List of Atlanta Thrashers draft picks

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The Thrashers selected Ilya Kovalchuk first overall in 2001.

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey franchise based in Atlanta. They played in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The franchise was founded in 1999 and existed for 12 years before relocating to Winnipeg, Manitoba to become the Jets in 2011.[2] During their existence the Thrashers drafted 107 players with the 2010 draft being their twelfth and final.[3]

The NHL entry draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team.[4] The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, allowing the winner to move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft.[5] The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft.[4]

Atlanta's first draft pick was Patrik Stefan, taken first overall, in the 1999 NHL entry draft. He played seven seasons in the NHL, but has been called one of the biggest draft busts in league history.[6][7] Two years after drafting Stefan, Atlanta again had the first overall pick and selected Ilya Kovalchuk. He became the Thrashers all-time leader in 10 statistical categories. He is the leader in goals, assists, points, shots on goal, overtime goals, power play goals, game-winning goals, and games played.[8]

Key

Draft picks

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The Thrashers selected Garnet Exelby 217th overall in 1999.
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Dany Heatley was drafted with the second overall pick in 2000.
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The Thrashers selected Michael Garnett 80th overall in 2001.
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The Thrashers selected Kari Lehtonen second overall in 2002.
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The Thrashers selected Boris Valabik 10th overall in 2004.
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Ondrej Pavelec, shown here with the Winnipeg Jets, was taken 41st overall, in 2005.
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The Thrashers selected Bryan Little 12th overall in 2006.
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Zach Bogosian, shown here with the Winnipeg Jets, was taken third overall, in 2008.
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The Thrashers selected Evander Kane with the fourth overall pick in 2009.
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Alexander Burmistrov was the Thrashers' final first round pick, selected eighth overall in 2010.

Statistics are complete as of the 2021–22 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. A player listed with a dash under the games played column has not played in the NHL.

