2004 NHL Draft
Marek Schwarz in the 2004 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Marek Schwarz 17th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 112th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 17
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 17
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 14–20 in the 2004 draft
- 14Devan DubnykG542 GP · 253 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 18Kyle ChipchuraC482 GP · 104 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 20Travis ZajacC1037 GP · 552 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 54Jakub SindelCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 63David KrejciC1032 GP · 786 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 73Zdenek BahenskyRNYRNew York Rangers
- 81Vaclav MeidlCNSHNashville Predators
- 116Michal BirnerLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 123Karel HromasLCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Marek Schwarz made his NHL debut on December 12, 2006, 2 years and 169 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2004 draft
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 83Victor AlexandrovRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 116Michal BirnerLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 136Nikita NikitinD259 GP · 76 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 180Roman PolakD806 GP · 140 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 211David FredrikssonFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 277Jonathan Michel BoutinRSTLSt. Louis Blues