2002 NHL Draft
Denis Grebeshkov in the 2002 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Denis Grebeshkov 18th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 33 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 234 games put him 47th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 2002 draft
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTTOttawa Senators
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
2nd
of 33 Russians selected
6th
of 92 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 13Alexander SeminR650 GP · 517 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 47Alexei KaigorodovC6 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 48Alexei ShkotovRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 49Kiril KoltsovDVANVancouver Canucks
- 50Sergei AnshakovLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 51Anton KadeykinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 55Denis GrotDVANVancouver Canucks
- 56Vladislav EvseevLBOSBoston Bruins
- 93Alexander KojevnikovLCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 23 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Denis Grebeshkov made his NHL debut on February 28, 2004, 1 year and 251 days after the draft.
234
Games
17
Goals
68
Assists
85
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2002 draft
- 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Sergei AnshakovLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 104Aaron RomeD226 GP · 28 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 115Mark RooneemLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 152Greg HogeboomRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 157Joel AndresenDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 185Ryan MurphyRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 215Mikhail LyubushinDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 248Tuukka PulliainenFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 279Connor JamesL16 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings