2009 NHL Draft
Carter Ashton in the 2009 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Carter Ashton 29th overall in the 2009 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 7 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2009, 116 have played in the NHL regular season. His 54 games put him 79th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 29
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 29
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 26–32 in the 2009 draft
- 26Kyle PalmieriC939 GP · 549 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 27Philippe ParadisCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 28Dylan OlsenD124 GP · 22 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 29Carter AshtonR54 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 30Simon DespresD193 GP · 43 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 31Mikko KoskinenG168 GP · 85 WNYINew York Islanders
- 32Landon FerraroC77 GP · 12 PDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2009 class
29th
of 210 players selected
18th
of 119 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1John TavaresC1273 GP · 1192 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Victor HedmanD1177 GP · 816 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 3Matt DucheneC1195 GP · 936 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 4Evander KaneL1001 GP · 648 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 5Brayden SchennC1116 GP · 732 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 6Oliver Ekman-LarssonD1154 GP · 540 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 7Nazem KadriC1078 GP · 774 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 8Scott GlennieR1 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 9Jared CowenD249 GP · 46 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Magnus PääjärviL467 GP · 124 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 200 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Carter Ashton made his NHL debut on March 7, 2012, 2 years and 255 days after the draft.
54
Games
0
Goals
3
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2009 draft
- 2Victor HedmanD1177 GP · 816 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 29Carter AshtonR54 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 52Richard PanikR521 GP · 195 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 93Alex HutchingsLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 148Michael ZadorGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 162Jaroslav JanusGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Kirill GotovetsDTBLTampa Bay Lightning