2009 NHL Entry Draft

Top prospects

Ranking	North American skaters	European skaters
1	John Tavares	Victor Hedman
2	Matt Duchene	Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson
3	Evander Kane	Jacob Josefson
4	Brayden Schenn	Oliver Ekman-Larsson
5	Jordan Schroeder	Tim Erixon
6	John Moore	David Rundblad
7	Scott Glennie	Carl Klingberg
8	Simon Despres	Marcus Johansson
9	Jared Cowen	Dmitry Orlov
10	Zack Kassian	Joonas Nattinen

Ranking	North American goalies	European goalies
1	Matt Hackett	Robin Lehner
2	Olivier Roy	Mikko Koskinen
3	Edward Pasquale	Juraj Holly

Selections by round

Round one

1. The Minnesota Wild's first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent Columbus' first and third-round picks in 2009 and a seventh-round pick in 2009 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
2. The Columbus Blue Jackets' first-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent Minnesota's first-round pick to the New York Islanders in exchange for Columbus' third-round pick in 2009, a seventh-round pick in 2009 and this pick.
3. :New York previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent San Jose's first-round pick in 2009, Toronto's second-round pick in 2009, a third-round pick in 2009 and a fourth-round pick in 2009 to Columbus in exchange for a third-round pick in 2009 and this pick.
4. The Calgary Flames' first-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent a first-round pick and a third-round pick in 2009 to Calgary in exchange for this pick.
5. The Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent San Jose's first-round pick in 2009 and Toronto's second-round pick in 2009 to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.
6. :Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent Chris Pronger and Ryan Dingle to Philadelphia in exchange for Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa, a first-round pick in 2010, a conditional third-round pick in 2010 or 2011, and this pick.
7. The New Jersey Devils' first-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent a first-round pick to New Jersey in exchange for a third-round pick in 2009 and this pick.
8. The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent Philadelphia's first-round pick in 2009 to Columbus in exchange for Toronto's second-round pick in 2009 and this pick.
9. :Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent a first-round pick in 2009 and a third-round pick in 2009 to the New York Islanders in exchange for Toronto's second-round pick in 2009, a third-round pick in 2009, a fourth-round pick in 2009 and this pick.
10. :New York previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 20, 2009, that sent Mike Comrie and Chris Campoli to Ottawa in exchange for Dean McAmmond and this pick.
11. :Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 29, 2008, that sent Andrej Meszaros to Tampa Bay in exchange for Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard, and this pick.
12. :Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 4, 2008, that sent Dan Boyle and Brad Lukowich to San Jose in exchange for Matt Carle, Ty Wishart, a fourth-round pick in 2010, and this pick.
13. The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 26, 2009, that sent a second-round pick in 2009 and Florida's third-round pick in 2009 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.

    Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Draftees based on nationality

North American draftees by state/province