2004 NHL Draft
Tyler Eckford in the 2004 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Tyler Eckford 217th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 7.
It was the fifth 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. His 7 games put him 108th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 217
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 24
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 214–220 in the 2004 draft
- 214Troy BrouwerR851 GP · 363 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 215Ian KeserichGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 216Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeblondR41 GP · 3 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 217Tyler EckfordD7 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 218Sergei KukushinFDALDallas Stars
- 219Joe CooperROTTOttawa Senators
- 220Maxim SemenovDTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
217th
of 291 players selected
65th
of 86 defensemen 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 MalkinC1282 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
Tyler Eckford made his NHL debut on November 19, 2009, 5 years and 145 days after the draft.
7
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
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