2017 Draft Pick Movement

Now that the 2016 NHL Draft is in the books, we look to 2017 and document the current status of traded draft picks for the upcoming draft.

Round 1

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Round 2

• New Jersey acquired Boston’s 2nd in a trade for Lee Stempniak on February 29, 2016;
• Vancouver acquired Columbus’s 2nd in either 2016, 2017, or 2018 as compensation for Columbus hiring Coach John Tortorella on October 21, 2015;
• Boston acquired Edmonton’s 2nd as compensation for Edmonton hiring GM Peter Chiarelli on April 24, 2015;
• Buffalo acquired Minnesota’s 2nd in a trade for Chris Stewart on March 2, 2015;
• Carolina acquired NY Rangers’ 2nd in a trade for Eric Staal on February 28, 2016;
• Toronto acquired Ottawa’s 2nd in a trade involving Dion Phaneuf on February 9, 2016;
• Toronto acquired San Jose’s 2nd in a trade involving Raffi Torres and Roman Polak on February 22, 2016;
• Anaheim acquired Toronto’s 2nd in a trade for Frederik Andersen on June 20, 2016;
• Montreal acquired Washington’s 2nd in a trade for Lars Eller on June 24, 2016.

Round 3

• Philadelphia acquired Boston’s 3rd in a trade for Zac Rinaldo on June 30, 2015;
• Chicago acquired its 3rd back from Carolina’s in a trade for Bryan Bickell and Teuvo Teravainen on June 15, 2016. Carolina initially acquired the pick on September 11, 2015 in a trade for Kris Versteeg;
• New Jersey acquired Colorado’s 3rd in a trade for Eric Gelinas on February 29, 2016;
• Arizona acquired Detroit’s 3rd via San Jose in a trade for Maxim Letunov on June 20, 2016;
• Carolina acquired the conditional rights to New Jersey’s 3rd in a trade for Tuomo Ruutu on March 5, 2014;
• Detroit acquired Toronto’s 3rd as compensation for Toronto hiring coach Mike Babcock on May 20, 2015;
• Buffalo acquired Washington’s 3rd in a trade for Mike Weber on February 23, 2016.

Round 4

• NY Rangers acquired Florida’s 4th in a trade for Keith Yandle on June 20, 2016 once Yandle signed with Florida;
• Philadelphia acquired NY Islanders’ 4th in a draft day trade for Philadelphia’s 2016 4th;
• Colorado acquired NY Rangers’ 4th in a trade for Nick Holden on June 25, 2016;
• Edmonton acquired conditional rights to Vancouver’s 4th in a trade for Philip Larsen on February 24, 2016. The pick becomes a 5th if Larsen does not hit specified production thresholds.

Round 5

• Carolina acquired Boston’s 5th in a trade for John-Michael Liles on February 29, 2016;
• Chicago acquired Carolina’s 5th in a trade for Kris Versteeg on September 11, 2015;
• Chicago acquired St. Louis’s 5th in a draft day trade for Chicago’s 2016 5th.

Round 6

• Florida acquires Anaheim’s 6th in a trade involving Colby Robak on December 4, 2014. The pick would have been a 2016 4th if Robak played more games for the Ducks;
• San Jose acquires Arizona’s 6th in a trade for Maxim Letunov on June 20, 2016;
• Detroit acquired Florida’s 6th in a trade for Jakub Kindl on February 27, 2016;
• Chicago acquired NY Islanders’ 6th in a draft day trade involving both teams’ 2016 4th rounders;
• Nashville acquired NY Rangers’ 6th in a trade for Magnus Hellberg on July 1, 2015;
• NY  Rangers acquired Vancouver’s 6th in a trade for Emerson Etem on January 8, 2016.

Round 7

• Chicago acquired Anaheim’s 7th in a trade for Corey Tropp on February 29, 2016;
• Pittsburgh conditionally acquired Arizona’s 7th in a trade for Sergei Plotnikov on February 29, 2016. Plotnikov must re-sign with Arizona for Pittsburgh to get the pick;
• San Jose acquired Chicago’s 7th in a trade on March 2, 2015. The pick was conditioned on Chicago winning the Stanley Cup in 2014-15;
• Boston acquired Florida’s 7th in a draft day trade for Boston’s 2016 7th;
• Winnipeg acquired Montreal’s 7th in a draft day trade for Winnipeg’s 2016 7th.