2005 NHL Draft
Nicolas Blanchard in the 2005 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Nicolas Blanchard 192nd overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 30th pick of round 6.
It was the eighth of the 9 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 88th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 192
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 30
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 189–195 in the 2005 draft
- 189Kirill StarkovCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 190Matt D'AgostiniR324 GP · 107 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 191Vjateslav BuravchikovDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 192Nicolas BlanchardL9 GP · 0 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 193Tony LuciaLSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 194Jean-Philippe PaquetDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 195Joe VitaleC234 GP · 44 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1435 GP · 1771 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 220 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nicolas Blanchard made his NHL debut on April 11, 2013, 7 years and 255 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2005 draft
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 58Nathan HagemoDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 64Joe BarnesCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 94Jakub VojtaDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 123Ondrej OtcenasFCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 145Timothy KunesDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 159Risto KorhonenDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 192Nicolas BlanchardL9 GP · 0 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 198Kyle LawsonDCARCarolina Hurricanes