KHL territorial pick explained

A KHL territorial pick was a special type of draft pick used in the KHL Junior Draft. A Kontinental Hockey League team could protect up to 3 players from its Minor Hockey League affiliate or its hockey school(s) and use its first-round pick to draft one of its protected players.[1]

However, unlike the NBA territorial picks, where NBA teams used territorial draft picks sparsely, KHL teams frequently used such picks to keep local talent. Also, in the KHL, the territorial draft picks were factored into the overall selection count. As such, a KHL team could draft more than one territorial pick; it happened in 2010 when Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, as well as Traktor Chelyabinsk used their two first-round draft picks on territorial picks.

For 2012, the rules changed: now a team could protect up to 5 players and use any pick, regardless of round, to select them, unless entering the disaster draft, in which case a team can protect as many players as they want for the five years following the disaster draft.The KHL Junior Draft was discontinued in 2016.

Key

Pos.GFD
PositionGoaltenderForwardDefenseman

List of territorial draft picks

 DraftPlayer Pos.PickNationalityKHL teamTeam from (city)
2010^G4 RussiaVityaz Chekhov (Podolsk)
2010^F6 RussiaLokomotiv Yaroslavl (Yaroslavl)
2010^F7 RussiaLokomotiv Yaroslavl (Yaroslavl)
2010^F15 RussiaTraktor Chelyabinsk (Chelyabinsk)
2010^F16 RussiaAk Bars Kazan (Kazan)
2010^D18 RussiaDynamo Moscow (Tver)
2010^F19 RussiaNeftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Nizhnekamsk)
2010^D22 RussiaTraktor Chelyabinsk (Chelyabinsk)
2011C2 RussiaAmur Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk)
2011G7 RussiaSalavat Yulaev Ufa (Ufa)
2011C8 RussiaHC CSKA Moscow (Moscow)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 KHL Entry Draft. December 30, 2010. russianhockeyfans.com. Russian Hockey Fans.