Year Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T OT GAA
1999 1 1 Patrik Stefan  Czech Republic C 455 64 124 188 158 — — — — —
1999 2 30 Luke Sellars  Canada D 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1999 3 68 Zdenek Blatny  Czech Republic LW 25 3 0 3 8 — — — — —
1999 4 98 David Kaczowka  Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
1999 4 99 Rob Zepp  Canada G 10 0 0 0 0 5 2 — 0 2.89
1999 5 128 Derek MacKenzie  Canada C 611 51 74 125 337 — — — — —
1999 6 159 Yuri Dobryshkin  Russia RW — — — — — — — — — —
1999 7 188 Stephen Baby  United States RW — — — — — — — — — —
1999 8 217 Garnet Exelby  Canada D 408 7 43 50 584 — — — — —
1999 9 245 Tommi Santala  Finland C 63 2 7 9 46 — — — — —
1999 9 246 Ray DiLauro  United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 1 2 Dany Heatley  Canada LW 869 372 419 791 620 — — — — —
2000 2 31 Ilya Nikulin  Russia D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 2 42 Libor Ustrnul  Czech Republic D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 4 107 Carl Mallette  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2000 4 108 Blake Robson  Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
2000 5 147 Matthew McRae  Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2000 6 168 Zdenek Smid  Czech Republic G — — — — — — — — — —
2000 6 178 Jeff Dwyer  United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 6 108 Darcy Hordichuk  Canada LW 542 20 21 41 1,140 — — — — —
2000 8 230 Samu Isosalo  Finland C — — — — — — — — — —
2000 8 242 Evan Nielsen  United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 8 244 Eric Bowen  United States RW — — — — — — — — — —
2000 9 288 Mark McRae  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 9 290 Simon Gamache  Canada LW 48 6 7 13 18 — — — — —
2001 1 1 Ilya Kovalchuk  Russia LW 926 443 433 876 544 — — — — —
2001 3 80 Michael Garnett  Canada G 24 0 2 2 0 10 7 — 4 3.45
2001 4 100 Brian Sipotz  United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2001 4 112 Milan Gajic  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2001 5 135 Colin Stuart  United States LW 56 8 5 13 26 — — — — —
2001 6 189 Pasi Nurminen  Finland G 125 0 5 5 39 48 54 12 — 3.00
2001 7 199 Matt Suderman  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2001 7 201 Colin FitzRandolph  United States F — — — — — — — — — —
2001 9 262 Mario Cartelli  Czech Republic D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 1 2 Kari Lehtonen  Finland G 649 0 28 28 42 310 233 0 67 2.71
2002 1 30 Jim Slater  United States C 584 67 71 138 407 — — — — —
2002 4 116 Patrick Dwyer  United States RW 416 42 51 93 77 — — — — —
2002 4 124 Lane Manson  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 5 144 Paul Flache  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 6 167 Brad Schell  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2002 7 198 Nathan Oystrick  Canada D 65 5 10 15 61 — — — — —
2002 8 230 Colton Fretter  Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2002 8 236 Tyler Boldt  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 8 257 Pauli Levokari  Finland D — — — — — — — — — —
2003 1 8 Braydon Coburn  Canada D 983 49 185 234 720 — — — — —
2003 4 110 Jim Sharrow  United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2003 4 116 Guillaume Desbiens  Canada RW 23 0 0 0 37 — — — — —
2003 4 136 Mike Vannelli  United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2003 5 145 Brett Sterling  United States LW 30 5 4 9 32 — — — — —
2003 6 175 Mike Hamilton  Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2003 7 203 Denis Loginov  Russia C — — — — — — — — — —
2003 8 239 Tobias Enstrom  Sweden D 719 54 254 308 422 — — — — —
2003 9 269 Rylan Kaip  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2004 1 10 Boris Valabik  Slovakia D 80 0 7 7 210 — — — — —
2004 2 40 Grant Lewis  United States D 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2004 3 76 Scott Lehman  Canada D 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2004 4 106 Chad Painchaud  Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2004 5 142 Juraj Gracik  Slovakia RW — — — — — — — — — —
2004 6 186 Dan Turple  Canada G — — — — — — — — — —
2004 7 204 Miikka Tuomainen  Finland LW — — — — — — — — — —
2004 8 237 Mitch Carefoot  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2004 9 270 Matt Siddall  Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2005 1 16 Alex Bourret  Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2005 2 41 Ondrej Pavelec  Czech Republic G 398 0 6 6 12 156 167 — 48 2.88
2005 2 49 Chad Denny  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2005 2 53 Andrew Kozek  Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2005 4 116 Jordan Smotherman  United States LW 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2005 5 135 Tomas Pospisil  Czech Republic LW — — — — — — — — — —
2005 6 186 Andrei Zubarev  Russia D 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2005 7 207 Myles Stoesz  Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
2006 1 12 Bryan Little  Canada C 843 217 304 521 293 — — — — —
2006 2 43 Riley Holzapfel  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2006 3 80 Michael Forney  United States LW — — — — — — — — — —
2006 5 135 Alex Kangas  United States G — — — — — — — — — —
2006 6 165 Jonas Enlund  Finland C — — — — — — — — — —
2006 7 195 Jesse Martin  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2006 7 200 Arturs Kulda  Latvia D 15 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
2006 7 210 Will O'Neill  United States D 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007 3 67 Spencer Machacek  Canada RW 25 2 7 9 7 — — — — —
2007 4 115 Niclas Lucenius  Finland C — — — — — — — — — —
2007 6 175 John Albert  United States C 9 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2007 7 205 Paul Postma  Canada D 205 10 25 35 51 — — — — —
2008 1 3 Zach Bogosian  United States D 737 56 152 208 673 — — — — —
2008 1 29 Daultan Leveille  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2008 3 64 Danick Paquette  Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2008 4 94 Vinny Saponari  United States RW — — — — — — — — — —
2008 5 124 Nicklas Lasu  Sweden LW — — — — — — — — — —
2008 6 154 Chris Carrozzi  Canada G — — — — — — — — — —
2008 7 184 Zach Redmond  United States D 133 9 29 38 50 — — — — —
2009 1 4 Evander Kane  Canada C 812 286 259 545 1048 — — — — —
2009 2 34 Carl Klingberg  Sweden LW 12 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2009 2 45 Jeremy Morin  United States LW 82 10 12 22 69 — — — — —
2009 4 117 Edward Pasquale  Canada G 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 0 3.96
2009 4 120 Ben Chiarot  Canada D 479 31 87 118 351 — — — — —
2009 5 125 Cody Sol  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2009 6 155 Jimmy Bubnick  Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2009 7 185 Levko Koper  Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
2009 7 203 Jordan Samuels-Thomas  United States LW — — — — — — — — — —
2010 1 8 Alexander Burmistrov  Russia C 348 37 64 101 139 — — — — —
2010 3 87 Julian Melchiori  Canada D 30 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
2010 4 101 Ivan Telegin  Russia LW — — — — — — — — — —
2010 5 128 Fredrik Petterson-Wentzel  Sweden G — — — — — — — — — —
2010 5 150 Yasin Cisse  Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2010 6 155 Kendal McFaull  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2010 6 160 Tanner Lane  United States F — — — — — — — — — —
2010 6 169 Sebastian Owuya  Sweden D — — — — — — — — — —
2010 7 199 Peter Stoykewych  Canada D — — — — — — — — — —

See also

References

Specific

  1. ^ Potter, Brian; Tillotson, Rob, eds. (2008). 2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers Media Guide. Atlanta Thrashers Hockey Club.
  2. ^ Bechtel, Mark (January 30, 2012). "Everybody Loves Winnipeg". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Atlanta Thrashers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "NHL FAQ – Hockey Operations Guidelines". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
  5. ^ "Lightning win NHL draft lottery". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. April 7, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
  6. ^ "Top 10: Biggest NHL draft busts". The Hockey News. March 16, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "The 25 worst draft busts in NHL history – with one Canuck on the list". Vancouver Sun. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  8. ^ "Atlanta Thrashers Career Statistics". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

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