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Tuesday, June 17
Updated: June 21, 4:14 PM ET
 
2003 NHL draft first-round picks

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The order of selection for the first round of the 2003 NHL entry draft, June 21-22, in Nashville.

2003 NHL DRAFT ORDER - FIRST ROUND
No. Team Player Pos. Team/League
1. Pittsburgh Marc-Andre Fleury G Cape Breton (QMJHL)
2. Carolina Eric Staal C Peterborough (OHL)
3. Florida Nathan Horton C Oshawa (OHL)
4. Columbus Nikolai Zherdev F CSKA (Russia)
5. Buffalo Thomas Vanek LW Minnesota (WCHA)
6. San Jose Milan Michalek RW Budejovice (Cze.)
7. Nashville Ryan Suter D U.S. U-18
8. Atlanta Braydon Coburn D Portland (WHL)
9. Calgary Dion Phaneuf D Red Deer (WHL)
10. Montreal Andrei Kostitsyn W CSKA (Russia)
11. Philadelphia (from Phoenix) Jeff Carter C Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
12. N.Y. Rangers Hugh Jessiman RW Dartmouth (ECAC)
13. Los Angeles Dustin Brown RW Guelph (OHL)
14. Chicago Brent Seabrook D Lethbridge (WHL)
15. N.Y. Islanders Robert Nilsson C/W Leksand (SWE)
16. San Jose (from Boston) Steve Bernier RW Moncton (QMJHL)
17. New Jersey (from Edmonton) Zach Parise C North Dakota (WCHA)
18. Washington Eric Fehr RW Brandon (WHL)
19. Anaheim Ryan Getzlaf C Calgary (WHL)
20. Minnesota Brent Burns RW Brampton (OHL)
21. Boston (from San Jose-Toronto) Mark Stuart D Colorado (WCHA)
22. Edmonton (from New Jersey-St. Louis) Marc-Antoine Pouliot C Rimouski (QMJHL)
23. Vancouver Ryan Kesler C Ohio State (CCHA)
24. Philadelphia Mike Richards C Kitchener (OHL)
25. Florida (from Tampa Bay) Anthony Stewart C/W Kingston (OHL)
26. Los Angeles (from Colorado) Brian Boyle C St. Sebastien's (USHS)
27. Los Angeles (from Detroit) Jeff Tambellini LW Michigan (CCHA)
28. Anaheim (from Dallas) Corey Perry RW London (OHL)
29. Ottawa Patrick Eaves RW Boston Coll. (HE)
30. St. Louis (from New Jersey) Shawn Belle D Tri-City (WHL)
Notes:
Pick 1 (Florida to Pittsburgh) - Florida traded its first overall pick and its third-round pick (173rd overall) to Pittsburgh for the No. 3 pick and the Penguins' second-round pick (55th overall)

Pick 11 (Phoenix to Philadelphia) - Philadelphia traded C Daymond Langkow to Phoenix for Phoenix's 2nd-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft (pick later traded by Philadelphia) and 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (July 2, 2001).

Pick 16 (Boston to San Jose) - Boston traded its 16th pick overall to San Jose for Nos. 21, 66 and 107 in the 2003 draft.

Pick 17 (Edmonton to New Jersey) - Edmonton traded its 17th pick overall to New Jersey for Nos. 22 and 68 in the 2003 draft.

Pick 21 (Toronto to San Jose) - San Jose traded RW Owen Nolan to Toronto for C Alyn McCauley, C Brad Boyes and Toronto's 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (Mar. 6, 2003).

Pick 22 (St. Louis to New Jersey) - As part of the Scott Stevens tampering decision, New Jersey was awarded, and is exercising this year, the right to switch 1st-round picks with St. Louis (Jan. 4, 1999).

Pick 25 (Tampa Bay to Florida) - Tampa Bay traded its 27th pick overall to Florida for Nos. 34, 41 and 192 in the 2003 draft.

Pick 26 (Colorado to Los Angeles) - Los Angeles traded D Rob Blake and C Steven Reinprecht to Colorado for RW Adam Deadmarsh, D Aaron Miller, C Jared Aulin, Colorado's 1st-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft (Dave Steckel) and 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (Feb. 22, 2001).

Pick 27 (Detroit to Los Angeles) - Los Angeles traded D Mathieu Schneider to Detroit for C Sean Avery, D Maxim Kuznetsov, Detroit's 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft and 2nd-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft (Mar. 11, 2003).

Pick 28 (Dallas to Anaheim) - Dallas traded its 28th overall pick to Anaheim for Nos. 36 and 54 in the 2003 NHL draft.

Pick 30 (New Jersey to St. Louis) - See pick 22.





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