2000 NHL Draft
Alex Frolov in the 2000 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Alex Frolov 20th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
He was the fifth of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 579 games put him 28th in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 397.
- Overall pick
- 20
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 20
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 17–23 in the 2000 draft
- 17Alexei MikhnovL2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 18Brooks OrpikD1035 GP · 194 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 19Krys KolanosC149 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 22David HaleD327 GP · 29 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 23Nathan SmithC26 GP · 0 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 12Alexei SmirnovL52 GP · 6 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 15Artem KriukovCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 44Ilya BryzgalovG465 GP · 221 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 50Sergei SoinFCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 30 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alex Frolov made his NHL debut on October 9, 2002, 2 years and 107 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2000 draft
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 86Yanick LehouxC10 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 165Nathan MarstersGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 201Evgeny FederovCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 206Tim ErikssonCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 218Craig OlynickDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 245Dan WelchRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 250Flavien ConneCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 282Carl GrahnGLAKLos Angeles Kings