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2008 NHL Draft

Tom McCollum in the 2008 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Tom McCollum 30th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 95th in the class.

Overall pick
30
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 30
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 27–33 in the 2008 draft

  1. 27John CarlsonD1173 GP · 793 PWSH
  2. 28Viktor TikhonovR111 GP · 22 PPHX
  3. 29Daultan LeveilleCATL
  4. 30Tom McCollumG3 GP · 1 WDET
  5. 31Jacob MarkströmG585 GP · 268 WFLA
  6. 32Slava VoynovD190 GP · 81 PLAK
  7. 33Philip McRaeC15 GP · 3 PSTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

30th
of 211 players selected
2nd
of 23 goaltenders selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Steven StamkosC1261 GP · 1272 PTBL
  2. 2Drew DoughtyD1292 GP · 716 PLAK
  3. 3Zach BogosianD986 GP · 249 PATL
  4. 4Alex PietrangeloD1087 GP · 637 PSTL
  5. 5Luke SchennD1132 GP · 214 PTOR
  6. 6Nikita FilatovL53 GP · 14 PCBJ
  7. 7Colin WilsonC632 GP · 286 PNSH
  8. 8Mikkel BoedkerL709 GP · 327 PPHX
  9. 9Josh BaileyR1057 GP · 580 PNYI
  10. 10Cody HodgsonC328 GP · 142 PVAN

+ 201 more

The 2008 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tom McCollum made his NHL debut on March 30, 2011, 2 years and 283 days after the draft.

3
Games
1
Wins
0
Shutouts
.879
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 30Tom McCollumG3 GP · 1 WDET
  2. 91Max NicastroDDET
  3. 121Gustav NyquistR914 GP · 543 PDET
  4. 151Julien CayerCDET
  5. 181Stephen JohnstonLDET
  6. 211Jesper SamuelssonCDET