The 2016 NHL Draft is finally here, and it’s expected to not only be a deep draft, but an exciting one as well. With so much action expected, it’s only right that we provide you with a single place to keep updated on all of the picks that take place on Friday night.
Everyone knows who the first pick is likely to be — Auston Matthews to Toronto – but it won’t be official until the NHL Draft actually gets under way at 7pm EST from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The big questions, however, are what will happen, if anything, with Arizona’s third overall pick and beyond?
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Behold the NHL Draft Live Tracker. This tracker will be updated as picks are made, and will include links to the recaps of every pick that is made! So, bookmark this page and be sure to check back all night long as the picks come rolling in! The Hockey Writers will also have updates on any trades that are made throughout the day.
Make sure to refresh (F5 or CMD + R) throughout the event
ROUND 1
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | Former Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Auston Matthews | ||||
| 2 |  |
Patrik Laine | ||||
| 3 |  |
Pierre-Luc Dubois | ||||
| 4 |  |
Jesse Puljujarvi | ||||
| 5 |  |
Olli Juolevi | ||||
| 6 |  |
Matthew Tkachuck | ||||
| 7 |  |
Clayton Keller | ||||
| 8 |  |
Alex Nylander | ||||
| 9 |  |
Mikhail Sergachev | ||||
| 10 |  |
Tyson Jost | ||||
| 11 |  (Via NJ) |
Logan Brown | ||||
| 12 | 
(Via OTT) |
Michael McLeod | ||||
| 13 |  |
Jake Bean | ||||
| 14 |  |
Charles McAvoy | ||||
| 15 |  |
Luke Kunin | ||||
| 16 |
(Via DET) |
Jakob Chychrun | ||||
| 17 |  |
Dante Fabbro | ||||
| 18 |
(Via PHI) |
Logan Stanley | ||||
| 19 |  |
Kieffer Bellows | ||||
| 20 | 
(Via AZ) |
Dennis Cholowski | ||||
| 21 | |
Julien Gauthier | ||||
| 22 | 
(Via WPG) |
German Rubtsov | ||||
| 23 |  |
Henrik Borgstrom | ||||
| 24 |  |
Max Jones | ||||
| 25 |  |
Riley Tufte | ||||
| 26 | 
(Via WSH) |
Tage Thompson | ||||
| 27 |  |
Brett Howden | ||||
| 28 |
|
Lucas Johansen | ||||
| 29 | |
Trent Frederic | ||||
| 30 | |
Sam Steel |
(Via STL)