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2012 NHL Entry Draft

Location:Consol Energy Center (Pittsburgh, PA)Held:June 22-23, 2012
First Overall Pick:Nail Yakupov (Oilers)Players With NHL Experience:108

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft was the 50th NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held June 22–23, 2012, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first time that Pittsburgh hosted the draft since the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The top three picks were Nail Yakupov going to the Edmonton Oilers, Ryan Murray going to the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Alex Galchenyuk going to the Montreal Canadiens.

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Nail Yakupov, Edmonton Oilers (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Who Are the Biggest Steals of the 2010 NHL Draft?

Connor Brown Maple Leafs
Connor Brown, Toronto Maple Leafs, Dec. 12, 2017 (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Who Are the Biggest Busts of the 2010 NHL Draft?

  • Nail Yakupov (1st overall by the Edmonton Oilers)
    • Never hit 20 goals in his NHL career (career-high was 17 during his rookie season in 2012-13)
    • Now in the KHL after only nine goals and 16 points in 58 games with the Colorado Avalanche in 2017-18
  • Derrick Pouliot (8th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins)
    • At best a solid AHL defenceman
    • Played only 202 games in the NHL and never recorded more than 22 points
  • Henrik Samuelsson (27th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes)
    • Played only three games in the NHL during the 2014-15 season, then bounced around the AHL and ECHL
    • Last seen in the EIHL with the Manchester Storm during the 2019-20 season

Deeper Dive

2012 NHL Draft Selections by Round

First Round

#PlayerNHL Team
1Nail Yakupov (RW)Edmonton Oilers
2Ryan Murray (D)Columbus Blue Jackets
3Alex Galchenyuk (C)Montreal Canadiens
4Griffin Reinhart (D)New York Islanders
5Morgan Rielly (D)Toronto Maple Leafs
6Hampus Lindholm (D)Anaheim Ducks
7Matt Dumba (D)Minnesota Wild
8Derrick Pouliot (D)Pittsburgh Penguins (from Carolina)
9Jacob Trouba (D)Winnipeg Jets
10Slater Koekkoek (D)Tampa Bay Lightning
11Filip Forsberg (RW)Washington Capitals (from Colorado)
12Mikhail Grigorenko (C)Buffalo Sabres
13Radek Faksa (C)Dallas Stars
14Zemgus Girgensons (C)Buffalo Sabres (from Calgary)
15Cody Ceci (D)Ottawa Senators
16Tom Wilson (RW)Washington Capitals
17Tomas Hertl (C)San Jose Sharks
18Teuvo Teravainen (RW)Chicago Blackhawks
19Andrei Vasilevskiy (G)Tampa Bay Lightning (from Detroit)
20Scott Laughton (C)Philadelphia Flyers
21Mark Jankowski (C)Calgary Flames (from Nashville via Buffalo)
22Olli Maatta (D)Pittsburgh Penguins
23Mike Matheson (D)Florida Panthers
24Malcolm Subban (G)Boston Bruins
25Jordan Schmaltz (D)St. Louis Blues
26Brendan Gaunce (C)Vancouver Canucks
27Henrik Samuelsson (C)Phoenix Coyotes
28Brady Skjei (D)New York Rangers
29Stefan Matteau (C)New Jersey Devils
30Tanner Pearson (LW)Los Angeles Kings
Andrei Vasilevskiy Tampa Bay Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Second Round

#PlayerNHL Team
31Oscar Dansk (G)Columbus Blue Jackets
32Mitchell Moroz (LW)Edmonton Oilers
33Sebastian Collberg (RW)Montreal Canadiens
34Ville Pokka (D)New York Islanders
35Matthew Finn (D)Toronto Maple Leafs
36Nic Kerdiles (LW)Anaheim Ducks
37Pontus Aberg (LW)Nashville Predators (from Minnesota via San Jose and Tampa Bay)
38Phillip Di Giuseppe (LW)Carolina Hurricanes
39Lukas Sutter (C)Winnipeg Jets
40Dylan Blujus (D)Tampa Bay Lightning
41Mitchell Heard (C)Colorado Avalanche
42Patrick Sieloff (D)Calgary Flames (from Buffalo)
43Ludvig Bystrom (D)Dallas Stars
44Jake McCabe (D)Buffalo Sabres (from Calgary)
45Anthony Stolarz (G)Philadelphia Flyers (from Ottawa via Phoenix and Columbus)
46Raphael Bussieres (LW)Minnesota Wild (from Washington via New Jersey)
47Brock McGinn (LW)Carolina Hurricanes (from San Jose)
48Dillon Fournier (D)Chicago Blackhawks
49Martin Frk (RW)Detroit Red Wings
50Colton Sissons (C)Nashville Predators (from Philadelphia via Tampa Bay)
51Dalton Thrower (D)Montreal Canadiens (from Nashville)
52Teodors Blugers (C)Pittsburgh Penguins
53Brian Hart (RW)Tampa Bay Lightning (from Florida via Philadelphia)
54Mike Winther (C)Dallas Stars (from Boston via Toronto, Colorado and Washington)
55Chris Tierney (C)San Jose Sharks (compensatory)
56Samuel Kurker (RW)St. Louis Blues
57Alexandre Mallet (LW)Vancouver Canucks
58Jordan Martinook (LW)Phoenix Coyotes
59Cristoval Nieves (C)New York Rangers
60Damon Severson (D)New Jersey Devils
61Devin Shore (C)Dallas Stars (from Los Angeles via Philadelphia)
Chris Tierney
Chris Tierney (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Third Round

