2000 NHL Draft
Maxim Sushinsky in the 2000 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Maxim Sushinsky 132nd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 5.
He was the 25th of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth 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. His 30 games put him 76th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 132
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 2
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 25 years
The picks around it
Picks 129–135 in the 2000 draft
- 129Troy RiddleFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 130Aaron Van LeusenFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 131Matt HendricksC607 GP · 116 PNSHNashville Predators
- 132Maxim SushinskyR30 GP · 11 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 134Peter PodhradskyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 135Michael DantonC87 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
25th
of 40 Russians selected
79th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 12Alexei SmirnovL52 GP · 6 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 15Artem KriukovCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 44Ilya BryzgalovG465 GP · 221 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 50Sergei SoinFCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 30 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Maxim Sushinsky made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 103 days after the draft.
30
Games
7
Goals
4
Assists
11
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