The 2010 KHL Junior Draft was the second entry draft held by the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(KHL), taking place on June 4, 2010. Ice hockey players from around the world aged between 17 and 21 years of age were selected. Players eligible to take part in the draft were required to not have an active contract with a KHL, MHL or VHL team. A total of 690 players participated in the draft, 490 of these playing in Russia, 100 in Europe and 100 in North America. The first pick of the first round was

Dmitrij Jaškin Dmitrij Alexejevič Jaškin (; born 23 March 1993) is a Russian-born Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing with Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He played five seasons for the St Louis Blues and one season ...

playing for

VHK Vsetín Valašský hokejový klub Vsetín, also known as Hockey Club Vsetín, is a professional ice hockey team in the Czech 1. liga (second-level league). The team is the most successful team in Czech Republic ice hockey history, winning five straight ...

at the time of the draft. He was picked by Sibir Novosibirsk.

Nullified picks

Three draft picks were nullified by the league: * CSKA's pick of

Mikael Backlund Mikael Backlund (born 17 March 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre and Captain (ice hockey), captain of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Backlund was a first round Draft (sports), select ...

* Sibir's pick of

Philip Larsen Philip Elzer Gade Larsen (born 7 December 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Esbjerg Energy of the Metal Ligaen (DEN). He was originally drafted 149th overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2008 NHL E ...

* Lokomotiv's pick of

John Tavares John Tavares (born September 20, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward and Alternate Captain (ice hockey), alternate captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the 2009 NHL ent ...

The reasoning for the nullification was that these three players had active contracts with

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

teams at the time of the draft.

Selections by round

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

4th round

5th round

6th round

7th round

References

External links

A list of 490 players participating in the draft playing in Russia

A list of 100 players participating in the draft playing in Europe

A list of 100 players participating in the draft playing in North America

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