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Wednesday, November 8, 2000
2000 NHL draft first-round picks
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The order of selection for the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. The draft takes place on Saturday, June 24 (rounds 1-3) and Sunday, June 25 (rounds 4-9) in Calgary.
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NHL DRAFT ORDER
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NO
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TEAM
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NAME
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POS
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LEAGUE
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1
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N.Y. Islanders
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Rick DiPietro
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G
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Hockey East
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2
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Atlanta
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Dany Heatley
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LW
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WCHA
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3
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Minnesota
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Marian Gaborik
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LW
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Slovakian Sr.
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4
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Columbus
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Rostislav Klesla
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D
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OHL
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5
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N.Y. Isles (from TAM)
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Raffi Torres
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LW
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OHL
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6
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Nashville
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Scott Hartnell
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RW
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WHL
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7
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Boston
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Lars Jonsson
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D
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Swedish Jr.
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8
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Tampa Bay (from NYR)
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Nikita Alexeev
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RW
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OHL
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9
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Calgary
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Brent Krahn
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G
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WHL
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10
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Chicago
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Mikhail Yakubov
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C
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Rus. 2
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11
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Chicago (from VAN)
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Pavel Vorobiev
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RW
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Rus.
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12
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Anaheim
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Alexei Smirnov
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LW
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Rus. Sr.
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13
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Montreal
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Ron Hainsey
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D
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Hockey East
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14
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Colorado (from CAR)
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Vaclav Nedorost
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C
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Cze. Sr.
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15
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Buffalo
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Artem Kriukov
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C
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Rus. Sr.
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16
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Montreal (from SJ)
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Marcel Hossa
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C
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WHL
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17
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Edmonton
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Alexei Mikhnov
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Wing
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Rus. 2
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18
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Pittsburgh
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Brooks Orpick
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D
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Hockey East
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19
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Phoenix
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Krys Kolanos
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C
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Hockey East
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20
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Los Angeles
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Alexander Frolov
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LW
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Rus. 2
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21
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Ottawa
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Anton Volchenkov
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D
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Rus. 2
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22
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New Jersey (from COL)
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David Hale
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D
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USHL
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23
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Vancouver (from FLA)
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Nathan Smith
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C
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WHL
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24
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Toronto
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Brad Boyes
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C
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OHL
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25
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Dallas
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Steve Ott
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C
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OHL
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26
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Washington
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Brian Sutherby
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C
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WHL
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27
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Boston (from COL)
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Martin Samuelsson
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Wing
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Swe. Jr.
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28
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Philadelphia
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Justin Williams
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RW
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OHL
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29
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Detroit
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Niklas Kronvall
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D
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Swe. Elite
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30
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St. Louis
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Jeff Taffe
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C
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WCHA
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ALSO SEE
2000 NHL draft second-round picks
2000 NHL draft third-round picks
NHL draft: team-by-team picks
2000 NHL draft fourth-round picks
2000 NHL draft fifth-round picks
2000 NHL draft sixth-round picks
2000 NHL draft seventh-round picks
2000 NHL draft eighth-round picks
2000 NHL draft ninth-round picks
ESPN.com's NHL Draft 2000 coverage
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