NHL Entry Draft 2002

NHL Entry Draft 2002
overview
date	June 22-23, 2002
place	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
Round	9
Selected players	291
1st position	Rick Nash Elected By: Columbus Blue Jackets
2nd position	Kari Lehtonen Elected By: Atlanta Thrashers
3rd position	Jay Bouwmeester Elected By: Florida Panthers
NHL Entry Draft  <2001 2003>

The NHL Entry Draft in 2002 , the annual talent contraction of the National Hockey League , was held on 22 and 23 June 2002 at the Air Canada Center in Canada's Toronto in the province of Ontario instead.

291 players were drawn in nine rounds. Were a bit surprised the experts as not Jay Bouwmeester , but Rick Nash as first in the draft was drawn. The Columbus Blue Jackets had traded their draft rights in third place for the Florida Panthers' right to vote in order to be able to vote for Nash. The Panthers were still able to draw Bouwmeester as the third player. In general, the draft class can be classified as one of the less talented.

Draft result

1 round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
1.	Rick Nash (LW)		Columbus Blue Jackets	London Knights ( OHL )
2.	Kari Lehtonen (G)		Atlanta Thrashers	Jokerit Helsinki
3.	Jay Bouwmeester (D)		Florida panthers	Medicine Hat Tigers ( WHL )
4th	Joni Pitkänen (D)		Philadelphia Flyers	Kärpät Oulu
5.	Ryan Whitney (D)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Boston University ( HE )
6th	Scottie Upshall (W)		Nashville Predators	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7th	Joffrey Lupul (C)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
8th.	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (C)		Minnesota Wild	Chicoutimi Saguenéens ( QMJHL )
9.	Petr Tatíček (C)		Florida panthers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
10.	Eric Nystrom (LW)		Calgary Flames	University of Michigan ( CCHA )
11.	Keith Ballard (D)		Buffalo Sabers	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
12.	Steve Eminger (D)		Washington Capitals	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
13.	Alexander Syomin (LW)		Washington Capitals	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
14th	Christopher Higgins (LW)		Montréal Canadiens	Yale University (ECAC)
15th	Jesse Niinimäki (C)		Edmonton Oilers	Ilves Tampere
16.	Jakub Klepiš (C)		Ottawa Senators	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
17th	Boyd Gordon (RW)		Washington Capitals	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
18th	Denis Grebeschkow (D)		Los Angeles Kings	Yaroslavl locomotive
19th	Jakub Koreis (C)		Phoenix Coyotes	HC Plzeň 1929
20th	Daniel Paille (C)		Buffalo Sabers	Guelph Storm (WHL)
21st	Anton Babtschuk (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Elemasch Elektrostal
22nd	Sean Bergenheim (LW)		New York Islanders	Jokerite
23.	Ben Eager (LW)		Phoenix Coyotes	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
24.	Alexander Steen (C)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Frölunda HC
25th	Cam Ward (G)		Carolina Hurricanes	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
26th	Martin Vágner (D)		Dallas Stars	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
27.	Mike Morris (F)		San Jose Sharks	St. Sebastian's High School
28.	Jonas Johansson (RW)		Colorado Avalanche	HV71
29	Hannu Toivonen (C)		Boston Bruins	HPK Hämeenlinna
30th	Jim Slater (C)		Atlanta Thrashers	Michigan State University (CCHA)

2nd round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
31.	Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (G)		Edmonton Oilers	Chicoutimi saguenéens
32.	János Vas (FW)		Dallas Stars	Malmo Redhawks
34.	Tobias Stephan (G)		Dallas Stars	EHC Chur
36.	Jarret Stoll (C)		Edmonton Oilers	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
38.	Josh Harding (G)		Minnesota Wild	Regina Pats (WHL)
43.	Trevor Daley (D)		Dallas Stars	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
47.	Alexei Kaigorodow (C)		Ottawa Senators	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
49.	Kirill Kolzow (D)		Vancouver Canucks	HK Awangard Omsk
52.	Dan Spang (D)		San Jose Sharks	Boston University (HE)
53.	Barry Tallackson (RW)		New Jersey Devils	University of Minnesota ( WCHA )
54.	Duncan Keith (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Michigan State University (CCHA)
57.	Matt Stajan (C)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
58.	Jiří Hudler (C)		Detroit Red Wings	HC Vsetín
60.	Adam Henrich (LW)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
63.	Tomáš Fleischmann (C)		Detroit Red Wings	HC Vítkovice

