2004 NHL Draft
Travis Zajac in the 2004 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Travis Zajac 20th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 1037, and only 4 have scored more points than his 552.
- Overall pick
- 20
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 20
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 17–23 in the 2004 draft
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 18Kyle ChipchuraC482 GP · 104 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 20Travis ZajacC1037 GP · 552 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Wojtek WolskiL451 GP · 267 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
20th
of 291 players selected
13th
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alex OvechkinL1587 GP · 1691 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1283 GP · 1418 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 6Al MontoyaG168 GP · 67 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
+ 281 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Travis Zajac made his NHL debut on October 6, 2006, 2 years and 102 days after the draft.
1037
Games
203
Goals
349
Assists
552
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2004 draft
- 20Travis ZajacC1037 GP · 552 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 155Alexander MikhailishinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 185Josh DisherGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 216Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeblondR41 GP · 3 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 217Tyler EckfordD7 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 250Nathan PerkovichRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 282Valeri KlimovDNJDNew Jersey Devils