1999 NHL Draft
Martin Havlat in the 1999 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Martin Havlat 26th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 790, and only 4 have scored more points than his 594.
- Overall pick
- 26
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 26
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 23–29 in the 1999 draft
- 23Steve McCarthyD302 GP · 55 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 24Luca CeredaCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 28Kristian KudrocD26 GP · 4 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
3rd
of 18 Czechs selected
17th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 76Frantisek KaberleD523 GP · 193 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 117Karel MosovskyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 151Vaclav ZavoralDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 161Jan SochorRTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Martin Havlat made his NHL debut on October 5, 2000, 1 year and 101 days after the draft.
790
Games
242
Goals
352
Assists
594
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 1999 draft
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 48Simon LajeunesseG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 62Teemu SainomaaLOTTOttawa Senators
- 94Chris KellyC845 GP · 291 POTTOttawa Senators
- 154Andrew IanieroLOTTOttawa Senators
- 164Martin PrusekG57 GP · 31 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 201Mikko RuutuLOTTOttawa Senators
- 209Layne UlmerC1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 213Alexandre GirouxL48 GP · 12 POTTOttawa Senators
- 269Konstantin GorovikovLOTTOttawa Senators