3rd round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
69.	Erik Christensen (C)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
73.	Barry breast (G)		Minnesota Wild	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
78.	Geoff Waugh (D)		Dallas Stars	Kindersley Klippers ( SJHL )
85.	Ahren Spylo (W)		New Jersey Devils	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
87.	Frans Nielsen (C)		New York Islanders	MIF Redhawks
90.	Matthew Lombardi (C)		Calgary Flames	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
95.	Valtteri Filppula (LW)		Detroit Red Wings	Jokerit Helsinki

4th round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
100.	Dmitri Kasionov (C)		Tampa Bay Lightning	HK CSKA Moscow
104.	Aaron Rome (D)		Los Angeles Kings	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
116.	Patrick Dwyer (D)		Atlanta Thrashers	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
119.	Jēkabs Rēdlihs (D)		Columbus Blue Jackets	New York Apple Core (EJHL)

5th round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
133.	Lasse Pirjetä (LW)		Columbus Blue Jackets	Kärpät Oulu
142.	Emanuel Peter (C)		Calgary Flames	EHC Kloten
144.	Paul Flat (D)		Atlanta Thrashers	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
153.	Peter Hamerlík (G)		Boston Bruins	Kingston Frontenacs
154.	Krišjānis Rēdlihs (D)		New Jersey Devils	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
155.	Armands Bērziņš (C)		Minnesota Wild	Cataractes de Shawinigan (QMJHL)
156.	James Wisniewski (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
163.	Tom Walsh (D)		San Jose Sharks	Harvard University ( ECAC )
164.	Tyler Weiman (G)		Colorado Avalanche	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

6th round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
176.	Curtis McElhinney (G)		Calgary Flames	Colorado College (WCHA)
182	André Deveaux (C)		Montréal Canadiens	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
183.	Paul Ranger (D)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
184.	Jaroslav Balaštík (LW)		Los Angeles Kings	HC Continental Zlín
190.	DJ King (W)		St. Louis Blues	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
191.	Ian White (D)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

7th round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
198.	Nathan Oystrick (D)		Atlanta Thrashers	South Surrey Eagles ( BCHL )
202.	Patrik Bärtschi (LW)		Pittsburgh Penguins	EHC Kloten
213.	Fredrik Norrena (G)		Tampa Bay Lightning	TPS Turku
223.	Ilja Krikunow (RW)		Vancouver Canucks	Elemasch Elektrostal
226.	Joey Crabb (RW)		New York Rangers	Green Bay Gamblers ( USHL )
229.	Derek Meech (D)		Detroit Red Wings	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

8th round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
233.	Vasily Koschetschkin (G)		Tampa Bay Lightning	HK Lada Tolyatti
234.	Maxime Talbot (C)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
237.	Christoph Brandner (LW)		Minnesota Wild	Krefeld penguins
239.	Ryan Lannon (D)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Harvard University (ECAC)
240.	Petr Průcha (C)		New York Rangers	HC IPB / ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice
241.	Dennis Wideman (D)		Buffalo Sabers	London Knights (OHL)
242.	Igor Ignatuschkin (F)		Washington Capitals	Kristall Elektrostal
244.	Dwight Helminen (C)		Edmonton Oilers	University of Michigan (CCHA)
255.	Ryan Craig (C)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
259.	Yan Stastny (C)		Boston Bruins	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
260.	Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu (D)		Detroit Red Wings	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)

9th round

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
263.	Sergei Mosjakin (LW)		Columbus Blue Jackets	HK CSKA Moscow
268.	Mikhail Tjuljapkin (D)		Minnesota Wild	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
275.	Konstantin Kornejew (D)		Montreal Canadiens	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
276.	Vitaly Atjuschow (D)		Ottawa Senators	Molot-Prikamje Perm
277.	Thomas Nüssli (C)		Vancouver Canucks	EV train
282.	Adam Burish (C)		Chicago Blackhawks	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
291.	Jonathan Ericsson (D)		Detroit Red Wings	HC Vita Hästen

Web links

• 2002 NHL Entry Draft at hockeydb.com