2000 NHL Draft
Kurtis Foster in the 2000 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Kurtis Foster 40th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 9 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 405 games put him 37th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 40
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 10
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 37–43 in the 2000 draft
- 37Andy HilbertL307 GP · 104 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 39Teemu LaineRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 40Kurtis FosterD405 GP · 160 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 41Tero MaattaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 42Libor UstrnulDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 43Matt PettingerL422 GP · 123 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
40th
of 293 players selected
10th
of 98 defensemen 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
Kurtis Foster made his NHL debut on March 31, 2003, 2 years and 280 days after the draft.
405
Games
42
Goals
118
Assists
160
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 2000 draft
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 40Kurtis FosterD405 GP · 160 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 46Jarret StollC872 GP · 388 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 116Levente SzuperGNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
- 141Wade DavisDCGYCalgary Flames
- 155Travis MoenL747 GP · 136 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 176Jukka HentunenR38 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 239David HajekDCGYCalgary Flames
- 270Micki DupontD23 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames