2000 NHL Draft

Marian Gaborik in the 2000 NHL Draft

Minnesota Wild selected Marian Gaborik 3rd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 16 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 1035, and none has scored more points than his 815.

Overall pick: 3
Round and pick: Round 1, pick 3
Drafting team: MINMinnesota Wild
Date: June 24, 2000
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–6 in the 2000 draft

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

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

1st

of 16 Slovaks selected

2nd

of 163 forwards 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

Marian Gaborik made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 104 days after the draft.

1035

Games

407

Goals

408

Assists

815

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Minnesota Wild picks in the 2000 draft

3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
33Nick SchultzD1069 GP · 175 PMINMinnesota Wild
99Marc CavosieFMINMinnesota Wild
132Maxim SushinskyR30 GP · 11 PMINMinnesota Wild
170Erik ReitzD48 GP · 2 PMINMinnesota Wild
199Brian PassmoreCMINMinnesota Wild
214Peter BartosL13 GP · 6 PMINMinnesota Wild
232Lubomir SekerasD213 GP · 71 PMINMinnesota Wild
255Eric JohanssonCMINMinnesota Wild