1998 NHL Draft
Kyle Rossiter in the 1998 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Kyle Rossiter 30th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 2.
It was the first of the 9 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 11 games put him 112th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 30
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 3
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 27–33 in the 1998 draft
- 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 28Ramzi AbidL68 GP · 30 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 29Jonathan CheechooR501 GP · 305 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 30Kyle RossiterD11 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 32Stephen PeatR130 GP · 10 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 33Blair BettsC477 GP · 78 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
30th
of 258 players selected
11th
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kyle Rossiter made his NHL debut on April 3, 2002, 3 years and 280 days after the draft.
11
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 1998 draft
- 30Kyle RossiterD11 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 61Joe DipentaD174 GP · 23 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 63Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 89Ryan JardineL8 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 148Chris OvingtonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 176B.J. KetchesonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 203Ian JacobsRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 231Adrian WischerCFLAFlorida Panthers