2004 NHL Draft
Boris Valabik in the 2004 NHL Draft
Atlanta Thrashers selected Boris Valabik 10th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 10 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Atlanta Thrashers made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 80 games put him 77th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 10
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 10
- Drafting team
- ATLAtlanta Thrashers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 7–13 in the 2004 draft
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 11Lauri TukonenR5 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 12A.J. ThelenDMINMinnesota Wild
- 13Drew StaffordR841 GP · 428 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
1st
of 10 Slovaks selected
3rd
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
- 71Andrej SekeraD842 GP · 253 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 78Peter OlveckyL32 GP · 7 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 103Roman TomanekRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 113Roman KukumbergFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 130Michal SersenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 142Juraj GracikRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 145Michal ValentGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 170Ladislav ScurkoCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Boris Valabik made his NHL debut on March 19, 2008, 3 years and 267 days after the draft.
80
Games
0
Goals
7
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Atlanta Thrashers picks in the 2004 draft
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 40Grant LewisD1 GP · 0 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 76Scott LehmanD1 GP · 0 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 106Chad PainchaudLATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 142Juraj GracikRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 186Dan TurpleGNo NHL gamesATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 204Miikka TuomainenLATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 237Mitch CarefootCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 270Matthew SiddallRATLAtlanta Thrashers