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2008 NHL Draft

Joe Colborne in the 2008 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Joe Colborne 16th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His 295 games put him 44th in the class.

Overall pick
16
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 16
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 13–19 in the 2008 draft

  1. 13Colten TeubertD24 GP · 1 PLAK
  2. 14Zach BoychukL127 GP · 30 PCAR
  3. 15Erik KarlssonD1176 GP · 953 POTT
  4. 16Joe ColborneC295 GP · 114 PBOS
  5. 17Jake GardinerD645 GP · 277 PANA
  6. 18Chet PickardGNo NHL gamesNSH
  7. 19Luca SbisaD549 GP · 113 PPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

16th
of 211 players selected
9th
of 110 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Steven StamkosC1263 GP · 1275 PTBL
  2. 2Drew DoughtyD1293 GP · 716 PLAK
  3. 3Zach BogosianD988 GP · 250 PATL
  4. 4Alex PietrangeloD1087 GP · 637 PSTL
  5. 5Luke SchennD1133 GP · 214 PTOR
  6. 6Nikita FilatovL53 GP · 14 PCBJ
  7. 7Colin WilsonC632 GP · 286 PNSH
  8. 8Mikkel BoedkerL709 GP · 327 PPHX
  9. 9Josh BaileyR1057 GP · 580 PNYI
  10. 10Cody HodgsonC328 GP · 142 PVAN

+ 201 more

The 2008 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Joe Colborne made his NHL debut on April 9, 2011, 2 years and 293 days after the draft.

295
Games
42
Goals
72
Assists
114
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 16Joe ColborneC295 GP · 114 PBOS
  2. 47Max SauveC1 GP · 0 PBOS
  3. 77Michael HutchinsonG154 GP · 57 WBOS
  4. 97Jamie ArnielC1 GP · 0 PBOS
  5. 173Nick TremblayCBOS
  6. 197Mark GogginCBOS