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2003 NHL Draft

Robert Nilsson in the 2003 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Robert Nilsson 15th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 9 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 252 games put him 63rd in the class.

Overall pick
15
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 15
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 12–18 in the 2003 draft

  1. 12Hugh JessimanR2 GP · 0 PNYR
  2. 13Dustin BrownR1296 GP · 712 PLAK
  3. 14Brent SeabrookD1114 GP · 464 PCHI
  4. 15Robert NilssonC252 GP · 118 PNYI
  5. 16Steve BernierR637 GP · 230 PSJS
  6. 17Zach PariseL1254 GP · 889 PNJD
  7. 18Eric FehrC652 GP · 221 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2003 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2003 class

15th
of 292 players selected
10th
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

  1. 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPIT
  2. 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCAR
  3. 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLA
  4. 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJ
  5. 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUF
  6. 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJS
  7. 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSH
  8. 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATL
  9. 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGY
  10. 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTL

+ 282 more

The 2003 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Robert Nilsson made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 2 years and 106 days after the draft.

252
Games
37
Goals
81
Assists
118
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2003 draft

  1. 15Robert NilssonC252 GP · 118 PNYI
  2. 48Dimitri ChernykhRNYI
  3. 53Evgeni TunikFNYI
  4. 58Jeremy CollitonC57 GP · 6 PNYI
  5. 120Stefan BlahoRNYI
  6. 182Bruno GervaisD418 GP · 87 PNYI
  7. 212Denis RehakDNYI
  8. 238Cody BlanshanDNYI
  9. 246Igor VolkovRNYI