2003 NHL Draft
Eric Staal in the 2003 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Eric Staal 2nd overall in the 2003 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1365, and only one has scored more points than his 1063.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2003 draft
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
2nd
of 292 players selected
1st
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Eric Staal made his NHL debut on October 9, 2003, 110 days after the draft.
1365
Games
455
Goals
608
Assists
1063
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2003 draft
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 31Danny RichmondD49 GP · 3 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 102Aaron DawsonDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 126Kevin NastiukGNo NHL gamesCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 130Matej TrojovskyDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 137Tyson StrachanD186 GP · 20 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 198Shay StephensonL2 GP · 0 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 230Jamie HoffmannCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 262Ryan RorabeckCCARCarolina Hurricanes