2006 NHL Draft
Artem Anisimov in the 2006 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Artem Anisimov 54th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 2.
He was the sixth of the 15 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 771 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 54
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 24
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 51–57 in the 2006 draft
- 51Nigel WilliamsDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 52Keith SeabrookDWSHWashington Capitals
- 53Mathieu CarleD3 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 55Denis BodrovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 56Blake GeoffrionC55 GP · 13 PNSHNashville Predators
- 57Mike WeberD351 GP · 53 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2006 class
6th
of 15 Russians selected
31st
of 122 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 23Semyon VarlamovG626 GP · 290 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 27Ivan VishnevskiyD5 GP · 2 PDALDallas Stars
- 33Igor MakarovRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 37Yury AlexandrovDBOSBoston Bruins
- 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 55Denis BodrovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 58Alexander VasyunovL18 GP · 5 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Kirill TulupovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 77Vladimir ZharkovR82 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Artem Anisimov made his NHL debut on February 3, 2009, 2 years and 224 days after the draft.
771
Games
180
Goals
196
Assists
376
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 2006 draft
- 21Bobby SanguinettiD45 GP · 6 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 84Ryan HillierLNYRNew York Rangers
- 104David KvetonRNYRNew York Rangers
- 137Tomas ZaborskyFNYRNew York Rangers
- 174Eric HunterCNYRNew York Rangers
- 204Lukas ZeliskaCNYRNew York Rangers