2001 NHL Draft
Karel Pilar in the 2001 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Karel Pilar 39th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 12 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 90 games put him 77th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 39
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 9
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 23 years
The picks around it
Picks 36–42 in the 2001 draft
- 36Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 37Duncan MilroyR5 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Tim JackmanR483 GP · 75 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 40Fedor TyutinD872 GP · 264 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 41Andrei TaratukhinFCGYCalgary Flames
- 42Tomas SlovakDNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
4th
of 31 Czechs selected
11th
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 45Martin PodlesakCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 126Daniel VolrabCDALDallas Stars
- 129Miroslav BlatakDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 132Dusan SalfickyGNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
+ 21 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Karel Pilar made his NHL debut on January 25, 2002, 216 days after the draft.
90
Games
6
Goals
24
Assists
30
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2001 draft
- 17Carlo ColaiacovoD470 GP · 157 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 65Brendan BellD102 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 82Jay HarrisonD372 GP · 75 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 88Nicolas CorbeilCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 134Kyle WellwoodC489 GP · 235 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 168Maxim KondratievD40 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 183Jaroslav SklenarFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 198Ivan KolozvaryFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 213Jan ChovanGTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 246Tomas MojzisD17 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 276Mike KnoepfliLTORToronto Maple Leafs