2000 NHL Draft
Brian Eklund in the 2000 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Brian Eklund 226th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 7.
It was the eighth of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 114th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 226
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 29
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 223–229 in the 2000 draft
- 223Lubos VelebnyDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 224Antti MiettinenR539 GP · 230 PDALDallas Stars
- 225Vladislav LuchkinCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 226Brian EklundG1 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 227Guillaume LefebvreL39 GP · 6 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 228Jimmie SvenssonFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 229Brett LutesLSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
226th
of 293 players selected
24th
of 32 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brian Eklund made his NHL debut on November 8, 2005, 5 years and 136 days after the draft.
1
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
.842
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2000 draft
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 81Alexandre KharitonovR71 GP · 22 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 126Johan HagglundCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 161Pavel SedovRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 191Aaron GionetDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 222Marek PriechodskyDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 226Brian EklundG1 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 233Alexander PolukeyevGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 263Thomas ZieglerC5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning