1999 NHL Draft
Vaclav Pletka in the 1999 NHL Draft
Philadelphia Flyers selected Vaclav Pletka 208th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 7.
He was the 15th of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the fifth of the 6 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 105th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 208
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 22
- Drafting team
- PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 205–211 in the 1999 draft
- 205Kyle KettlesGNSHNashville Predators
- 206Bret DececcoRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 207Greg BarberRBOSBoston Bruins
- 208Vaclav PletkaL1 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 209Layne UlmerC1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 210Henrik ZetterbergC1082 GP · 960 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 211Vladimir KulikovGTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
15th
of 18 Czechs selected
117th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 76Frantisek KaberleD523 GP · 193 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 117Karel MosovskyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 151Vaclav ZavoralDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 161Jan SochorRTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vaclav Pletka made his NHL debut on October 20, 2001, 2 years and 116 days after the draft.
1
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 1999 draft
- 22Maxime OuelletG12 GP · 2 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 119Jeff FeniakDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 160Konstantin RudenkoLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 200Pavel KasparikCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 208Vaclav PletkaL1 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 224David NystromLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers