1999 NHL Draft
Timo Helbling in the 1999 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Timo Helbling 162nd overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 6.
He was the second of the 2 Swiss players selected that year. It was the eleventh of the 15 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 11 games put him 85th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 162
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 159–165 in the 1999 draft
- 159Yuri DobryshkinRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 160Konstantin RudenkoLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 161Jan SochorRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 162Timo HelblingD11 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 163Björn MelinR3 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 164Martin PrusekG57 GP · 31 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 165Michael LeightonG110 GP · 37 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
2nd
of 2 Swiss players selected
55th
of 88 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swiss players selected
- 24Luca CeredaCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 162Timo HelblingD11 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Timo Helbling made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 6 years and 101 days after the draft.
11
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 1999 draft
- 6Brian FinleyG4 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 33Jonas AnderssonR9 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 52Adam HallR682 GP · 156 PNSHNashville Predators
- 54Andrew HutchinsonD140 GP · 39 PNSHNashville Predators
- 61Ed HillDNSHNashville Predators
- 65Jan LasakG6 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 72Brett AngelDNSHNashville Predators
- 121Yevgeny PavlovCNSHNashville Predators
- 124Alexandr KrevsunRNSHNashville Predators
- 131Konstantin PanovRNSHNashville Predators
- 162Timo HelblingD11 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 191Martin EratR881 GP · 545 PNSHNashville Predators
- 205Kyle KettlesGNSHNashville Predators
- 220Miroslav DurakDNSHNashville Predators
- 248Darren HaydarR23 GP · 8 PNSHNashville Predators