With the regular season over and the playoffs well under way It would appear that, unless there is an unforeseen playoff debut, that the 2015/16 season will have seen exactly 168 new players make their NHL debuts.
I try and refrain from buying new debut autographs until a season or two has gone by and their value inevitably plummets. I also don't usually write to a player until I can be pretty sure he isn't getting a certified autograph. However, I've still somehow picked up over 20 signatures from new guys this year.
The grand total of people to play in the NHL since its inaugural season in 1917/18 is now 7,446.
The grand total of people to play in the NHL since its inaugural season in 1917/18 is now 7,446.
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168 Players made their NHL debuts through the 2015/2016 season
In The Collection: 23/168 = 14%
Note: Pontus Aberg made his NHL debut during the playoffs
Pontus Aberg
Noel Acciari
Josh Archibald
Andreas Athanasiou
Justin Bailey
Christoph Bertschy
Jean-Francois Berube
Chris Bigras
Jordan Binnington
Oliver Bjorkstrand
Joseph Blandisi
Connor Brickley
Connor Brown
Ryan Carpenter
Daniel Carr
Trevor Carrick
Daniel Catenacci
Fredrik Claesson
Mike Condon
Pheonix Copley
Tommy Cross
Laurent Dauphin
Chase De Leo
Dylan DeMelo
Phillip Di Giuseppe
Jason Dickinson
Darren Dietz
Max Domi
Joonas Donskoi
Nic Dowd
Ryan Dzingel
Joel Edmundson
Nikolaj Ehlers
Jack Eichel
Morgan Ellis
Turner Elson
Robby Fabbri
Radek Faska
Hudson Fasching
Derek Forbort
Alex Friesen
Byron Froese
Kurtis Gabriel
Brendan Gaunce
Frederik Gauthier
Christopher Gibson
Nikolay Goldobin
Yanni Gourde
Kevin Gravel
Alexandre Grenier
Erik Gustafsson
Noah Hanifin
Joel Hanley
Markus Hannikainen
Ben Harpur
Garnet Hathaway
Connor Hellebuyck
Vincent Hinostroza
Bud Holloway
Marek Hrivik
Charles Hudon
Ben Hutton
Zach Hyman
Mattias Janmark
Stephen Johns
Ross Johnston
Ryan Johnston
Sergei Kalinin
Kasperi Kapanen
Jason Kasdorf
Joonas Kemppainen
Michael Keranen
Tanner Kero
Jujhar Khaira
Joonas Korpisalo
Scott Kosmachuk
Tom Kuhnhacki
Dean Kukan
Oliver Kylington
Dylan Larkin
Taylor Leier
Brendan Leipsic
Brett Lernout
Tobias Lindberg
Esa Lindell
Charlie Lindgren
J.C. Lipon
Viktor Loov
Anthony Mantha
Andreas Martinsen
Michael Matheson
Jared McCann
Michael McCarron
Max McCormick
Connor McDavid
John McFarland
Brock McGinn
Mark McNeill
Evgeny Medvedev
Michael Mersch
Sonny Milano
Colin Miller
Josh Morrissey
Vojtech Mozik
Matt Murray
Jakub Nakladal
Casey Nelson
Tomas Nosek
William Nylander
Matt O'Connor
Brian O'Neill
Gustav Olofsson
Artemi Panarin
Colton Parayko
Nick Paul
Andrey Pedan
Adam Pelech
Brett Pesce
Nic Petan
Blake Pietila
Sergei Plotnikov
Ryan Pulock
Alan Quine
Tyler Randell
Mikko Rantanen
Dennis Rasmussen
Kyle Rau
Brent Regner
Mike Reilly
Nick Ritchie
Buddy Robinson
Evan Rodrigues
Derek Ryan
Steven Santini
Juuse Saros
Cole Schneider
Logan Shaw
Conor Sheary
Hunter Shinkaruk
Devin Shore
Patrick Sieloff
Dominik Simon
Brady Skejei
Jaccob Slavin
Anton Slepyshev
Nikita Soshnikov
Garret Sparks
Daniel Sprong
Chandler Stephenson
Oskar Sundqvist
Viktor Svedberg
Brandon Tanev
Shea Theodore
Paul Thompson
Sergey Tolchinsky
Niklas Treutle
Nikita Tryamkin
Linus Ullmark
Rinat Valiev
Frank Vatrano
Joel Vermin
Jake Virtanen
Jordan Weal
Scott Wedgewood
Chris Wideman
Miles Wood
Pavel Zacha