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2005 NHL Draft

Jakub Kindl in the 2005 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Jakub Kindl 19th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 13 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 331 games put him 42nd in the class.

Overall pick
19
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 19
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 16–22 in the 2005 draft

  1. 16Alex BourretRATL
  2. 17Martin HanzalC673 GP · 338 PPHX
  3. 18Ryan ParentD106 GP · 7 PNSH
  4. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  5. 20Kenndal McArdleL42 GP · 3 PFLA
  6. 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTOR
  7. 22Matt LashoffD74 GP · 16 PBOS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2005 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2005 class

2nd
of 13 Czechs selected
7th
of 87 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 17Martin HanzalC673 GP · 338 PPHX
  2. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  3. 39Petr KalusR11 GP · 5 PBOS
  4. 41Ondrej PavelecG398 GP · 156 WATL
  5. 73Radek SmolenakL7 GP · 1 PTBL
  6. 94Jakub VojtaDCAR
  7. 106Vladimir SobotkaC548 GP · 171 PBOS
  8. 131Tomas PopperleG2 GP · 0 WCBJ
  9. 135Tomas PospisilRATL
  10. 136Tomas KudelkaDOTT

+ 3 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2005 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jakub Kindl made his NHL debut on December 3, 2009, 4 years and 126 days after the draft.

331
Games
16
Goals
58
Assists
74
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  2. 42Justin AbdelkaderL739 GP · 252 PDET
  3. 80Christofer LofbergCDET
  4. 103Mattias RitolaC43 GP · 9 PDET
  5. 132Darren HelmC823 GP · 266 PDET
  6. 137Johan RynoFDET
  7. 151Jeff MayDDET
  8. 175Juho MielonenDDET
  9. 214Bretton StamlerDDET