2002 NHL Draft
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
First and second round selections at the 40th annual NHL Entry Draft held June 22-23, 2002, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The order of the first 14 positions were determined by a draft lottery of non-playoff teams held April 16 in New York City. Only the worst five teams from the 2001-02 regular season had the chance to win the first overall pick. No team could move up more than four spots in the draft order or drop more than one position. Positions 15 through 30 reflect regular season records in reverse order.
First Round
| Team | Player, Last Team | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-Columbus | Rick Nash, London (OHL) | L |
| 2 | Atlanta | Kari Lehtonen, Jokerit (Fin) | G |
| 3 | b-Florida | Jay Bouwmeester, Medicine Hat (WHL) | D |
| 4 | c-Philadelphia | Joni Pitkanen, Karpat (Fin) | D |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | Ryan Whitney, Boston Univ. (HE) | D |
| 6 | Nashville | Scottie Upshall, Kamloops (WHL) | R |
| 7 | Anaheim | Joffrey Lupul, Medicine Hat (WHL) | R |
| 8 | Minnesota | Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | C |
| 9 | d-Florida | Petr Taticek, Sault-Ste-Marie (OHL) | C |
| 10 | e-Calgary | Eric Nystrom, Michigan (CCHA) | L |
| 11 | Buffalo | Keith Ballard, Minnesota (WCHA) | D |
| 12 | Washington | Steve Eminger, Kitchener (OHL) | D |
| 13 | f-Washington | Alexander Syemin, Chelyabinsk (Rus) | L |
| 14 | g-Montreal | Christopher Higgins, Yale (ECAC) | C |
| 15 | h-Edmonton | Jesse Niinimaki, Ilves (Fin) | C |
| 16 | Ottawa | Jakub Klepis, Portland (WHL) | C |
| 17 | i-Washington | Boyd Gordon, Red Deer (WHL) | R |
| 18 | Los Angeles | Denis Grebeshkov, Yaroslavl (Rus) | D |
| 19 | Phoenix | Jakub Koreis, Plzen (Cze) | C |
| 20 | j-Buffalo | Daniel Paille, Guelph (OHL) | L |
| 21 | Chicago | Anton Babchuk, Elektrostal (Rus) | D |
| 22 | NY Islanders | Sean Bergenheim, Jokerit (Fin) | L |
| 23 | k-Phoenix | Ben Eager, Oshawa (OHL) | L |
| 24 | Toronto | Alexander Steen, Frolunda (Swe) | C |
| 25 | Carolina | Cam Ward, Red Deer (WHL) | G |
| 26 | l-Dallas | Martin Vagner, Hull (QMJHL) | D |
| 27 | San Jose | Mike Morris, St. Sebastian's, Mass. (HS) | R |
| 28 | Colorado | Jonas Johansson, Jönköping (Fin) | L |
| 29 | Boston | Hannu Toivonen, Hameenlinna (Fin) | G |
| 30 | m-Atlanta | Jim Slater, Michigan St. (CCHA) | C |
Second Round
| Team | Player, Last Team | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | n-Edmonton | Jeff Deslauriers, Chicoutimi (QMJHL) | G |
| 32 | o-Dallas | Janos Vas, Malmo Jr. (Sweden) | L |
| 33 | p-NY Rangers | Lee Falardeau, Michigan St. (CCHA) | C |
| 34 | q-Dallas | Tobias Stephan, Chur (Swi) | G |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | Ondrej Nemec, Vsetin (Cze) | D |
| 36 | r-Edmonton | Jarret Stoll, Kootenay (WHL) | C |
| 37 | Anaheim | Tim Brent, St. Michael's (OHL) | C |
| 38 | Minnesota | Josh Harding, Regina (WHL) | G |
| 39 | Calgary | Brian McConnell, Boston Univ. (HE) | C |
| 40 | s-Florida | Rob Globke, Notre Dame (CCHA) | R |
| 41 | t-Columbus | Joakim Lindström, MoDo (Swe) | R |
| 42 | u-Dallas | Marius Holtet, Farjestad (Swe) | C |
| 43 | Dallas | Trevor Daley, Sault-Ste-Marie (OHL) | D |
| 44 | Edmonton | Matt Greene, Green Bay (USHL) | D |
| 45 | Montreal | Tomas Linhart, Pardubice (Cze) | D |
| 46 | v-Phoenix | David LeNeveu, Cornell (ECAC) | G |
| 47 | Ottawa | Alexei Kaigorodov, Magnitogorsk (Rus) | C |
| 48 | w-St. Louis | Alexei Shkotov, Elektrostal (Rus) | R |
| 49 | Vancouver | Kiril Koltsov, Omsk (Rus) | D |
| 50 | Los Angeles | Sergei Anshakov, HC CKSA (Rus) | L |
| 51 | x-New Jersey | Anton Kadeykin, Elektrostal (Rus) | D |
| 52 | y-San Jose | Dan Spang, Winchester, Mass. (HS) | D |
| 53 | New Jersey | Barry Tallackson, Minnesota (WCHA) | R |
| 54 | Chicago | Duncan Keith, Michigan St. (CCHA) | D |
| 55 | z-Vancouver | Denis Grot, Elektrostal (Rus) | D |
| 56 | aa-Boston | Vladislav Evseev, HC CKSA (Rus) | R |
| 57 | Toronto | Matthew Stajan, Belleville (OHL) | C |
| 58 | bb-Detroit | Jiri Hudler, Liberec (Cze) | C |
| 59 | cc-Washington | Maxime Daigneault, Val d'Or (QMJHL) | G |
| 60 | dd-Tampa Bay | Adam Henrich, Brampton (OHL) | L |
| 61 | Colorado | Johnny Boychuk, Calgary (WHL) | D |
| 62 | ee-St. Louis | Andrei Mikhnov, Sudbury (OHL) | C |
| 63 | Detroit | Tomas Fleischmann, Vitkovice (Cze) | L |
Acquired picks: a—from Florida; b—from Columbus; c—from Tampa Bay; d—from Calgary; e—from NY Rangers via Florida; f—from Dallas; g—from Edmonton; h—from Montreal; i—from Vancouver; j—from New Jersey via Dallas and Columbus; k—from St. Louis; l—from Philadelphia via Washington; m—from Detroit via Buffalo and Columbus; n—from Atlanta via Buffalo; o—from Columbus; p—from Florida; q—from Tampa Bay via Ottawa and Philadelphia; r—from Nashville via Buffalo; s—from NY Rangers; t—from Buffalo via Atlanta; u—from Washington; v—compensatory pick for the loss of Jeremy Roenick; w—compensatory pick for the loss of Pierre Turgeon; x—compensatory pick for the loss of Alexander Mogilny; y—from Phoenix via Philadelphia and Tampa Bay; z—from NY Islanders via Tampa Bay and Washington; aa—from St. Louis; bb—from Carolina; cc—from Philadelphia; dd—from San Jose; ee—from Boston.
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