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2000 NHL Entry Draft
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| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Rick DiPietro | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Dany Heatley | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 |
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Marian Gaborik | 1035 | 407 | 408 | 815 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 |
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Rostislav Klesla | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 5 |
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Raffi Torres | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 |
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Scott Hartnell | 1249 | 327 | 380 | 707 | |||||
| 1 | 7 | 7 |
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Lars Jonsson | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | 8 |
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Nikita Alexeev | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | 9 |
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Brent Krahn | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | 10 |
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Mikhail Yakubov | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | 11 |
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Pavel Vorobiev | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | 12 |
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Alexei Smirnov | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | 13 |
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Ron Hainsey | 1100 | 59 | 246 | 305 | |||||
| 1 | 14 | 14 |
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Vaclav Nedorost | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | 15 |
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Artem Kryukov | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | 16 |
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Marcel Hossa | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | 17 |
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Alexei Mikhnov | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | 18 |
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Brooks Orpik | 1035 | 18 | 176 | 194 | |||||
| 1 | 19 | 19 |
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Krys Kolanos | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | 20 |
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Alexander Frolov | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | 21 |
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Anton Volchenkov | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | 22 |
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David Hale | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | 23 |
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Nathan Smith | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | 24 |
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Brad Boyes | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | 25 |
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Steve Ott | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | 26 |
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Brian Sutherby | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | 27 |
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Martin Samuelsson | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | 28 |
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Justin Williams | 1244 | 312 | 474 | 786 | |||||
| 1 | 29 | 29 |
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Niklas Kronwall | 953 | 83 | 349 | 432 | |||||
| 1 | 30 | 30 |
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Jeff Taffe | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 2 | 1 | 31 |
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Ilja Nikulin | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 32 |
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Tomas Kurka | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 33 |
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Nick Schultz | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 34 |
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Ruslan Zaynullin | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 35 |
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Brad Winchester | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 36 |
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Daniel Widing | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 37 |
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Andy Hilbert | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | 38 |
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Tomas Kopecky | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | 39 |
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Teemu Laine | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | 40 |
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Kurtis Foster | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | 41 |
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Tero Maatta | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | 42 |
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Libor Ustrnul | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | 43 |
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Matt Pettinger | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | 44 |
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Ilya Bryzgalov | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | 45 |
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Mathieu Chouinard | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | 46 |
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Jarret Stoll | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | 47 |
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Jared Aulin | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | 48 |
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Gerard Dicaire | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | 49 |
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Jonas Nordquist | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | 50 |
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Sergei Soin | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | 51 |
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Kris Vernarsky | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | 52 |
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Shane Endicott | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | 53 |
