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2002 NHL Draft

Denis Grebeshkov in the 2002 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Denis Grebeshkov 18th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 33 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 234 games put him 47th in the class.

Overall pick
18
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 18
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 15–21 in the 2002 draft

  1. 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDM
  2. 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTT
  3. 17Boyd GordonC706 GP · 161 PWSH
  4. 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAK
  5. 19Jakub KoreisCPHX
  6. 20Daniel PailleL582 GP · 172 PBUF
  7. 21Anton BabchukD289 GP · 107 PCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

2nd
of 33 Russians selected
6th
of 92 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Russians selected

  1. 13Alexander SeminR650 GP · 517 PWSH
  2. 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAK
  3. 47Alexei KaigorodovC6 GP · 1 POTT
  4. 48Alexei ShkotovRSTL
  5. 49Kiril KoltsovDVAN
  6. 50Sergei AnshakovLLAK
  7. 51Anton KadeykinDNJD
  8. 55Denis GrotDVAN
  9. 56Vladislav EvseevLBOS
  10. 93Alexander KojevnikovLCHI

+ 23 more

Every pick from Russia in the 2002 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Denis Grebeshkov made his NHL debut on February 28, 2004, 1 year and 251 days after the draft.

234
Games
17
Goals
68
Assists
85
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAK
  2. 50Sergei AnshakovLLAK
  3. 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAK
  4. 104Aaron RomeD226 GP · 28 PLAK
  5. 115Mark RooneemLLAK
  6. 152Greg HogeboomRLAK
  7. 157Joel AndresenDLAK
  8. 185Ryan MurphyRLAK
  9. 215Mikhail LyubushinDLAK
  10. 248Tuukka PulliainenFLAK
  11. 279Connor JamesL16 GP · 1 PLAK