#PlayerNHL Team
62Joonas Korpisalo (G)Columbus Blue Jackets
63Jujhar Khaira (LW)Edmonton Oilers
64Tim Bozon (LW)Montreal Canadiens
65Adam Pelech (D)New York Islanders
66Jimmy Vesey (LW)Nashville Predators (from Toronto via Los Angeles)
67Mackenzie MacEachern (LW)St. Louis Blues (from Anaheim)
68John Draeger (D)Minnesota Wild
69Daniel Altshuller (G)Carolina Hurricanes
70Scott Kosmachuk (RW)Winnipeg Jets
71Tanner Richard (C)Tampa Bay Lightning
72Troy Bourke (LW)Colorado Avalanche
73Justin Kea (C)Buffalo Sabres
74Esa Lindell (D)Dallas Stars
75Jon Gillies (G)Calgary Flames
76Chris Driedger (G)Ottawa Senators
77Chandler Stephenson (C/LW)Washington Capitals
78Shayne Gostisbehere (D)Philadelphia Flyers (from San Jose via Florida)
79Chris Calnan (RW)Chicago Blackhawks
80Jake Paterson (G)Detroit Red Wings
81Oskar Sundqvist (C)Pittsburgh Penguins (from Philadelphia via Phoenix)
82Jarrod Maidens (C/LW)Ottawa Senators (from Nashville)
83Matt Murray (G)Pittsburgh Penguins
84Steven Hodges (C)Florida Panthers
85Matt Grzelcyk (D)Boston Bruins
86Colton Parayko (D)St. Louis Blues
87Frederik Andersen (G)Anaheim Ducks (from Vancouver)
88James Melindy (D)Phoenix Coyotes
89Brendan Leipsic (LW)Nashville Predators (from NY Rangers)
90Ben Johnson (C/LW)New Jersey Devils
91Daniil Zharkov (LW)Edmonton Oilers (from Los Angeles)
Joonas Korpisalo
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Fourth Round

#PlayerNHL Team
92Matia Marcantuoni (C/RW)Pittsburgh Penguins (from Columbus)
93Erik Gustafsson (D)Edmonton Oilers
94Brady Vail (C)Montreal Canadiens
95Josh Anderson (RW)Columbus Blue Jackets (from NY Islanders via Vancouver)
96Ben Thomson (LW)New Jersey Devils (from Toronto)
97Kevin Roy (C)Anaheim Ducks
98Adam Gilmour (C)Minnesota Wild
99Erik Karlsson (C/LW)Carolina Hurricanes
100Thomas DiPauli (C)Washington Capitals (from Winnipeg)
101Cedric Paquette (C)Tampa Bay Lightning
102Rhett Holland (D)Phoenix Coyotes (from Colorado)
103Loic Leduc (D)New York Islanders (from Buffalo)
104Gemel Smith (C)Dallas Stars
105Brett Kulak (D)Calgary Flames
106Tim Boyle (D)Ottawa Senators
107Austin Wuthrich (RW)Washington Capitals
108Andrew O’Brien (D)Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose)
109Christopher Lalancette (RW)San Jose Sharks (from Chicago)
110Andreas Athanasiou (C/LW)Detroit Red Wings
111Fredric Larsson (D)Philadelphia Flyers
112Zach Stepan (C)Nashville Predators
113Sean Maguire (G)Pittsburgh Penguins
114Alexander Delnov (LW)Florida Panthers
115Trevor Carrick (D)Carolina Hurricanes (from Boston)
116Nick Walters (D)St. Louis Blues
117Taylor Leier (LW)Philadelphia Flyers (from Vancouver via Columbus)
118Mikko Vainonen (D)Nashville Predators (from Phoenix)
119Calle Andersson (D)New York Rangers
120Jaccob Slavin (D)Carolina Hurricanes (from New Jersey)
121Nikolai Prokhorkin (LW)Los Angeles Kings
Cedric Paquette Tampa Bay Lightning
Cedric Paquette, Tampa Bay Lightning (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)

