2002 NHL Draft
Jay Bouwmeester in the 2002 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Jay Bouwmeester 3rd overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 1240, and only 7 have scored more points than his 424.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 2002 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
3rd
of 290 players selected
1st
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
Jay Bouwmeester made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 110 days after the draft.
1240
Games
88
Goals
336
Assists
424
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2002 draft
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 40Rob GlobkeR46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 67Gregory CampbellC803 GP · 187 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 134Topi JaakolaDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 158Vince BellissimoCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Jeremy SwansonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 196Mikael VuorioGFLAFlorida Panthers
- 200Denis YachmenevLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 232Peter HafnerDFLAFlorida Panthers