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Alexander Tatarinov | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | 54 |
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Andreas Lilja | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | 55 |
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Antoine Vermette | 1046 | 228 | 287 | 515 | |||||
| 2 | 26 | 56 |
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Alexander Suglobov | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | 57 |
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Matt DeMarchi | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | 58 |
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Vladimir Sapozhnikov | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | 59 |
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Ivan Huml | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | 60 |
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Dan Ellis | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | 61 |
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Jakub Cutta | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | 62 |
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Paul Martin | 870 | 50 | 270 | 320 | |||||
| 2 | 33 | 63 |
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Agris Saviels | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | 64 |
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Filip Novak | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | 65 |
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David Morisset | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 3 | 1 | 66 |
|
Tuukka Makela | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 67 |
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Max Birbraer | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 68 |
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Joel Lundqvist | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 69 |
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Ben Knopp | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 70 |
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Mikael Tellqvist | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 71 |
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Thatcher Bell | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 72 |
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Mattias Nilsson | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 73 |
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Sergei Zinovjev | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | 74 |
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Igor Radulov | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | 75 |
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Justin Papineau | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | 76 |
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Mike Rupp | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | 77 |
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Robert Fried | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | 78 |
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Jozef Balej | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | 79 |
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Tyler Hanchuck | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | 80 |
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Ryan Bayda | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | 81 |
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Alexander Kharitonov | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | 82 |
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Sean O'Connor | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | 83 |
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Alexander Lyubimov | |||||||||
| 3 | 19 | 84 |
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Peter Hamerlik | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | 85 |
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Ramzi Abid | |||||||||
| 3 | 21 | 86 |
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Yanick Lehoux | |||||||||
| 3 | 22 | 87 |
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Jan Bohac | |||||||||
| 3 | 23 | 88 |
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Kurt Sauer | |||||||||
| 3 | 24 | 89 |
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Libor Pivko | |||||||||
| 3 | 25 | 90 |
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Jean-Francois Racine | |||||||||
| 3 | 26 | 91 |
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Alexei Tereshenko | |||||||||
| 3 | 27 | 92 |
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Sergei Klyazmin | |||||||||
| 3 | 28 | 93 |
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Tim Branham | |||||||||
| 3 | 29 | 94 |
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Alexander Drozdetsky | |||||||||
| 3 | 30 | 95 |
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Dominic Moore | 897 | 106 | 176 | 282 | |||||
| 3 | 31 | 96 |
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Antoine Bergeron | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 4 | 1 | 97 |
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Niclas Wallin | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 98 |
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Jonas Ronnqvist | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 99 |
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Marc Cavosie | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 100 |
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Miguel Delisle | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 101 |
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Arto Tukio | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 102 |
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Stefan Liv | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 103 |
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Brett Nowak | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 104 |
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Jon DiSalvatore | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | 105 |
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Vladimir Gorbunov | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | 106 |
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Scotty Balan | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | 107 |
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Carl Mallette | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | 108 |
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Blake Robson | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 109 |
