NHL Entry Draft

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National Hockey League event annual sporting event sports draft

The NHL Entry Draft is the annual event in which National Hockey League teams select rights to eligible amateur ice hockey players from around the world.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
NHL Amateur Draft 6
1991 NHL Entry Draft 1
2008 NHL Entry Draft 1
NHL entry draft 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Hockey League event ⓘ
annual sporting event ⓘ
sports draft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
broadcastOn online streaming platforms ⓘ
sports television networks ⓘ
category NHL transactions ⓘ
annual sporting events in North America ⓘ
ice hockey drafts ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility age-based criteria ⓘ
amateur status ⓘ
firstHeld 1963 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL Board of Governors
governsPlayersFrom European professional leagues ⓘ
college hockey ⓘ
high school hockey ⓘ
junior leagues ⓘ
involves draft picks ⓘ
trades of draft picks ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
notableFeature draft lottery for non-playoff teams ⓘ
first overall pick ⓘ
organizedBy National Hockey League ⓘ
originalName NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
participants National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL teams

eligible amateur ice hockey players ⓘ
playerRightsConferred exclusive NHL signing rights ⓘ
predecessor NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
primaryPurpose allocation of player rights ⓘ
competitive balance among NHL teams ⓘ
regulatedBy National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
relatedTo NHL free agency ⓘ
NHL trade deadline ⓘ
rounds multiple rounds ⓘ
scope worldwide ⓘ
selectionOrderBasis draft lottery ⓘ
previous season standings ⓘ
selectionType entry draft ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
timeOfYear off-season ⓘ
typicalLocation NHL city arena ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NHL Entry Draft → alsoKnownAs → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
Eric Lindros → draft year → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1991 NHL Entry Draft
Aleksander Barkov → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Alexander Semin → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Anders Lee → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Andrei Vasilevskiy → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Barry Melrose → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Bryan Little → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Bryan Trottier → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
Craig Ramsay → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
Dany Heatley → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Denis Savard → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Evgeni Malkin → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Guy Lafleur → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
Ilya Kovalchuk → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Jaromír Jágr → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Joel Lundqvist → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
John Tavares → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Kari Lehtonen → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Keith Yandle → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Kevin Dineen → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Luke Richardson → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Marc-André Fleury → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Marián Gáborík → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Mark Messier → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Martin Brodeur → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Mike Gartner → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Miro Heiskanen → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Miroslav Šatan → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Olie Kolzig → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Ondrej Pavelec → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Pavel Bure → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Pavol Demitra → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Roman Čechmánek → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Ryan Miller → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Sergei Brylin → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Tobias Enström → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Tyler Ennis → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Yan Stastny → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Ľubomír Višňovský → draftLeague → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
National Hockey League → draftName → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Claude Giroux → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
King Henrik → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
subject surface form: Henrik Lundqvist
Jamie Benn → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
John Carlson → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Mats Sundin → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Maxim Afinogenov → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
Olie the Goalie → draftType → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
subject surface form: Olaf Kölzig
Steven Stamkos → draftYear → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 NHL Entry Draft
NHL Entry Draft → originalName → NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Amateur Draft