List of Atlanta Thrashers draft picks

The Thrashers selected Ilya Kovalchuk 1st overall in 2001.

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

*	Spent entire NHL playing career with Thrashers
≠	Did not play with Thrashers during NHL playing career

General

Pos	Position

Positions

G	Goaltender	C	Center
D	Defenseman	LW	Left wing
RW	Right wing	F	Forward

Statistics

GP	Games played	G	Goals
A	Assists	Pts	Points
PIM	Penalties in minutes	GAA	Goals against average
W	Wins	L	Losses
T	Ties	OT	Overtime/Shootout losses
GAA	Goals against average

Draft picks

The Thrashers selected Garnet Exelby 80th overall in 1999.

The Thrashers selected Michael Garnett 80th overall in 2001.

The Thrashers selected Kari Lehtonen 2nd overall in 2002.

The Thrashers selected Jim Slater 30th overall in 2002.

The Thrashers selected Boris Valabik 10th overall in 2004.

The Thrashers selected Bryan Little 12th overall in 2006.

Statistics are complete as of the 2010–11 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position.

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
1999	1	001 !1	Stefan, PatrikPatrik Stefan	Czech Republic	C	455	064 !64	124	188	0158 !158
1999	2	030 !30	Sellars, LukeLuke Sellars*	Canada	D	001 !1	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0002 !2
1999	3	068 !68	Blatny, ZdenekZdenek Blatny	Czech Republic	LW	025 !25	003 !3	0.1 !0	003 !3	0008 !8
1999	4	098 !98	Kaczowka, David !David Kaczowka	Canada	LW
1999	4	099 !99	Zepp, RobRob Zepp	Canada	G
1999	5	128	MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie	Canada	C	127	012 !12	019 !19	031 !31	0052 !52
1999	6	159	Dobryshkin, YuriYuri Dobryshkin	Russia	RW
1999	7	188	Baby, StephenStephen Baby	United States	RW
1999	8	217	Exelby, GarnetGarnet Exelby	Canada	D	408	007 !7	043 !43	050 !50	0584 !584
1999	9	245	Santala, TommiTommi Santala	Finland	C	063 !63	002 !2	007 !7	009 !9	0046 !46
1999	9	246	DiLauro, RayRay DiLauro	United States	D
2000	1	002 !2	Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	Canada	LW	669	325	364	689	0566 !566
2000	2	031 !31	Nikulin, IlyaIlya Nikulin	Russia	D
2000	2	042 !42	Ustrnul, Libor !Libor Ustrnul	Czech Republic	D
2000	4	107	Mallette, Carl !Carl Mallette	Canada	C
2000	4	108	Robson, Blake !Blake Robson	Canada	LW
2000	5	147	McRae, Matthew !Matthew McRae	Canada	F
2000	6	168	Smid, ZdenekZdenek Smid	Czech Republic	G
2000	6	178	Dwyer, Jeff !Jeff Dwyer	United States	D
2000	6	180	Hordichuk, DarcyDarcy Hordichuk	Canada	LW	495	019 !19	019 !19	038 !38	1074
2000	8	230	Isosalo, Samu !Samu Isosalo	Finland	C
2000	8	242	Nielsen, Evan !Evan Nielsen	United States	D
2000	8	244	Bowen, Eric !Eric Bowen	United States	RW
2000	9	288	McRae, Mark !Mark McRae	Canada	D
2000	9	290	Gamache, SimonSimon Gamache	Canada	LW	048 !48	006 !6	007 !7	013 !13	0018 !18
2001	1	001 !1	Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk	Russia	LW	702	369	333	702	0465 !465
2001	3	080 !80	Garnett, MichaelMichael Garnett*	Canada	G	024 !24	0.1 !0	002 !2	002 !2	0.1 !0	010 !10	007 !7	0.1 !0	04 !4	0345 !3.45
