2005 NHL Draft
Chris Butler in the 2005 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Chris Butler 96th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 9 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 407 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 96
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 5
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 93–99 in the 2005 draft
- 93Olivier LegaultLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 94Jakub VojtaDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 95Cody BassC75 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 96Chris ButlerD407 GP · 86 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 97Chris VandeVeldeC278 GP · 48 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 98Ilya ZubovC11 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 99Patrick DavisR9 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
96th
of 230 players selected
36th
of 87 defensemen selected
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
Chris Butler made his NHL debut on December 19, 2008, 3 years and 142 days after the draft.
407
Games
14
Goals
72
Assists
86
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2005 draft
- 13Marek ZagrapanCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 48Philip GogullaFBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 87Marc-Andre GragnaniD78 GP · 18 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 96Chris ButlerD407 GP · 86 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 142Nathan GerbeC435 GP · 151 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 182Adam DennisGNo NHL gamesBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 191Vjateslav BuravchikovDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 208Matt GenerousDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 227Andrew OrpikDBUFBuffalo Sabres