayden LindstromCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Ivan DemidovR86 GP · 66 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Tij IginlaCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 7Carter YakemchukD18 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 8Berkly CattonC82 GP · 31 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 9Zayne ParekhD56 GP · 18 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Anton SilayevDNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 215 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Zayne Parekh made his NHL debut on April 17, 2025, 293 days after the draft.
56
Games
7
Goals
11
Assists
18
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 2024 draft
- 9Zayne ParekhD56 GP · 18 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 28Matvei GridinR55 GP · 31 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 41Andrew BashaLCGYCalgary Flames
- 62Jacob BattagliaRCGYCalgary Flames
- 74Henry MewsDCGYCalgary Flames
- 84Kirill ZarubinGCGYCalgary Flames
- 106Trevor HoskinRCGYCalgary Flames
- 150Luke MisaCCGYCalgary Flames
- 170Hunter LaingCCGYCalgary Flames
- 177Eric JamiesonDCGYCalgary Flames