2003 NHL Draft
Brent Burns in the 2003 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Brent Burns 20th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1596, and only 5 have scored more points than his 951.
- Overall pick
- 20
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 20
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 17–23 in the 2003 draft
- 17Zach PariseL1254 GP · 889 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 18Eric FehrC652 GP · 221 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 19Ryan GetzlafC1157 GP · 1019 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 20Brent BurnsD1596 GP · 951 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 21Mark StuartD673 GP · 93 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 22Marc-Antoine PouliotC192 GP · 57 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 23Ryan KeslerC1001 GP · 573 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
20th
of 292 players selected
15th
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brent Burns made his NHL debut on October 8, 2003, 109 days after the draft.
1596
Games
273
Goals
678
Assists
951
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2003 draft
- 20Brent BurnsD1596 GP · 951 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 56Patrick O'SullivanC334 GP · 161 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 78Danny IrmenC2 GP · 0 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 157Marcin KoluszFMINMinnesota Wild
- 187Miroslav KoprivaGNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 207Grigory MisharinDMINMinnesota Wild
- 219Adam CourchaineCMINMinnesota Wild
- 251Mathieu MelansonLMINMinnesota Wild
- 281Jean-Michel BolducDMINMinnesota Wild