Fifth Round

#PlayerNHL Team
122Charles Hudon (LW)Montreal Canadiens (from Columbus)
123Joey LaLeggia (D)Edmonton Oilers
124Ryan Culkin (D)Calgary Flames (from Montreal)
125Doyle Somerby (D)New York Islanders
126Dominic Toninato (C)Toronto Maple Leafs
127Brian Cooper (D)Anaheim Ducks (from Anaheim via Montreal)
128Daniel Gunnarsson (D)Minnesota Wild
129Brendan Woods (LW)Carolina Hurricanes
130Connor Hellebuyck (G)Winnipeg Jets
131Seth Griffith (C)Boston Bruins (from Tampa Bay)
132Michael Clarke (C)Colorado Avalanche
133Logan Nelson (C)Buffalo Sabres
134Branden Troock (RW)Dallas Stars
135Graham Black (C)New Jersey Devils (from Calgary)
136Robert Baillargeon (C)Ottawa Senators
137Connor Carrick (D)Washington Capitals
138Danny O’Regan (C)San Jose Sharks
139Garret Ross (LW)Chicago Blackhawks
140Michael McKee (D)Detroit Red Wings
141Reece Willcox (D)Philadelphia Flyers
142Thomas Spelling (D)New York Rangers (from Nashville)
143Clarke Seymour (D)Pittsburgh Penguins
144Henri Kiviaho (G)Dallas Stars (from Florida)
145Cody Payne (RW)Boston Bruins
146Francois Tremblay (G)St. Louis Blues
147Ben Hutton (D)Vancouver Canucks
148Niklas Tikkinen (D)Phoenix Coyotes
149Travis Brown (D)Chicago Blackhawks (from NY Rangers)
150Alexander Kerfoot (C)New Jersey Devils
151Colin Miller (D)Los Angeles Kings
Connor Hellebuyck Winnipeg Jets
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)

Sixth Round

#PlayerNHL Team
152Daniel Zaar (RW)Columbus Blue Jackets
153John McCarron (RW)Edmonton Oilers
154Erik Nystrom (LW)Montreal Canadiens
155Jesse Graham (D)New York Islanders
156Connor Brown (RW)Toronto Maple Leafs
157Ryan Rupert (C)Toronto Maple Leafs (from Anaheim)
158Christoph Bertschy (C)Minnesota Wild
159Colin Olsen (G)Carolina Hurricanes
160Ryan Olsen (C)Winnipeg Jets
161Jake Dotchin (D)Tampa Bay Lightning
162Joseph Blandisi (C/RW)Colorado Avalanche
163Linus Ullmark (G)Buffalo Sabres
164Simon Fernholm (D)Nashville Predators (from Dallas via Florida)
165Coda Gordon (LW)Calgary Flames
166Francois Brassard (G)Ottawa Senators
167Riley Barber (RW)Washington Capitals
168Clifford Watson (D)San Jose Sharks
169Vince Hinostroza (C)Chicago Blackhawks
170James de Haas (D)Detroit Red Wings
171Tomas Hyka (RW)Los Angeles Kings (from Philadelphia)
172Max Gortz (RW)Nashville Predators
173Anton Zlobin (RW)Pittsburgh Penguins
174Francis Beauvillier (C/LW)Florida Panthers
175Matthew Benning (D)Boston Bruins
176Petteri Lindbohm (D)St. Louis Blues
177Wesley Myron (LW)Vancouver Canucks
178Samuel Fejes (LW)Phoenix Coyotes
179Marek Mazanec (G)Nashville Predators (from NY Rangers)
180Artur Gavrus (C)New Jersey Devils
181Paul LaDue (D)Los Angeles Kings
Vinnie Hinostroza
Vinnie Hinostroza (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)

Seventh Round

#PlayerNHL Team
182Gianluca Curcuruto (D)Columbus Blue Jackets
183Dmitry Sinitsyn (D)Dallas Stars (from Edmonton via Los Angeles)
184Marek Langhamer (G)Phoenix Coyotes (from Montreal)
185Jake Bischoff (D)New York Islanders
186Matt DeBlouw (C)Calgary Flames (from Toronto)
187Kenton Helgesen (D)Anaheim Ducks
188Louis Nanne (LW)Minnesota Wild
189Brendan Collier (LW)Carolina Hurricanes
190Jamie Phillips (G)Winnipeg Jets
191Brandon Whitney (G)Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay via San Jose)
192Colin Smith (C)Colorado Avalanche
193Brady Austin (D)Buffalo Sabres
194Jonatan Nielsen (D)Florida Panthers (from Dallas)
195Christian Djoos (D)Washington Capitals (from Calgary)
196Mikael Wikstrand (D)Ottawa Senators
197Jaynen Rissling (D)Washington Capitals
198Joakim Ryan (D)San Jose Sharks
199Matt Tomkins (G)Chicago Blackhawks
200Rasmus Bodin (LW)Detroit Red Wings
201Valeri Vasilyev (D)Philadelphia Flyers
202Nikita Gusev (LW)Tampa Bay Lightning (from Nashville)
203Sergei Kostenko (G)Washington Capitals (from Pittsburgh)
204Judd Peterson (C/RW)Buffalo Sabres (from Florida via Chicago)
205Colton Hargrove (LW)Boston Bruins
206Tyrel Seaman (C)St. Louis Blues
207Matt Beattie (LW)Vancouver Canucks
208Justin Hache (D)Phoenix Coyotes
209Viktor Loov (D)Toronto Maple Leafs (from NY Rangers)
210Jaycob Megna (D)Anaheim Ducks (from New Jersey)
211Nick Ebert (D)Los Angeles Kings
Nikita Gusev New Jersey Devils
Nikita Gusev, New Jersey Devils (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)

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