1999 NHL Draft
Jan Lasak in the 1999 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Jan Lasak 65th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 37th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 12 Slovaks selected that year. It was the sixth of the 15 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 93rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 65
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 37
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 62–68 in the 1999 draft
- 62Teemu SainomaaLOTTOttawa Senators
- 63Stepan MokhovDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 64Mike ZigomanisC197 GP · 40 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 65Jan LasakG6 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 66Dan JancevskiD9 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 10Branislav MezeiD240 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
- 28Kristian KudrocD26 GP · 4 PNYINew York Islanders
- 35Milan BartovicR50 GP · 17 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 65Jan LasakG6 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 69Rene VydarenyDVANVancouver Canucks
- 85Peter SmrekD28 GP · 6 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 93Branko RadivojevicR393 GP · 120 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 101Juraj KolnikR240 GP · 95 PNYINew York Islanders
- 122Kristian KovacRCOLColorado Avalanche
- 132Roman TvrdonC9 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
+ 2 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jan Lasak made his NHL debut on April 9, 2002, 2 years and 287 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 1999 draft
- 6Brian FinleyG4 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 33Jonas AnderssonR9 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 52Adam HallR682 GP · 156 PNSHNashville Predators
- 54Andrew HutchinsonD140 GP · 39 PNSHNashville Predators
- 61Ed HillDNSHNashville Predators
- 65Jan LasakG6 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 72Brett AngelDNSHNashville Predators
- 121Yevgeny PavlovCNSHNashville Predators
- 124Alexandr KrevsunRNSHNashville Predators
- 131Konstantin PanovRNSHNashville Predators
- 162Timo HelblingD11 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 191Martin EratR881 GP · 545 PNSHNashville Predators
- 205Kyle KettlesGNSHNashville Predators
- 220Miroslav DurakDNSHNashville Predators
- 248Darren HaydarR23 GP · 8 PNSHNashville Predators