2005 NHL Draft
Blair Jones in the 2005 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Blair Jones 102nd overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 4.
It was the fifth of the 9 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 132 games put him 59th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 102
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 11
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 99–105 in the 2005 draft
- 99Patrick DavisR9 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 100Jonathan SigaletD1 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 101Jared BollR579 GP · 66 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 102Blair JonesC132 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 103Mattias RitolaC43 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 104Matt DuffyDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 105Keith YandleD1109 GP · 619 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1438 GP · 1774 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 220 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Blair Jones made his NHL debut on November 20, 2006, 1 year and 113 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2005 draft
- 30Vladimir MihalikD15 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 73Radek SmolenakL7 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 89Chris LawrenceCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 92Marek BartanusRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 102Blair JonesC132 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 133Stanislav LascekRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 163Marek KvapilRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 165Kevin BeechGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 225John WessbeckerDTBLTampa Bay Lightning