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Johan Eneqvist | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | 110 |
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Jared Newman | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | 111 |
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Ghyslain Rousseau | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | 112 |
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Premsyl Duben | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | 113 |
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Lou Dickenson | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | 114 |
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Christian Larrivee | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | 115 |
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Chris Eade | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | 116 |
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Levente Szuper | |||||||||
| 4 | 21 | 117 |
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Olli Malmivaara | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | 118 |
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Lubomir Visnovsky | |||||||||
| 4 | 23 | 119 |
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Brian Fahey | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | 120 |
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Davis Parley | |||||||||
| 4 | 25 | 121 |
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Ryan Van Buskirk | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 | 122 |
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Derrick Byfuglien | |||||||||
| 4 | 27 | 123 |
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Vadim Khomitski | |||||||||
| 4 | 28 | 124 |
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Michel Ouellet | |||||||||
| 4 | 29 | 125 |
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Phil Cole | |||||||||
| 4 | 30 | 126 |
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Johan Hagglund | |||||||||
| 4 | 31 | 127 |
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Dmitri Semenov | |||||||||
| 4 | 32 | 128 |
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Alexander Seluyanov | |||||||||
| 4 | 33 | 129 |
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Troy Riddle | |||||||||
| 4 | 34 | 130 |
|
Aaron Van Leusen | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 5 | 1 | 131 |
|
Matt Hendricks | 607 | 54 | 62 | 116 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 132 |
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Maxim Sushinski | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 133 |
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Petteri Nummelin | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 134 |
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Peter Podhradsky | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 135 |
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Mike Danton | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 136 |
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Dmitry Upper | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 137 |
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Mike Stuart | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 138 |
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Scott Heffernan | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 139 |
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Ruslan Bernikov | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | 140 |
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Nathan Martz | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | 141 |
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Wade Davis | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | 142 |
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Michal Pinc | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | 143 |
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Brandon Snee | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 | 144 |
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Pavel Duma | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | 145 |
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Ryan Glenn | |||||||||
| 5 | 16 | 146 |
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David Koci | |||||||||
| 5 | 17 | 147 |
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Matthew McRae | |||||||||
| 5 | 18 | 148 |
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Kristoffer Ottosson | |||||||||
| 5 | 19 | 149 |
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Denis Denisov | |||||||||
| 5 | 20 | 150 |
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Tyler Kolarik | |||||||||
| 5 | 21 | 151 |
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Alexander Barkunov | |||||||||
| 5 | 22 | 152 |
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Paul Flache | |||||||||
| 5 | 23 | 153 |
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Bill Cass | |||||||||
| 5 | 24 | 154 |
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Matt Koalska | |||||||||
| 5 | 25 | 155 |
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Travis Moen | |||||||||
| 5 | 26 | 156 |
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Greg Zanon | |||||||||
| 5 | 27 | 157 |
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Grant Potulny | |||||||||
| 5 | 28 | 158 |
|
Sean Connolly | |||||||||
| 5 | 29 | 159 |
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John-Michael Liles | |||||||||
| 5 | 30 | 160 |
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Nate Kiser | |||||||||
| 5 | 31 | 161 |
|
Pavel Sedov | |||||||||
| 5 | 32 | 162 |
|
Artem Chernov | |||||||||
| 5 | 33 | 163 |
|
Ivan Nepriayev | |||||||||
| 5 | 34 | 164 |
|
Matus Kostur | |||||||||
| 5 | 35 | 165 |
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Nathan Marsters | |||||||||
| 5 | 36 | 166 |
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Nolan Schaefer | |||||||||
| 5 | 37 | 167 |
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Craig Weller | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 6 | 1 | 168 |
|
Zdenek Smid | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 169 |
|
Shane Bendera | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 170 |
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Eric Reitz | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 171 |
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Roman Cechmanek | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 172 |
