NHL Defensemen and the NHL Draft

Previous 3 NHL Drafts, # of Defense selected: 73

USHL: 18

0 first round selections

NCAA: 10 

3 first round selections

OHL: 45

4 first round selections

DRAFTED players Measuring 6'1 and taller: 48 (representing 66% percent of drafted defensemen)

DRAFTED players Measuring 6'0 and under: 25 (34% of drafted defensemen)

USHL: 50% of drafted defensemen measured 6'1 and taller , 50 % measured 6'0 and under

NCAA 70% of the drafted defensemen measured 6'1 and taller , 30% measured 6'0 and under

OHL: 73% of the drafted defensemen measured 6'1 and taller, 26% measured 6'0 and under

***As a D man in your NHL draft year, it is very important to know the trends of how NHL teams draft. As you can see from the numbers. 

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2017-2018 Current Point leading defensemen in the NHL: 

Top 5  defensemen 6'1 and taller: Klingberg (6'2) 5th Rd DAL - from SHL , Burns (6'5) 1st Rd MIN - from OHL, Carlson (6'3) 1st Rd WSH - from USHL, Doughty (6'1) 1st Rd LAK - from OHL, Hedman (6'6) 1st Rd TBL - from SHL

2 Swedish Hockey League, 2 OHL, 1 USHL. All 1st Round Selections

Top 5 NHL defensemen measuring exactly 6': Subban (6'0) 2nd Rd MTL - from OHL, Karlsson (6'0) 1st Rd OTT - from Sweden U20 Super Elite, Leddy (6'0) 1st Rd PIT - from MN HS, Letang (6'0) 1st Rd PIT - from QMJHL, Dumba (6'0) 1st Rd MIN - from WHL

1 Sweden U20 Super Elite, 1 OHL , 1 QMJHL, 1 WHL, 1 MN High School.

Top 5 NHL defensemen measuring 5'11 and shorter: Gostisbehere (5'11) *3rd Rd to PHI from Union College, Krug (5'9) undrafted from USHL, Barrie (5'10) 3rd Round to COL from WHL, Butcher (5'10) 5th Round to COL from USNTDP, Goligoski (5'11) 2nd Rd to PIT from MN high school. 

1 NCAA, 1 WHL, 1 USNTDP, 1 MN High School, 1 undrafted from USHL.