2003 NHL Draft
Dustin Byfuglien in the 2003 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Dustin Byfuglien 245th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 8.
It was the eighth of the 10 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 869 games put him 23rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 245
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 16
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 242–248 in the 2003 draft
- 242Eduard LewandowskiFPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 243Jan MarekFNYRNew York Rangers
- 244Mike SullivanCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 245Dustin ByfuglienD869 GP · 525 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 246Igor VolkovRNYINew York Islanders
- 247Benoit MondouCBOSBoston Bruins
- 248Josef HrabalDEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
245th
of 292 players selected
73rd
of 87 defensemen 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
Dustin Byfuglien made his NHL debut on March 1, 2006, 2 years and 252 days after the draft.
869
Games
177
Goals
348
Assists
525
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2003 draft
- 14Brent SeabrookD1114 GP · 464 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 52Corey CrawfordG488 GP · 260 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 59Michal BarinkaD34 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 151Lasse KukkonenD159 GP · 22 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 156Alexei IvanovCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 181Johan AnderssonCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 211Mike BrodeurG7 GP · 3 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 245Dustin ByfuglienD869 GP · 525 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 275Michael GrenzyDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 282Chris PorterL234 GP · 34 PCHIChicago Blackhawks