2004 NHL Draft
Alexander Radulov in the 2004 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Alexander Radulov 15th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 524 games put him 34th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 15
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 15
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 12–18 in the 2004 draft
- 12A.J. ThelenDMINMinnesota Wild
- 13Drew StaffordR841 GP · 428 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Devan DubnykG542 GP · 253 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 18Kyle ChipchuraC482 GP · 104 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
3rd
of 19 Russians selected
9th
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 1Alex OvechkinL1589 GP · 1692 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1285 GP · 1423 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 42Roman VoloshenkoLMINMinnesota Wild
- 44Roman TeslyukDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 50Enver LisinR135 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 58Kirill LyaminDOTTOttawa Senators
- 62Michail YunkovFWSHWashington Capitals
- 72Denis ParshinLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 82Sergei OgorodnikovCNYINew York Islanders
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexander Radulov made his NHL debut on October 21, 2006, 2 years and 117 days after the draft.
524
Games
144
Goals
224
Assists
368
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2004 draft
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 81Vaclav MeidlCNSHNashville Predators
- 107Nick FugereLNSHNashville Predators
- 139Kyle MoirGNSHNashville Predators
- 147Janne NiskalaD6 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
- 178Mike SantorelliC406 GP · 138 PNSHNashville Predators
- 193Kevin SchaefferDNSHNashville Predators
- 209Stanislav BalanCNSHNashville Predators
- 243Denis KulyashDNSHNashville Predators
- 258Pekka RinneG683 GP · 369 WNSHNashville Predators
- 275Craig SwitzerDNSHNashville Predators