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1998 NHL Draft

Jiri Dopita in the 1998 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Jiri Dopita 123rd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 5.

He was the eighth of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the fourth of the 10 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 73 games put him 80th in the class.

Overall pick
123
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 9
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
29 years

Boston Bruins had already picked him in 1992, 133rd overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 120–126 in the 1998 draft

  1. 120Brent GauvreauRCGY
  2. 121Curtis RichDTBL
  3. 122Patrick LeahyR50 GP · 8 PNYR
  4. 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYI
  5. 124Francis BelangerL10 GP · 0 PPHI
  6. 125Erik WendellCWSH
  7. 126Morgan WarrenRTOR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

8th
of 21 Czechs selected
74th
of 156 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOL
  2. 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPIT
  3. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  4. 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTOR
  5. 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUF
  6. 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCAR
  7. 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLA
  8. 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYI
  9. 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHX
  10. 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYR

+ 11 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jiri Dopita made his NHL debut on October 4, 2001, 3 years and 99 days after the draft.

73
Games
12
Goals
21
Assists
33
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  2. 36Chris NielsenR52 GP · 14 PNYI
  3. 95Andy BurnhamRNYI
  4. 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYI
  5. 155Kevin ClausonDNYI
  6. 182Evgeny KorolevD42 GP · 5 PNYI
  7. 209Frederik Brind'AmourGNYI
  8. 237Ben BlaisDNYI
  9. 242Jason DoyleRNYI
  10. 250Radek MatejovskyRNYI