2001	4	100	Sipotz, BrianBrian Sipotz	United States	D
2001	4	112	Gajic, MilanMilan Gajic	Canada	C
2001	5	135	Stuart, ColinColin Stuart	United States	LW	054 !54	008 !8	005 !5	013 !13	0026 !26
2001	6	189	Nurminen, PasiPasi Nurminen*	Finland	G	125	0.1 !0	005 !5	005 !5	0039 !39	048 !48	054 !54	12	0.01 !—	0300 !3.00
2001	7	199	Suderman, Matt !Matt Suderman	Canada	D
2001	7	201	FitzRandolph, Colin !Colin FitzRandolph	United States	W
2001	9	262	Cartelli, MarioMario Cartelli	Czech Republic	D
2002	1	002 !2	Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen	Finland	G	285	0.1 !0	012 !12	012 !12	0026 !26	134	111	0.1 !0	28	0279 !2.79
2002	1	030 !30	Slater, JimJim Slater*	United States	C	371	047 !47	053 !53	100	0280 !280
2002	4	116	Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer≠	United States	RW	151	016 !16	015 !15	031 !31	0018 !18
2002	4	124	Manson, Lane !Lane Manson	Canada	D
2002	5	144	Flache, Paul !Paul Flache	Canada	D
2002	6	167	Schell, Brad !Brad Schell	Canada	C
2002	7	198	Oystrick, NathanNathan Oystrick	Canada	D	065 !65	005 !5	010 !10	015 !15	0061 !61
2002	8	230	Fretter, ColtonColton Fretter	Canada	F
2002	8	236	Boldt, Tyler !Tyler Boldt	Canada	D
2002	8	257	Levokari, PauliPauli Levokari	Finland	D
2003	1	008 !8	Coburn, BraydonBraydon Coburn	Canada	D	379	026 !26	085 !85	111	0328 !328
2003	4	110	Sharrow, JimJim Sharrow	United States	D
2003	4	116	Desbiens, GuillaumeGuillaume Desbiens≠	Canada	RW	013 !13	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0012 !12
2003	4	136	Vannelli, Mike !Mike Vannelli	United States	D
2003	5	145	Sterling, BrettBrett Sterling	United States	LW	026 !26	005 !5	004 !4	009 !9	0032 !32
2003	6	175	Hamilton, Mike !Mike Hamilton	Canada	F
2003	7	203	Loginov, DenisDenis Loginov	Russia	C
2003	8	239	Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom*	Sweden	D	318	026 !26	145	171	0178 !178
2003	9	269	Kaip, RylanRylan Kaip	Canada	C
2004	1	010 !10	Valabik, BorisBoris Valabik*	Slovakia	D	080 !80	0.1 !0	007 !7	007 !7	0210 !210
2004	2	040 !40	Lewis, GrantGrant Lewis*	United States	D	001 !1	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0
2004	3	076 !76	Lehman, ScottScott Lehman*	Canada	D	001 !1	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0
2004	4	106	Painchaud, ChadChad Painchaud	Canada	RW
2004	5	142	Gracik, JurajJuraj Gracik	Slovakia	RW
2004	6	186	Turple, DanDan Turple	Canada	G
2004	7	204	Tuomainen, MiikkaMiikka Tuomainen	Finland	LW
2004	8	237	Carefoot, Mitch !Mitch Carefoot	Canada	C
2004	9	270	Siddall, Matt !Matt Siddall	Canada	RW
2005	1	016 !16	Bourret, AlexAlex Bourret	Canada	RW
2005	2	041 !41	Pavelec, OndrejOndrej Pavelec*	Czech Republic	G	119	0.1 !0	001 !1	001 !1	0006 !6	041 !41	051 !51	0.01 !—	16	0303 !3.03
2005	2	049 !49	Denny, ChadChad Denny	Canada	D
2005	2	053 !53	Kozek, AndrewAndrew Kozek	Canada	W
2005	4	116	Smotherman, JordanJordan Smotherman*	United States	LW	004 !4	001 !1	001 !1	002 !2	0.1 !0
2005	5	135	Pospisil, TomasTomas Pospisil	Czech Republic	LW
