2002 NHL Draft
Dennis Wideman in the 2002 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Dennis Wideman 241st overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 8.
It was the ninth 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. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 815.
- Overall pick
- 241
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 12
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 238–244 in the 2002 draft
- 238Jyri MarttinenDCGYCalgary Flames
- 239Ryan LannonDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 240Petr PruchaR346 GP · 146 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 241Dennis WidemanD815 GP · 387 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 242Igor IgnatushkinFWSHWashington Capitals
- 243Tuomas MikkonenFDALDallas Stars
- 244Dwight HelminenC27 GP · 3 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
240th
of 290 players selected
75th
of 92 defensemen 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
Dennis Wideman made his NHL debut on November 9, 2005, 3 years and 139 days after the draft.
815
Games
99
Goals
288
Assists
387
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