2002 NHL Draft
Jarkko Immonen in the 2002 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Jarkko Immonen 254th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 8.
He was the 25th of the 26 Finns selected that year. It was the eighth of the 9 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 20 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 254
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 25
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 251–257 in the 2002 draft
- 251Jason KostadineRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 252Martin ChabadaFNYINew York Islanders
- 253Tom KoivistoD22 GP · 6 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 254Jarkko ImmonenC20 GP · 8 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 255Ryan CraigC198 GP · 63 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 256Darren ReidR21 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 257Pauli LevokariDATLAtlanta Thrashers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 75Arttu LuttinenFOTTOttawa Senators
- 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 103Joonas VihkoFANAAnaheim Ducks
- 107Mikko KaltevaDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 110Jarkko A. ImmonenCDALDallas Stars
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jarkko Immonen made his NHL debut on April 6, 2006, 3 years and 287 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2002 draft
- 24Alexander SteenL1018 GP · 622 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 57Matt StajanC1003 GP · 413 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 74Todd FordGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 88Dominic D'AmourDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 122David TuronDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 191Ian WhiteD503 GP · 179 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 222Scott MayFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 254Jarkko ImmonenC20 GP · 8 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 285Staffan KronwallD66 GP · 4 PTORToronto Maple Leafs