NHL draft: first-round selections

June 25, 2016 at 3:17AM
Riley Tufte, center, stands with members of the Dallas Stars management team at the NHL draft in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday June 24, 2016. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Blaine’s Riley Tufte (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FIRST ROUND

No. TeamPlayer, Pos.2015-16 team

1. TorontoAuston Matthews, CZurich (Switzerland)

2. WinnipegPatrik Laine, RWTappara (Finland)

3. ColumbusPierre-Luc DuBois, LWCape Breton (QMJHL)

4. EdmontonJesse Puljujarvi, RWKarpat (Finland)

5. VancouverOlli Juolevi, DLondon (OHL)

6. CalgaryMatthew Tkachuk, LWLondon (OHL)

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7. ArizonaClayton Keller, CUSA U-18

8. BuffaloAlexander Nylander, LWMississauga (OHL)

9. MontrealMikhail Sergachev, DWindsor (OHL)

10. Colorado Tyson Jost, CPenticton (BCHL)

11. a-New Jersey Logan Brown, CWindsor (OHL)

12. a-Ottawa Michael McLeod, CMississauga (OHL)

13. Carolina Jake Bean, DCalgary (WHL)

14. Boston Charles McAvoy, DBoston University

15. Wild Luke Kunin, CUniversity of Wisconsin

16. b-Detroit Jakob Chychrun, DSarnia (OHL)

17. Nashville Dante Fabbro, DPenticton (BCHL)

18. c-PhiladelphiaLogan Stanley, DWindsor (OHL)

19. N.Y. IslandersKieffer Bellows, LWUSA U-18

20. b-ArizonaDennis Cholowski, DChilliwack (BCHL)

21. CarolinaJulien Gauthier, RWVal-D'Or (QMJHL)

22. c-Winnipeg German Rubtsov, CRussia U-18

23. Florida Henrik Borgstrom, CHifk Jr. (Finland)

24. Anaheim Max Jones, LWLondon (OHL)

25. Dallas Riley Tufte, LWBlaine

26. d-Washington Tage Thompson, CUniv. of Connecticut

27. Tampa Bay Brett Howden, CMoose Jaw (WHL)

28. d-St. Louis Lucas Johansen, DKelowna (WHL)

29. Boston Trent Frederic, CUSA U-18

30. Anaheim Sam Steel, CRegina (WHL)

Trades

• a-New Jersey traded the rights to the No. 11 pick to Ottawa for the rights to the No. 12 and No. 80 (third round) picks. b-Detroit traded the rights to the No. 16 pick and center Pavel Datsyuk to Arizona for the rights to the No. 20 and No. 53 (second round) picks and center Joe Vitale. c-Philadelphia traded the rights to the No. 18 and No. 79 (third round) picks to Winnipeg for the rights to the No. 22 and No. 36 (second round) picks. d-Washington traded the rights to the No. 26 pick to St. Louis for the rights to the No. 28 and No. 87 (third round) picks.

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