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Russian players in the 2000 NHL Draft
41 Russian players were picked in the 2000 NHL Draft, seven of them in the first round. Nikita Alexeev went first, at number 8 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. That was the third most of the 18 countries with a player picked. 11 of them have played in the NHL.
41
Picked
7
In the first round
11
Have played in the NHL
Every pick, round by round
Round 1
7 picks
10
12
15
Artem Kriukov (C)Center
17
Alexei Mikhnov (L)Left wing
20
21
Round 2
7 picks
31
Ilya Nikulin (D)Defenseman
34
Ruslan Zainullin (R)Right wing
44
50
Sergei Soin (F)Forward
53
Alexander Tatarinov (R)Right wing
56
58
Vladimir Sapozhnikov (D)Defenseman
Round 3
7 picks
73
74
81
83
Alexander Ljubimov (D)Defenseman
91
Alexei Tereschenko (C)Center
92
Sergey Klyazmin (L)Left wing
94
Alexander Drozdetsky (F)Forward
Round 4
4 picks
105
Vladimir Gorbunov (F)Forward
123
Vadim Khomitski (D)Defenseman
127
Dmitri Semyenov (F)Forward
128
Alexander Seluyanov (D)Defenseman
Round 5
8 picks
132
139
Ruslan Bernikov (R)Right wing
144
Pavel Duma (C)Center
149
Denis Denisov (L)Left wing
151
Alexander Barkunov (D)Defenseman
161
Pavel Sedov (R)Right wing
162
Artem Chernov (C)Center
163
Ivan Nepriayev (C)Center
Round 7
4 picks
201
Evgeny Federov (C)Center
213
Vasily Bizyayev (L)Left wing
217
Igor Samoilov (D)Defenseman
225
Vladislav Luchkin (C)Center
Round 8
2 picks
233
Alexander Polukeyev (G)Goaltender
254
Alexander Shinkar (R)Right wing
Round 9
2 picks
264
Dimitri Altarev (F)Forward
274
Evgeny Muratov (L)Left wing
The teams that drafted them
TBLTampa Bay Lightning5 picks, first at 8
CHIChicago Blackhawks4 picks, first at 10
DALDallas Stars4 picks, first at 91
BUFBuffalo Sabres3 picks, first at 15
EDMEdmonton Oilers3 picks, first at 17
ANAAnaheim Ducks2 picks, first at 12
LAKLos Angeles Kings2 picks, first at 20
COLColorado Avalanche2 picks, first at 50
PHXPhoenix Coyotes2 picks, first at 53
NYINew York Islanders2 picks, first at 105
DETDetroit Red Wings2 picks, first at 127
OTTOttawa SenatorsNo. 21
ATLAtlanta ThrashersNo. 31
NJDNew Jersey DevilsNo. 56
FLAFlorida PanthersNo. 58
BOSBoston BruinsNo. 73
PHIPhiladelphia FlyersNo. 94
MINMinnesota WildNo. 132
VANVancouver CanucksNo. 144
WSHWashington CapitalsNo. 163
TORToronto Maple LeafsNo. 254
The class in the NHL
The class against the other years
- 2026Ilia Morozov · 2023
- 2025Pyotr Andreyanov · 2021
- 2024Ivan Demidov · 527
- 2023Dmitriy Simashev · 619
- 2022Pavel Mintyukov · 1024
- 2021Fedor Svechkov · 1929
- 2020Yaroslav Askarov · 1124
- 2019Vasily Podkolzin · 1026
- 2018Andrei Svechnikov · 219
- 2017Klim Kostin · 3117
- 2016Mikhail Sergachev · 917
- 2015Ivan Provorov · 717
- 2014Nikita Scherbak · 2613
- 2013Valeri Nichushkin · 108
- 2012Nail Yakupov · 111
- 2011Vladislav Namestnikov · 279
- 2010Alexander Burmistrov · 88
- 2009Dmitry Kulikov · 147
- 2008Nikita Filatov · 68
- 2007Alexei Cherepanov · 179
- 2006Semyon Varlamov · 2315
- 2005Vitaly Anikeyenko · 7011
- 2004Alex Ovechkin · 119
- 2003Konstantin Glazachev · 3529
- 2002Alexander Semin · 1333
- 2001Ilya Kovalchuk · 136
- 2000Nikita Alexeev · 841
- 1999Oleg Saprykin · 1129
- 1998Dmitri Kalinin · 1821
- 1997Sergei Samsonov · 819
- 1996Andrei Zyuzin · 221
- 1995Dimitri Nabokov · 1924
- 1994Alexander Kharlamov · 1530
- 1993Viktor Kozlov · 635
- 1992Alexei Yashin · 240
- 1991Alex Kovalev · 1522
- 1990Vyacheslav Kozlov · 4513
- 1989Sergei Fedorov · 7416
- 1988Alexander Mogilny · 898
- 1987Viktor Tumineu · 1502
- 1986Vladimir Krutov · 2381
- 1985Igor Larionov · 2142
- 1984Mikhail Tatarinov · 2271
- 1983Vladislav Tretiak · 1385
- 1982Viktor Nechayev · 1323
- 1978Viacheslav Fetisov · 2011