2001 NHL Draft
Stephen Weiss in the 2001 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Stephen Weiss 4th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 12 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 732 games put him 23rd in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 423.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2001 draft
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
4th
of 289 players selected
4th
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
+ 279 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Stephen Weiss made his NHL debut on April 3, 2002, 284 days after the draft.
732
Games
156
Goals
267
Assists
423
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2001 draft
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 34Greg WatsonFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 117Michael WoodfordRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 136Billy ThompsonGNo NHL gamesFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Dustin JohnerCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 200Toni KoivistoFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 231Kyle BruceRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 263Jan BlanarDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 267Ivan MajeskyD202 GP · 31 PFLAFlorida Panthers