2005 NHL Draft
Chad Rau in the 2005 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Chad Rau 228th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 34th pick of round 7.
It was the sixth and last of the 6 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 88th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 228
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 34
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 225–230 in the 2005 draft
- 225John WessbeckerDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 226John SeymourLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 227Andrew OrpikDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 228Chad RauC9 GP · 2 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 229Phillipe PaquetDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 230Patric HörnqvistR901 GP · 543 PNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1435 GP · 1771 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 220 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Chad Rau made his NHL debut on January 21, 2012, 6 years and 175 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2005 draft
- 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 82Phil OreskovicD10 GP · 2 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 153Alex BerryRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 173Johan DahlbergFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 216Anton StrålmanD938 GP · 293 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 228Chad RauC9 GP · 2 PTORToronto Maple Leafs