2005	6	186	Zubarev, AndreiAndrei Zubarev*	Russia	D	004 !4	0.1 !0	001 !1	001 !1	0004 !4
2005	7	207	Stoesz, MylesMyles Stoesz	Canada	LW
2006	1	012 !12	Little, BryanBryan Little*	Canada	C	282	068 !68	082 !82	150	0095 !95
2006	2	043 !43	Holzapfel, RileyRiley Holzapfel	Canada	C
2006	3	080 !80	Forney, MichaelMichael Forney	United States	LW
2006	5	135	Kangas, Alex !Alex Kangas	United States	G
2006	6	165	Enlund, JonasJonas Enlund	Finland	C
2006	7	195	Martin, Jesse !Jesse Martin	Canada	C
2006	7	200	Kulda, ArtursArturs Kulda*	Latvia	D	006 !6	0.1 !0	002 !2	002 !2	0004 !4
2006	7	210	O'Neill, Will !Will O'Neill	United States	D
2007	3	067 !67	Machacek, SpencerSpencer Machacek*	Canada	RW	012 !12	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0
2007	4	115	Lucenius, NiclasNiclas Lucenius	Finland	C
2007	6	175	Albert, John !John Albert	United States	C
2007	7	205	Postma, PaulPaul Postma*	Canada	D	001 !1	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0
2008	1	003 !3	Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian*	United States	D	199	024 !24	035 !35	059 !59	0137 !137
2008	1	029 !29	Leveille, DaultanDaultan Leveille	Canada	C
2008	3	064 !64	Paquette, Danick !Danick Paquette	Canada	RW
2008	4	094 !94	Saponari, Vinny !Vinny Saponari	United States	RW
2008	5	124	Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu	Sweden	LW
2008	6	154	Carrozzi, ChrisChris Carrozzi	Canada	G
2008	7	184	Redmond, ZachZach Redmond	United States	D
2009	1	004 !4	Kane, EvanderEvander Kane*	Canada	C	139	033 !33	036 !36	069 !69	0130 !130
2009	2	034 !34	Klingberg, CarlCarl Klingberg*	Sweden	LW	001 !1	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0
2009	2	045 !45	Morin, JeremyJeremy Morin≠	United States	LW	009 !9	002 !2	001 !1	003 !3	0009 !9
2009	4	117	Pasquale, Edward !Edward Pasquale	Canada	G
2009	4	120	Chiarot, Ben !Ben Chiarot	Canada	D
2009	5	125	Sol, Cody !Cody Sol	Canada	D
2009	6	155	Bubnick, JimmyJimmy Bubnick	Canada	C
2009	7	185	Koper, Levko !Levko Koper	Canada	LW
2009	7	203	Samuels-Thomas, Jordan !Jordan Samuels-Thomas	United States	LW
2010	1	008 !8	Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov*	Russia	C	074 !74	006 !6	014 !14	020 !20	0027 !27
2010	3	087 !87	Melchiori, Julian ! Julian Melchiori	Canada	D
2010	4	101	Telegin, Ivan !Ivan Telegin	Russia	LW
2010	5	128	Petterson-Wentzel, FredrikFredrik Petterson-Wentzel	Sweden	G
2010	5	150	Cisse, Yasin !Yasin Cisse	Canada	F
2010	6	155	McFaull, Kendal !Kendal McFaull	Canada	D
2010	6	160	Lane, Tanner !Tanner Lane	United States	F
2010	6	169	Owuya, SebastianSebastian Owuya	Sweden	D
2010	7	199	Stoykewych, Peter !Peter Stoykewych	Canada	D

See also

• 1999 NHL Expansion Draft

References

• "Atlanta Thrashers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00004682.html. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
• Hockey-Reference.com "Atlanta Thrashers Draft Register". Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/ATL/draft.html Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.