2002 NHL Draft
Aaron Rome in the 2002 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Aaron Rome 104th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 226 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 104
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 8
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 101–107 in the 2002 draft
- 101Daniel FernholmDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 102Brandon SegalR103 GP · 22 PNSHNashville Predators
- 103Joonas VihkoFANAAnaheim Ducks
- 104Aaron RomeD226 GP · 28 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 105Rosario RuggeriDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 106Ivan KoltsovDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 107Mikko KaltevaDCOLColorado Avalanche
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
104th
of 290 players selected
32nd
of 92 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aaron Rome made his NHL debut on January 2, 2007, 4 years and 193 days after the draft.
226
Games
6
Goals
22
Assists
28
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2002 draft
- 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Sergei AnshakovLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 104Aaron RomeD226 GP · 28 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 115Mark RooneemLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 152Greg HogeboomRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 157Joel AndresenDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 185Ryan MurphyRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 215Mikhail LyubushinDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 248Tuukka PulliainenFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 279Connor JamesL16 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings