2002 NHL Draft
Daniel Paille in the 2002 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Daniel Paille 20th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 582 games put him 30th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 20
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 20
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 17–23 in the 2002 draft
- 17Boyd GordonC706 GP · 161 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 19Jakub KoreisCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 20Daniel PailleL582 GP · 172 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 21Anton BabchukD289 GP · 107 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYINew York Islanders
- 23Ben EagerL407 GP · 85 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
20th
of 290 players selected
13th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Daniel Paille made his NHL debut on December 22, 2005, 3 years and 183 days after the draft.
582
Games
85
Goals
87
Assists
172
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2002 draft
- 11Keith BallardD604 GP · 175 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 20Daniel PailleL582 GP · 172 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 76Michael TessierLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 82John AdamsDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 108Jakub HulvaFBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 121Marty MagersGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 178Maxim ShevievCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 208Radoslav HeclD14 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 241Dennis WidemanD815 GP · 387 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 271Martin CizekDBUFBuffalo Sabres