2000 NHL Draft
Jeff Taffe in the 2000 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Jeff Taffe 30th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 180 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 30
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 30
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 27–33 in the 2000 draft
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 28Justin WilliamsR1264 GP · 797 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 30Jeff TaffeL180 GP · 46 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 33Nick SchultzD1069 GP · 175 PMINMinnesota Wild
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
30th
of 293 players selected
21st
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jeff Taffe made his NHL debut on October 14, 2002, 2 years and 112 days after the draft.
180
Games
21
Goals
25
Assists
46
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2000 draft
- 30Jeff TaffeL180 GP · 46 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 65David MorissetR4 GP · 0 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 75Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 96Antoine BergeronDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 129Troy RiddleFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 167Craig WellerR95 GP · 14 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 229Brett LutesLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 261Reinhard DivisG28 GP · 6 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 293Lauri KinosDSTLSt. Louis Blues