|
Scott Selig | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 173 |
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Tomas Harant | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 174 |
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Jarno Kultanen | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | 175 |
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Sven Helfenstein | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | 176 |
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Jukka Hentunen | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | 177 |
|
Mike Ayers | |||||||||
| 6 | 11 | 178 |
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Jeff Dwyer | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | 179 |
|
Vadim Sozinov | |||||||||
| 6 | 13 | 180 |
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Darcy Hordichuk | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | 181 |
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J.D. Forrest | |||||||||
| 6 | 15 | 182 |
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Petr Chvojka | |||||||||
| 6 | 16 | 183 |
|
Michal Macho | |||||||||
| 6 | 17 | 184 |
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Shaun Norrie | |||||||||
| 6 | 18 | 185 |
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Patrick Foley | |||||||||
| 6 | 19 | 186 |
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Brent Gauvreau | |||||||||
| 6 | 20 | 187 |
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Par Backer | |||||||||
| 6 | 21 | 188 |
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Jason Maleyko | |||||||||
| 6 | 22 | 189 |
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Chris Bahen | |||||||||
| 6 | 23 | 190 |
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Josh Olson | |||||||||
| 6 | 24 | 191 |
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Aaron Gionet | |||||||||
| 6 | 25 | 192 |
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Ladislav Vlcek | |||||||||
| 6 | 26 | 193 |
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Joey Martin | |||||||||
| 6 | 27 | 194 |
|
Deryk Engelland | 650 | 30 | 95 | 125 | |||||
| 6 | 28 | 195 |
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Colin Shields | |||||||||
| 6 | 29 | 196 |
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Paul Ballantyne | |||||||||
| 6 | 30 | 197 |
|
Zbynek Irgl | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 7 | 1 | 198 |
|
Ken Magowan | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 199 |
|
Brian Passmore | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 200 |
|
Janne Jokila | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 201 |
|
Evgeny Fedorov | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 202 |
|
Ryan Caldwell | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 203 |
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Jure Penko | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 204 |
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Chris Berti | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | 205 |
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Henrik Lundqvist | 875 | 0 | 0.92 | 2.46 | |||||
| 7 | 9 | 206 |
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Tim Eriksson | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | 207 |
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Cliff Loya | |||||||||
| 7 | 11 | 208 |
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Brandon Reid | |||||||||
| 7 | 12 | 209 |
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Markus Seikola | |||||||||
| 7 | 13 | 210 |
|
John Eichelberger | |||||||||
| 7 | 14 | 211 |
|
Joe Cullen | |||||||||
| 7 | 15 | 212 |
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Magnus Kahnberg | |||||||||
| 7 | 16 | 213 |
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Vasily Bizyayev | |||||||||
| 7 | 17 | 214 |
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Peter Bartos | |||||||||
| 7 | 18 | 215 |
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Matthew Lombardi | |||||||||
| 7 | 19 | 216 |
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Jim Abbott | |||||||||
| 7 | 20 | 217 |
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Igor Samoylov | |||||||||
| 7 | 21 | 218 |
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Craig Olynick | |||||||||
| 7 | 22 | 219 |
|
Marco Tuokko | |||||||||
| 7 | 23 | 220 |
|
Paul Gaustad | |||||||||
| 7 | 24 | 221 |
|
Aaron Molnar | |||||||||
| 7 | 25 | 222 |
|
Marek Priechodsky | |||||||||
| 7 | 26 | 223 |
|
Lubos Velebny | |||||||||
| 7 | 27 | 224 |
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Antti Miettinen | |||||||||
| 7 | 28 | 225 |
|
Vladislav Luchkin | |||||||||
| 7 | 29 | 226 |
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Brian Eklund | |||||||||
| 7 | 30 | 227 |
|
Guillaume Lefebvre | |||||||||
| 7 | 31 | 228 |
|
Jimmie Svensson | |||||||||
| 7 | 32 | 229 |
|
Brett Lutes | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 8 | 1 | 230 |
|
Samu Isosalo | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 231 |
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Peter Zingoni | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 232 |
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Lubomir Sekeras | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 233 |
|
Alexander Polukeyev | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 234 |
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Janis Sprukts | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 235 |
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Craig Kowalski | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | 236 |
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Mats Christeen | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 237 |
|
Zdenek Kutlak | |||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 238 |
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Danny Eberly | |||||||||
| 8 | 10 | 239 |
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David Hajek | |||||||||
| 8 | 11 | 240 |
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Adam Berkhoel | |||||||||
| 8 | 12 | 241 |
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Nathan Barrett | |||||||||
| 8 | 13 | 242 |
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Evan Nielsen | |||||||||
| 8 | 14 | 243 |
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Joni Puurula | |||||||||
| 8 | 15 | 244 |
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Eric Bowen | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | 245 |
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Dan Welch | |||||||||
