2003 NHL Draft
David Backes in the 2003 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected David Backes 62nd overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 32nd pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 12 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 965 games put him 19th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 62
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 32
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 59–65 in the 2003 draft
- 59Michal BarinkaD34 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 60Marc-Andre BernierRVANVancouver Canucks
- 61Maxim LapierreC614 GP · 139 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 62David BackesR965 GP · 561 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 63David LiffitonD7 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Jimmy HowardG543 GP · 246 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 65Branislav FabryRBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
62nd
of 292 players selected
44th
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
David Backes made his NHL debut on December 19, 2006, 3 years and 181 days after the draft.
965
Games
248
Goals
313
Assists
561
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2003 draft
- 30Shawn BelleD20 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 62David BackesR965 GP · 561 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 84Konstantin BarulinGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 88Zack FitzgeraldD1 GP · 0 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 101Konstantin ZakharovFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 127Alexandre BolducC65 GP · 5 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 148Lee StempniakR911 GP · 469 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 159Chris Beckford-TseuG1 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 189Jonathan LehunCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 221Evgeny SkachkovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 253Andrei PervyshinDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 284Juha-Matti Tapio AaltonenFSTLSt. Louis Blues