2000 NHL Draft

Lubomir Visnovsky in the 2000 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Lubomir Visnovsky 118th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 4.

He was the sixth of the 16 Slovaks selected that year. It was the fourth of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 883, and only 6 have scored more points than his 495.

Overall pick: 118
Round and pick: Round 4, pick 22
Drafting team: LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date: June 25, 2000
Age at the draft: 23 years

The picks around it

Picks 115–121 in the 2000 draft

115Chris EadeDFLAFlorida Panthers
116Levente SzuperGNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
117Olli MalmivaaraD2 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
119Brian FaheyD7 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
120Davis ParleyGFLAFlorida Panthers
121Ryan VanbuskirkDWSHWashington Capitals

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2000 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2000 class

6th

of 16 Slovaks selected

35th

of 98 defensemen selected

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

First Slovaks selected

3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
16Marcel HossaL237 GP · 61 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
134Peter PodhradskyDANAAnaheim Ducks
164Matus KosturGNJDNew Jersey Devils
173Tomas HarantDNSHNashville Predators
183Michal MachoCSJSSan Jose Sharks

+ 6 more

Every pick from Slovakia in the 2000 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Lubomir Visnovsky made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 103 days after the draft.

883

Games

128

Goals

367

Assists

495

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2000 draft

20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
86Yanick LehouxC10 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
165Nathan MarstersGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
201Evgeny FederovCLAKLos Angeles Kings
206Tim ErikssonCLAKLos Angeles Kings
218Craig OlynickDLAKLos Angeles Kings
245Dan WelchRLAKLos Angeles Kings
250Flavien ConneCLAKLos Angeles Kings
282Carl GrahnGLAKLos Angeles Kings