2004 NHL Draft
Andrej Meszaros in the 2004 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Andrej Meszaros 23rd overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 10 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 645 games put him 21st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 23
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 23
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 2004 draft
- 20Travis ZajacC1037 GP · 552 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Wojtek WolskiL451 GP · 267 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
- 24Kris ChuckoL2 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 25Rob SchrempC114 GP · 54 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 26Cory SchneiderG410 GP · 171 WVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
2nd
of 10 Slovaks selected
5th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
- 71Andrej SekeraD842 GP · 253 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 78Peter OlveckyL32 GP · 7 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 103Roman TomanekRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 113Roman KukumbergFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 130Michal SersenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 142Juraj GracikRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 145Michal ValentGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 170Ladislav ScurkoCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andrej Meszaros made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 1 year and 101 days after the draft.
645
Games
63
Goals
175
Assists
238
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2004 draft
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
- 58Kirill LyaminDOTTOttawa Senators
- 77Shawn WellerLOTTOttawa Senators
- 87Peter ReginC243 GP · 67 POTTOttawa Senators
- 89Jeff GlassG15 GP · 3 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 122Alexander NikulinC3 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 141Jim McKenzieROTTOttawa Senators
- 156Roman WickR7 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 219Joe CooperROTTOttawa Senators
- 251Matthew McIlvaneCOTTOttawa Senators
- 284John WiknerLOTTOttawa Senators