2000 NHL Draft
Dany Heatley in the 2000 NHL Draft
Atlanta Thrashers selected Dany Heatley 2nd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 14 picks Atlanta Thrashers made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 869 games put him 14th in the class, but only 2 have scored more points than his 791.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- ATLAtlanta Thrashers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2000 draft
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
1st
of 1 Germans selected
1st
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Dany Heatley made his NHL debut on October 4, 2001, 1 year and 102 days after the draft.
869
Games
372
Goals
419
Assists
791
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Atlanta Thrashers picks in the 2000 draft
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 42Libor UstrnulDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 107Carl MalletteCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 108Blake RobsonCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 147Matt McRaeCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 168Zdenek SmidGATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 178Jeff DwyerDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 180Darcy HordichukL542 GP · 41 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 230Samu IsosaloRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 242Evan NielsenDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 244Eric BowenRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 288Mark McRaeDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 290Simon GamacheL48 GP · 13 PATLAtlanta Thrashers