2003 NHL Draft
Nick Tarnasky in the 2003 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Nick Tarnasky 287th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 9.
It was the eleventh and last of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 245 games put him 64th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 287
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 26
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 284–290 in the 2003 draft
- 284Juha-Matti Tapio AaltonenFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 285Matthew HansenDVANVancouver Canucks
- 286Zbynek HrdelCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 287Nick TarnaskyL245 GP · 30 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 288David JonesR462 GP · 191 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 289Mikael JohanssonFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 290Loic BurkhalterFPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
287th
of 292 players selected
172nd
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nick Tarnasky made his NHL debut on October 20, 2005, 2 years and 120 days after the draft.
245
Games
13
Goals
17
Assists
30
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2003 draft
- 34Mike EgenerDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 41Matt SmabyD122 GP · 6 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 96Jonathan BoutinGNo NHL gamesTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 192Doug O'BrienD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 224Gerald ColemanG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 227Jay RosehillL117 GP · 8 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 255Raimonds DanilicsFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 256Brady GrecoDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 273Albert VishnyakovFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 286Zbynek HrdelCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 287Nick TarnaskyL245 GP · 30 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning