2002 NHL Draft
Darren Reid in the 2002 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Darren Reid 256th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 27th pick of round 8.
It was the eleventh of the 13 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 21 games put him 86th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 256
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 27
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 253–259 in the 2002 draft
- 253Tom KoivistoD22 GP · 6 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 254Jarkko ImmonenC20 GP · 8 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 255Ryan CraigC198 GP · 63 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 256Darren ReidR21 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 257Pauli LevokariDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 258Sergei ShemetovFCOLColorado Avalanche
- 259Yan StastnyC91 GP · 16 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
255th
of 290 players selected
146th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Darren Reid made his NHL debut on December 17, 2005, 3 years and 177 days after the draft.
21
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2002 draft
- 60Adam HenrichLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 100Dimitri KazionovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 135Joseph PearceGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 162Gerard DicaireDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170P.J. AthertonDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 174Karri AkkanenFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Paul RangerD323 GP · 106 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 213Fredrik NorrenaG100 GP · 35 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 233Vasily KoshechkinGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 255Ryan CraigC198 GP · 63 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 256Darren ReidR21 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 286Alexei GlukhovFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 287John ToffeyCTBLTampa Bay Lightning