| 8 | 17 | 246 |
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Chad Wiseman | |||||||||
| 8 | 18 | 247 |
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Jason Platt | |||||||||
| 8 | 19 | 248 |
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Steven Crampton | |||||||||
| 8 | 20 | 249 |
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Sami Venalainen | |||||||||
| 8 | 21 | 250 |
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Flavien Conne | |||||||||
| 8 | 22 | 251 |
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Todd Jackson | |||||||||
| 8 | 23 | 252 |
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Darryl Bootland | |||||||||
| 8 | 24 | 253 |
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Matt Sommerfeld | |||||||||
| 8 | 25 | 254 |
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Alexander Shinkar | |||||||||
| 8 | 26 | 255 |
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Eric Johansson | |||||||||
| 8 | 27 | 256 |
|
Pasi Saarinen | |||||||||
| 8 | 28 | 257 |
|
Warren McCutcheon | |||||||||
| 8 | 29 | 258 |
|
Sean McMorrow | |||||||||
| 8 | 30 | 259 |
|
Regan Kelly | |||||||||
| 8 | 31 | 260 |
|
Evgeni Bumagin | |||||||||
| 8 | 32 | 261 |
|
Reinhard Divis | |||||||||
| NHL Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | From | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | S% | GAA | ||
| 9 | 1 | 262 |
|
Peter Flache | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 263 |
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Thomas Ziegler | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 264 |
|
Dmitri Altarev | |||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 265 |
|
Jean-Philippe Cote | |||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 266 |
|
Sean Kotary | |||||||||
| 9 | 6 | 267 |
|
Tomi Pettinen | |||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 268 |
|
Pavel Kolarik | |||||||||
| 9 | 8 | 269 |
|
Martin Richter | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 270 |
|
Micki DuPont | |||||||||
| 9 | 10 | 271 |
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Reto Von Arx | |||||||||
| 9 | 11 | 272 |
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Tim Smith | |||||||||
| 9 | 12 | 273 |
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Roman Simicek | |||||||||
| 9 | 13 | 274 |
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Evgeny Muratov | |||||||||
| 9 | 14 | 275 |
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Jonathan Gauthier | |||||||||
| 9 | 15 | 276 |
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Troy Ferguson | |||||||||
| 9 | 16 | 277 |
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Ryan Courtney | |||||||||
| 9 | 17 | 278 |
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Martin Paroulek | |||||||||
| 9 | 18 | 279 |
|
Andreas Lindstrom | |||||||||
| 9 | 19 | 280 |
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Nick Boucher | |||||||||
| 9 | 20 | 281 |
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Peter Fabus | |||||||||
| 9 | 21 | 282 |
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Carl Grahn | |||||||||
| 9 | 22 | 283 |
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James DeMone | |||||||||
| 9 | 23 | 284 |
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Martin Hohener | |||||||||
| 9 | 24 | 285 |
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Blake Ward | |||||||||
| 9 | 25 | 286 |
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Andrej Nedorost | |||||||||
| 9 | 26 | 287 |
|
Milan Kopecky | |||||||||
| 9 | 27 | 288 |
|
Mark McRae | |||||||||
| 9 | 28 | 289 |
|
Bjorn Nord | |||||||||
| 9 | 29 | 290 |
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Simon Gamache | |||||||||
| 9 | 30 | 291 |
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Arne Ramholt | |||||||||
| 9 | 31 | 292 |
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Louis Mandeville | |||||||||
| 9 | 32 | 293 |
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Lauri Kinos | |||||||||
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The NHL Entry Draft is an assembly of NHL franchises, during which teams take turns selecting the rights to amateur ice hockey players. Players are selected from junior or collegiate leagues, as well as professional European league players who meet the draft requirements two to three months after the previous season has concluded. For North American players to be eligible, they should have reached the age of 18 on or before September 15 of the draft year, and should be below 20 years of age before December 31st. For European and international players, the age range is between 18 and 21 years of age.
NHL Draft History
The first NHL Draft was held on June 5, 1963 in Montreal. During this time, the conference was called the NHL Amateur Draft, because only players between 18 and 20 years of age from non-professional leagues were eligible. The title was eventually changed to NHL Entry Draft in 1980, when professional players (from age 18 to 20) from the defunct World Hockey Association (WHA) joined the league through the draft, with the exception of Wayne Gretzky, who came to the NHL undrafted as part of an agreement for WHA teams to bring over a limited number of players.
NHL Draft Lottery
Throughout NHL draft history, there have been many changes in the draft lottery format. From 1963 up to 1994, draft order was determined in reverse order of the team standings, so the team that finished last during the previous season was allowed to make the first pick. In 1995, the NHL changed the way the draft selections were awarded. All non-playoff teams would be entered in a lottery, and the winner would move up by as many as 4 picks. The chances of winning the lottery weighed heavily on the teams at the bottom of the regular season standings. In 2013, the NHL made another alteration to the draft lottery process. Instead of allowing the lottery winner to move up by 4 draft spots, the winner would now move all the way up to the number one spot. Recently, in 2016, the NHL draft lottery format was modified once again. This time, the top 3 picks were all drawn through the lottery, instead of simply holding a lottery for the first overall pick.
NHL Expansion Draft
Occasionally, whenever the NHL expanded, they would need to stock the new team with players through an expansion draft. During an NHL Expansion Draft, existing teams would submit a list of 'protected' players, who are not to be included in the draft, and the expansion teams would instead choose players who are not on the lists.
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