2001 NHL Draft
Lukas Krajicek in the 2001 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Lukas Krajicek 24th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 12 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 328 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 24
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 24
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 21–27 in the 2001 draft
- 21Colby ArmstrongR476 GP · 209 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 23Tim GleasonD727 GP · 142 POTTOttawa Senators
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 25Alexander PerezhoginR128 GP · 34 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 26Jason BacashihuaG38 GP · 7 WDALDallas Stars
- 27Jeff WoywitkaD278 GP · 55 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
3rd
of 31 Czechs selected
7th
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
Lukas Krajicek made his NHL debut on April 6, 2002, 287 days after the draft.
328
Games
11
Goals
61
Assists
72
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2001 draft
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 34Greg WatsonFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 117Michael WoodfordRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 136Billy ThompsonGNo NHL gamesFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Dustin JohnerCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 200Toni KoivistoFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 231Kyle BruceRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 263Jan BlanarDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 267Ivan MajeskyD202 GP · 31 PFLAFlorida Panthers